Senior Associate, Art Director
Job Summary
About Capital One Canada.
For 30 years weve been on a mission to change banking for good and build relationships by making credit accessible simple intuitive and rewarding. We want to help Canadians succeed with credit because we believe in people in our customers in our associates and in talent like you!
About the Role
Capital One Brand Growth Creative team is looking for an experienced Art Director to bring our brand to life across different audiences products channels and types of communication. The right candidate knows the importance that strategy plays in design and is able to develop insight-driven customer-centric work for our marketing creative team.
Youll be a supporting player across multiple digital marketing channels and varying types of projects ranging from ad concepts production design template design exploration and organizational tasks. Youll collaborate with designers writers marketing strategists and business partners along the way to build and refine your ideas and designs.
Youll be interested in learning new approaches new tools and having the opportunity to influence processes and strategy in a thoughtful and meaningful way. Were looking for the right mix of customer-focus attention to detail technical skills high standards judgement and problem solving.
Candidates must submit work samples/portfolios with their application.
You should be able to:
Be comfortable designing for digital platforms across multiple placements and sizes.
Understand the importance of strategy and marketing; be interested in understanding the bigger picture.
Be able to internalize brand design systems in order to execute creative at a high level.
Learn and adhere to specific process steps within projects and speak up when you see opportunities for improvement
Collaborate with a team to generate ideas and creative concepts as well as be self-guided and work independently.
Have a strong sense of teamwork to collaborate with internal marketing partners other brand team members and line-of-business clients to help execute marketing strategy.
Be self-organized and able to manage multiple deadlines on numerous concurrent projects.
Present your work wellyou will be expected to provide and articulate strategic rationale.
Have a positive attitude and be open to all kinds of feedback about your work. A good sense of humor never hurts.
Receive and apply feedback from your managers team members and stakeholders.
Be curious and comfortable asking questions when you need clarification.
Consistently deliver quality work on time.
Be flexible and open to adjusting your approach or working style
Basic qualifications:
3-5 years of agency or in-house experience as an Art Director or Graphic Designer in digital marketing channels
Proficient in Figma and Adobe CS including Photoshop and Illustrator
A strong portfolio that showcases your work and demonstrates your experience
Preferred qualifications:
Bachelors degree as an Art Director Graphic Designer or similar
Experience with marketing strategy interaction design and understanding of UX principles
Experience in the financial services industry or other highly regulated industries
Experience with performance marketing delivering work for large-scale testingspecifically in Meta channels.
Some areas of experience that would be a big plus: Meta advertising display advertising content marketing user testing and social media best practices.
Working at Capital One.
Enjoy a hybrid work environment with 3 days in the office. Build a comfortable workspace with our one-time Work From Home allowance and enjoy our head office located conveniently across the street from Union Station.
Live wellphysically financially and emotionally. Receive support for you and those who are most important to you with full coverage for spouses domestic partners and dependents. With up to $3000 in mental health coverage and up to $5000 in tuition subsidies per yearand much moreyoull discover that Capital One is committed to helping you live your best life.
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Required Experience:
Director