Intermediate Multimedia Designer- Advanced Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects 40364

Intermediate Multimedia Designer

Location Address: 100 Yonge Street 5th floor - ( Hybrid - In Office 3 Days per week).

Contract Duration: 1 year

The Social team is part of the Social and Content marketing team, which sits under brand management.

The team is looking for a creative and motivated social media designer who will be responsible for ideating, creating, and designing best in class, digital-first, social media content. They must possess strong knowledge of the social media space and have a love for all things digital.

You will be responsible for contributing to the overall success of the Global Brand and Content & Social teams in Canada ensuring specific individual goals, plans, and initiatives are executed and delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives and ensuring all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures

Responsibilities:

Champion a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank

relationships, systems, and knowledge.

• Contribute to an inclusive work environment.

• Ideate, design, and develop engaging graphics, videos, animations, and other assets that embody,

reflect, and champion the MD and Medicus brands for all social media channels.

• Contribute design and motion expertise to the strategy and planning of individual posts and our social

media editorial calendars.

• Work closely with the social creative and strategy teams to establish and execute brand guidelines

and identity for MD’s and Medicus’ social media channels.

• Ensure all work adheres to best-in-class industry guidelines and bank, MD, and Medicus

standards.

• Work as a teammate in a collaborative, fast-paced environment on various projects, campaigns, and

initiatives while maintaining timelines and work quality.

• Actively pursue effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas by

bank’s, MD’s, and Medicus’ Values, its Code of Conduct, and the Global Sales Principles, while

ensuring the adequacy, adherence to, and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet

obligations concerning operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions, and conduct risk.

Must Have Skills:

1) 5+ years of experience as a multimedia designer

2) Advanced Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects proficiency and strong grasp of Figma as a production tool.

3) Strong graphic design skills and motion design skills with proven experience bringing a brand’s look and feel to life with both, strong video editing skills

4) Proven experience developing and producing static and animated design concepts involving text and image, showing a mastery of concept development, visual hierarchy, timing, and impact

5) Advanced platform knowledge of Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn, including user behaviours, post specs, content formats, and trends

***NOTE: Please provide links to an online portfolio and any additional samples of previous work that demonstrate the above requirements. Candidates will not be considered without an online portfolio that includes both static and motion work samples.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

1) Experience working with financial consumer brands

2) Experience producing social-first content

3) Experience as an illustrator

Soft Skills Required:

• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills

• Creative, collaborative mindset with consistent attention to detail

• Excellent time management skills

• Ability to manage workload independently and within timelines on multiple projects while maintaining a consistently high standard of design output

Best VS. Average Candidate:

The best candidate has produced social media assets in static and motion formats for a financial institution.

Average candidate: An average candidate has design experience in static and motion formats but may not have social media experience.

Red flags

1. Does not have any motion work samples in portfolio.

2. Does not have any static work samples in portfolio.

3. Does not have any work samples that display a mastery of typographic layout.

Education:

Diploma or degree in art, design, or similar; or extensive work experience demonstrating the above requirements.