Company: Critical Mass
Location: Toronto, ON
Expected salary:
Job date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 06:32:33 GMT
Job description: and have worked on a range of creative projects from marketing collateral, digital campaigns, print work, brand work, ads…As a Senior Creative Engineer, you are a seasoned professional in digital design at high scale. You will work…
As a Senior Creative Engineer, you will leverage your extensive experience in digital design, managing various creative projects, including marketing collateral, digital campaigns, print work, branding, and advertisements. Your role involves leading efforts in creating high-scale digital designs.
Senior Creative Engineer, Contract – Critical Mass – Vancouver, BC
Company: Critical Mass
Location: Vancouver, BC
Expected salary:
Job date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:38:20 GMT
Job description: and have worked on a range of creative projects from marketing collateral, digital campaigns, print work, brand work, ads…As a Senior Creative Engineer, you are a seasoned professional in digital design at high scale. You will work…
Creative Engineer, Contract – Critical Mass – Vancouver, BC
Company: Critical Mass
Location: Vancouver, BC
Expected salary:
Job date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 07:23:51 GMT
Job description: their knowledge of digital platforms to influence test-and-learn approaches and anticipate how creative can be evolved for the… marketing campaign to easily scale and be manipulated into testing frameworks. Create business cases when work goes live…
Critical Mass – VP, Media – Toronto, ON
Company: Critical Mass
Location: Toronto, ON
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Job date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 22:47:49 GMT
Job description: measurable results for our clients. You Will: Lead, mentor, and inspire a hybrid team (both in-person and remote). Oversee… guidance and reach out to them directly. If U.S. based: If Canada based: If U.K. based: If Costa Rica based:…
Senior Creative Engineer, Contract – Critical Mass – Vancouver, BC
Company: Critical Mass
Location: Vancouver, BC
Expected salary:
Job date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 23:24:20 GMT
Job description: and have worked on a range of creative projects from marketing collateral, digital campaigns, print work, brand work, ads…As a Senior Creative Engineer, you are a seasoned professional in digital design at high scale. You will work…
Senior Creative Engineer, Contract – Critical Mass – Toronto, ON
Company: Critical Mass
Location: Toronto, ON
Expected salary:
Job date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 02:51:47 GMT
Job description: As a Senior Creative Engineer, you are a seasoned professional in digital design at high scale. You will work with an amazing team of creatives to make sure that artwork is designed at scale according to our client’s brand guidelines. You will take design briefs and key art from the account and creative team, ensuring conceptual creative ideas are designed at scale for digital delivery to market.You are an ideal candidate if you come from an advertising agency or production design studio and have worked on a range of creative projects from marketing collateral, digital campaigns, print work, brand work, ads, and more.***Please note this is not a mechanical or computer engineering role.You will
- Collaborate with the Creative Team to bring their ideas to life with best practices and brand standards being top of mind.
- Bring forth ideas to improve upon the team’s systems and processes to aid in maintaining an efficient workflow.
- Work with internal teams, account and creative to ensure continuity of delivery of final files within agreed timeframes and to high standards.
- Design to pixel-perfection and translate key art into the various resizes and versions required by the digital media buy.
- Become fully ingrained into the brand’s design templates and acting as gatekeeper of brand guidelines.
- Mentor junior Creative Engineers to facilitate their development, including but not limited to their production design and technical design skills, to increase productivity and enhanced staff morale.
- Understand technical limitations that may affect what can be achieved creatively in various media types and propose ideas to elevate creative fit for platform
- Build clean creative files to help manifest the development of a working framework
- Stay up to date on best digital practices for various platforms
- Create a detailed template guide to clearly communicate the workings of the system
You have
- 3-5 years of experience working as a production designer or designer who thrives in high scale output, in an advertising agency, print or design studio.
- Seasoned with high-volume design
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite
- Proficiency in motion design
- Proficiency with Figma/Sketch
- Experience building and editing Keynote & PowerPoint decks
- The mindset to be a mentor on the design team.
- Pixel-perfect attention to detail with a commitment to quality assurance.
- Expertise in layout production, image optimization, static/animated advertising banners, email production, and visual guidelines.
- General understanding of HTML5
Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com, omc.com and . We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.If U.S. based:
If Canada based:
If U.K. based:
If Costa Rica based:
As a Senior Creative Engineer at Critical Mass, you will leverage your extensive experience in digital design to collaborate with a dynamic creative team, ensuring that artwork aligns with client brand guidelines and is produced at scale. Your role includes:
– Collaborating with the Creative Team to translate design briefs into high-quality digital deliverables.
– Improving team processes for efficient workflow.
– Managing the delivery of final files according to standards and timelines.
– Designing to pixel perfection and adapting key art for various media.
– Upholding brand guidelines and mentoring junior team members.
– Understanding technical limitations and proposing creative solutions.
– Staying updated on best practices and creating detailed guides for system workflows.
The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of experience in high-volume design, proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, motion design, Figma/Sketch, and an understanding of HTML5. Critical Mass promotes equal opportunity hiring and uses secure communication methods for recruitment.
Senior Creative Engineer, Contract – Critical Mass – Vancouver, BC
Company: Critical Mass
Location: Vancouver, BC
Expected salary:
Job date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 02:08:29 GMT
Job description: and have worked on a range of creative projects from marketing collateral, digital campaigns, print work, brand work, ads…As a Senior Creative Engineer, you are a seasoned professional in digital design at high scale. You will work…
Creative Engineer, Contract – Critical Mass – Toronto, ON
Company: Critical Mass
Location: Toronto, ON
Expected salary:
Job date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 03:39:08 GMT
Job description: Critical Mass delivers a next-gen suite of services for our clients, utilizing dynamic creative optimization to deliver creative engineering, intelligent automation, and technology expertise with a highly scaled operational model for our clients. We are seeking a full time, Creative Engineer to lead as an architect, influencer, and manager within our cutting edge creative automation team.With a holistic view and understanding of an overall campaign/ecosystem, the CE will work with a team of designers to format and build complex creative frameworks to enabled at scale production of content for our global clients. These frameworks will adhere to both best practices and client brand standards. This individual should love data as much as they love good design. The ideal candidate will be excited by the possibilities for innovation found between understanding how data can influence design and how clever design can drive data results. This individual is detail-oriented, organized, and pragmatic. They also live to solve puzzles. Partnering with creative, account, strategy, and media teams, they will use their knowledge of digital platforms to influence test-and-learn approaches and anticipate how creative can be evolved for the better.**Please note this is not a traditional engineering role.You will:Collaborate
- Collaborate with the Creative Team to bring their ideas to life with best practices and brand standards being top of mind.
- Collaborate within Critical Mass to build the reputation of ArtBot and educate others on the benefits of a well-considered automation program.
- Collaborate with other discipline team leads to coordinate their requirements and needs within the system.
- Collaborate with 3rd party vendors that may be supporting any effort within their proprietary MarTech
- Collaborate with world class in-house brand studios and their leads.
Create
- Create production solutions elevating our abilities to create.
- Create scalable programs that will enable performance marketing campaign to easily scale and be manipulated into testing frameworks.
- Create business cases when work goes live.
- Create compelling stories to support new business, pitch on opportunities, and organically help shape new opportunities within your craft.
- Create regular opportunities to stay current within the tech stack of design tools, including platforms focused on creative automation and latest trends in the design and advertising industry.
- Create a positive environment where creativity and positivity can flourish every day.
You have:
- 5+ years relevant experience in a high-velocity production studio, digital design production shop, and/or agency organization.
- 3+ years experience in UX/UI, design-to-code experience a plus
- Advanced proficiencies within Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, with practical knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite’s ecosystem of content creation software.
- Experience in DCO frameworks.
- Experience in high-scale output and design and a proven track record driving new initiatives through an organization.
- Experience with content at scale technologies.
- Experience working in a dynamic, fluid, and ever-changing environment.
The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. To do so, we expect our team to be in our office 3-5 days per week depending on the client work.The ask stems from our want to:
- Strengthen opportunity for continuous learning
- Improve collaboration and team relationships.
- Increase employee engagement
This work model balances the need for individual flexibility while maintaining the relentless customer focus we provide at CM. We understand that not everyone may feel comfortable with this expectation, so we ask that you please let us know immediately if there are any concerns so we can help navigate accordingly.***Rate below is per hour.We continually review ranges to address skills, experience and markets. Base salaries are determined during our interview process, by assessing a number of factors that include, but aren’t limited to, a candidate’s experience and skills relative to the scope and responsibilities of the position. For current CM employees, tenure will also be a consideration.Salary Range$38—$40 CADCritical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com, omc.com and . We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.If U.S. based:
If Canada based:
If U.K. based:
If Costa Rica based:
Critical Mass is seeking a Creative Engineer to join their innovative creative automation team. This role involves leading the design and implementation of complex creative frameworks that adhere to best practices and client brand standards. Ideal candidates will have a strong blend of creative and data-driven approaches, demonstrating skills in collaboration with various teams and third-party vendors to enhance performance marketing.
Key Responsibilities:
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Collaboration:
- Work with the Creative Team to realize concepts.
- Educate others on the benefits of automation.
- Coordinate with other discipline leads and vendors.
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Creation:
- Develop scalable production solutions.
- Craft business cases for live projects.
- Stay updated on design tech and trends.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years in digital design or a production studio
- Experience in UX/UI and design-to-code preferred
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite
- Familiar with DCO frameworks and technologies for high-scale content output
- Adaptable in a dynamic environment
The position emphasizes teamwork and offers a flexible in-office schedule (3-5 days per week) for continuous learning and strong collaboration. Salary is between CAD $38-40 per hour. Critical Mass is committed to equal opportunity employment and maintaining communication security during the application process.
Creative Engineer, Contract – Critical Mass – Vancouver, BC
Company: Critical Mass
Location: Vancouver, BC
Expected salary:
Job date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 23:39:41 GMT
Job description: their knowledge of digital platforms to influence test-and-learn approaches and anticipate how creative can be evolved for the… marketing campaign to easily scale and be manipulated into testing frameworks. Create business cases when work goes live…
VP, Media – Critical Mass – Toronto, ON
Company: Critical Mass
Location: Toronto, ON
Expected salary:
Job date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 02:18:51 GMT
Job description: As the VP of Media, you will lead the development and execution of media strategies across key client accounts. The ideal candidate brings over 10 years of diverse media experience, with a strong emphasis on digital, and has a proven track record of managing and developing high-performing teams of 10 or more professionals. This role requires a confident, decisive leader who excels in client-facing settings, communicates effectively, and drives strategy, planning, and recommendations grounded in data-driven insights. Your leadership will be integral in shaping and optimizing media strategies that deliver measurable results for our clients.You Will:
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a hybrid team (both in-person and remote).
- Oversee client relationships, ensuring alignment with marketing goals and budgets.
- Manage omni-channel campaigns and collaborate with social, creative, and other media teams.
- Drive performance media strategies and optimization to ensure clients meet their KPIs.
- Attend and lead regular client meetings.
- Serve as a strategic advisor, guiding clients through the media planning process.
- Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless execution.
- Partner with Strategy, Creative, Marketing Science, and Client Services leads across the organization.
- Support Marketing and Media Managers with reporting templates, management, and client presentations.
- Pull and deliver accurate data for initial analyses.
- Provide insights on campaign analysis and optimization.
- Research and prepare new information for paid media plans, RFPs, and presentations.
- Evaluate, build, and maintain relationships within the display and emerging media community.
- Stay up-to-date on the latest trends in interactive marketing and media and advise the Marketing and Media teams accordingly.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including social leads, creatives, and account managers.
You Have:
- Must have: Auto industry and agency experience.
- 10+ years of comprehensive media experience, with a passion and focus on digital.
- Proven experience managing and developing teams of 10+ professionals.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to make decisive decisions and maintain a confident, clear voice.
- Expertise in using data to inform media strategy, planning, and recommendations.
- Experience with both tier 1 and tier 2 media (national and regional).
- Exceptional communication skills, particularly in client-facing settings.
- In-depth understanding of key media channels, including search and social.
- Ability to mentor and guide directors, supporting their professional growth.
- Comfortable leading client meetings, driving performance media, and providing regular marketing pulse checks.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and grow a team of media professionals.
- Experience with eMarketer, Nielsen, and comScore.
- Familiarity with Google Ad products.
- Expert-level understanding of digital media and the digital landscape.
- Thorough knowledge of standard and rich media ad trafficking software for display, video, mobile, and emerging channels.
- Passion for digital media and staying ahead of industry trends.
- Flexible and adaptable to new situations and challenges.
Nice-to-Haves:
- Experience with the OMNI marketing orchestration platform.
What We Offer:
- Global maternity and parental leave
- Competitive benefits packages
- Vacation, compassionate leave, wellness days, and flex days
- Access to online services for families and new parents
- Early Dismissal Friday’s (off at 3:00 PM local time every Friday)
- 13 affinity groups
- Internal learning and development programs
- Enterprise-wide employee discounts
The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com, omc.com and . We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.If U.S. based:
If Canada based:
If U.K. based:
If Costa Rica based:
Position Overview: VP of Media
As the VP of Media, you’ll spearhead media strategies for key client accounts, requiring over 10 years of diverse, mostly digital media experience. Ideal candidates will be strong leaders, capable of managing teams of 10 or more, and skilled in client relations, data-driven decision making, and campaign optimization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor a hybrid team while overseeing client relationships.
- Manage omni-channel campaigns and collaborate across teams.
- Drive performance strategies ensuring client KPIs are met.
- Provide strategic advice on media planning and maintain stakeholder collaboration.
- Evaluate media channels and keep abreast of market trends.
- Support various internal teams with reporting and analysis.
Qualifications:
- Must have automotive industry and agency experience.
- Proven media expertise, particularly in digital, with leadership skills.
- Familiarity with key media tools (e.g., eMarketer, Google Ads).
- Experience managing media professionals and driving client meetings.
Nice-to-Have:
- Experience with OMNI marketing orchestration platform.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive parental leave, flexible workdays, professional development, and employee discounts. Critical Mass promotes a supportive work environment and is an equal opportunity employer.
Candidates will work in-office a minimum of three days a week, ensuring a collaborative culture. Communicate solely through official channels to avoid scams.