Senior Designer

5 Hours ago • 4 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Designer, you will lead the creation of impactful designs across various platforms, mentor junior designers, and collaborate with teams to deliver innovative campaigns. Responsibilities include translating strategic objectives into visually compelling designs, presenting work, staying updated with design trends, and managing multiple projects. You will also be expected to elevate design processes to ensure efficiency and consistency. The role requires a strategic mindset and exceptional design skills.
Must have:
  • 4+ years of design experience with a produced portfolio.
  • Mastery of typography, layout, and color theory.
  • Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
  • Proficiency in Figma, Adobe XD, or Sketch is a must.
Good to have:
  • Experience with PowerPoint, Keynote, and Adobe Acrobat.
  • Curiosity about experimenting with AI tools.
Perks:
  • Maternity and parental leave extra days
  • Competitive benefits packages
  • Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
  • Access to online services for families and new parents
  • Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups
  • Internal learning and development programs
  • Enterprise-wide employee discounts

Job Details

We are seeking a Senior Designer who combines exceptional design craft with a strategic mindset to elevate creative work across platforms. In this role, you will lead the execution of visually impactful designs, mentor junior designers, and collaborate with creative and cross-functional teams to deliver innovative and cohesive campaigns. You will push boundaries, refine design processes, and set the standard for design excellence.


 

You will

  • Lead the development and execution of creative designs that align with client goals and strategies across platforms (digital, social, print, etc.).
  • Collaborate with art directors, copywriters, and other creative team members to deliver cohesive, impactful campaigns.
  • Translate strategic objectives into visually compelling designs that adhere to brand guidelines while pushing creative boundaries.
  • Mentor junior designers, providing feedback and guidance to help them refine their craft and grow their confidence.
  • Present work to internal teams and clients with clarity and confidence, incorporating feedback to refine the final product.
  • Stay current with design trends, tools, and technologies, and proactively apply them to enhance creative outcomes.
  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing deadlines and priorities without compromising quality.
  • Refine and elevate the design process to ensure efficiency and consistency across all design deliverables.

 

You have

  • Advanced English level (At least B2+)
  •  4+ years of design experience, with a portfolio showcasing produced work across digital, print, and social media.
  • Mastery of typography, layout, color theory, and composition, with exceptional attention to detail.
  • Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
  • Proficiency in Figma, Adobe XD, or Sketch is a must.
  • Experience with PowerPoint, Keynote, and Adobe Acrobat is a bonus.
  • Curiosity about experimenting with AI tools and emerging design technologies.

 

What We Offer:

  • Maternity and parental leave extra days
  • Competitive benefits packages
  • Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
  • Access to online services for families and new parents
  • Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups
  • Internal learning and development programs
  • Enterprise-wide employee discounts
  • And more…

 

At Critical Mass, we value our employees and offer competitive compensation and benefits packages.  If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of our employees, we encourage you to apply for this exciting position today!

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.

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.

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 and us.greenhouse-mail.io. 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.

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About The Company

Critical Mass is a team of 1,800 inspired folks based in 12 offices around the world, providing full-service digital capabilities for the greatest brands on Earth. Our secret sauce is our uncompromising design standards, our relentless focus on customers, and an ability to put powerful new technologies to work for our clients.


We work with the best—Apple, Nike, Mars Wrigley, Nissan, Diageo, Airbnb, BMW, BNY Mellon, Johnson & Johnson, and many more—brands who strive for connected digital ecosystems and unparalleled experiences. We help them get there by gaining deep insight into their consumers and orchestrating data, AI, design, media, and tech stacks around human stories.


We’re a global agency founded in Canada, but digital is our home. If you know us, then you know we’re a special, quirky place that attracts big talent and tiny egos. (We actually give out a “so f-n nice” award—lots of them). But just because we’re friendly doesn’t mean we’re not a force to be reckoned with. We’re driven. Relentless. And we live our values. We’re Critical Mass, but our friends call us CM. Please call us CM!

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