Digital Design Lead

Are you a visual storyteller who can translate ideas into bold, unforgettable designs?

Do you live for turning trends into striking visuals people can’t stop sharing?

Are you ready to shape and elevate the visual voice of an award-winning studio?

Come join us! You’ll be the creative spark behind bold digital campaigns, visually stunning pitch decks and high-impact videos (Shorts, reels, etc) optimized for today’s fast-moving platforms.

A natural visual storyteller, we’re looking for someone who can draw on their deep passion for the latest cultural and industry trends - from Roblox to Web3 and beyond.

You’ll combine graphic design with motion and animation to help define and elevate the visual look for our Studio and our brands across all platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with our Creative Director and Sales & Marketing Team to set the visual tone for the Studio’s digital, social, and print creative with a forward-thinking, digitally native lens.
• Design across formats from digital, motion to occasional print needs like pitch decks, show bibles, posters, banners, style guides and trade show materials.
• Be a go-to creative lead for the design team, representing design in internal and external meetings, and collaborating across marketing, sales, development, and recruiting.
• Bring motion graphics and editing skills to elevate our marketing and promotional materials
• Actively keep track of and implement graphic design changes based on feedback from reviews
• Help build and organize robust asset libraries, including templates, brand bibles, and deck visuals
• Collaborate with internal teams & freelancers, providing feedback, direction, and quality control to uphold our creative standards.

Qualifications:

• A strong eye for bold, thumb-stopping content that feels fresh.
• Digital-first mindset with solid video editing and motion design skills.
• Solid design fundamentals, with an understanding of what resonates on Instagram and TikTok to LinkedIn and YouTube
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, Canva and Figma
• Organized, proactive, and comfortable juggling multiple projects and deadlines.
• Experience managing creative workflows and giving constructive feedback.

Why Join Guru?

• We create a collaborative and creatively fulfilling work environment by promoting courage, purpose, inspiration, integrity, transparency, and empowerment as our core values
• We take great pride in our work and we always ensure it reflects a high standard of quality and creativity
• We encourage individuals to grow with us by offering learning opportunities that encourage skill development and growth
• We are proud to support philanthropic initiatives that support our local and global community through our charity committee Guru Gives
• We offer health and wellness support through an extensive benefits plan and extended mental health services and initiatives
• We allow the flexibility to work remotely while making our downtown studio available for in-person team building and collaboration

_Guru is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that celebrates the diversity of its employees. We are dedicated to employment equity and welcome applications from people from all Indigenous groups, races, religions, genders and people with disabilities.

We are committed to providing an accessible candidate experience during our recruitment process and are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible ‎environment where candidates and ‎employees feel valued and respected. Guru strives to respect the dignity and ‎‎independence of people with disabilities and is committed to giving them the same ‎‎opportunity to succeed in the recruitment process as all other candidates. If you have a disability, you may request ‎to be accommodated at any time. Guru will work with all candidates to ‎‎accommodate individual accessibility needs to the point of undue hardship.

Guru Studio would like to thank all applicants for your interest, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Guru Studio is an equal opportunity employer.

Please note this is an In-Studio/ Hybrid Work position_