Salt XC – The Kitchen – Graphic Designer (Intermediate) – Toronto, ON

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Company: Salt XC

Location: Toronto, ON

Job description: ROLE: DESIGNER (INTERMEDIATE)
TEAM: THE KITCHEN NA
LOCATION: TORONTO (HYBRID)

ABOUT THE KITCHEN NORTH AMERICA

The Kitchen brings together a range of disciplines and capabilities. It’s an agile team of creatives, producers, data analysts and social experts working together to deliver remarkable ideas that live in a variety of mediums, with a focus on social media. This team moves at the speed of culture. It is built to respond to trends and events as they happen, coming up with the ideas that transcend social media to capture the spirit of the moment, earn media impressions, and get the country talking.

ROLE OVERVIEW
As a Designer, you’ll be part of a design culture that moves food marketing forward as well as part of a larger team of creatives, content creators and producers that can make just about any idea into reality. Your designs will support Kraft Heinz’s North American brands (30+). Your work will make a meaningful impact with a multi-talented team in North America (Toronto & Chicago) that blurs the lines of what marketing can be in today’s always-on, socially connected marketing industry.

In this role, you’ll use your experience as a versatile designer to bring concepts and brand visual identities to life. You’ll collaborate with creative teams under the guide of the Design Lead creating scalable design systems across social activations, in traditional mediums, and with an emphasis on digital media. You’ll work to apply pixel-perfect design excellence to ensure all brands show up in the world with accuracy, helping to keep them contemporary, visually appealing, while staying true to their visual identities and ethos. You have experience developing and following brand guidelines for well-known (and well-loved) brands.

You’ll be part of a design team with frequent cross-team collaboration, to find ways to make great content at the speed of culture. For the right candidate, this job offers the best of all worlds – a chance to work with incredible brands at a world-class company, a chance to be an active contributor of ideas to a creative culture, a chance to grow your design skills as part of a collaborative team, and a chance to create timely stories for timeless brands with opportunities that will inspire you.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Support senior team members with design projects (from concept to research to design execution)
Execute on direction given by Design Lead and senior team on projects such as: campaign logo design; campaign design systems; key visuals; landing pages and microsites; agency-owned brand design works (print and digital).
Assess and maintain pixel perfect brand asset kits for iconic brands.
Collaborate with a variety of creative teams across multiple iconic brands to create scalable design systems for mid and large-scale social activations and campaigns.
Develop innovative design solutions and contribute to the evolution of existing brand work across our agency pods.
Provide design guidance to Junior team members when prompted.
Communicate design thinking to non-design audiences and able to listen and take art direction well.
Work with diligence and consistency
Demonstrate design thinking (relating and enhancing brand ethos and purpose)
Work on variety of brands

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

A designer with 3-5 years’ experience with a BFA in Graphic Design or equivalent
Passionate about graphic design with an insatiable eye for detail and brand consistency
You’re and Adobe Creative Cloud rockstar and demonstrate proficiency in Figma.
Portfolio demonstrates strong understanding of visual hierarchy, composition, typography, and branding.
Conceptual designer with a right and left-brain approach to design problem-solving
A critical thinker and creative problem solver who efficiently troubleshoots hurtles without compromising design and brand standards.
Multi-tasker who can prioritize and manage work, adhering to project milestones in fast-paced environment.
A can-do, positive, and uplifting attitude able to collaborate with enthusiasm and inspire co-workers and brand partners.
A driven self-starter to optimize and exceed expectations.
A natural leader, comfortable with a high degree of ownership
An excellent communicator and comfortable presenting work across all levels of an organization
Exposure to Art Direction, Photo Shoots, and UI/UX are an advantage
A passion for food and food marketing

The Kitchen, Kraft Heinz, and Salt are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting and retaining the most qualified employees regardless of race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age or disability.

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The Kitchen North America is a creative, agile team focused on social media marketing in Toronto. They are looking for an intermediate Designer to work on various brand projects for Kraft Heinz’s North American brands. The role involves collaborating with creative teams, maintaining brand consistency, and creating scalable design systems. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of experience in graphic design, be proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud and Figma, and have a passion for food marketing. The company is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity.
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Job date: Sat, 02 Mar 2024 01:04:40 GMT