Graphic Designer

About the role

Our creative team builds identity systems and the everyday work that lives inside them. We're hiring a Graphic Designer who can move fluently from a brand exploration on Monday to a print-ready trade-show booth on Friday — and treat both with the same level of craft. You'll work alongside strategists, art directors, and motion designers on accounts where the design is held to a real commercial bar, not just an internal review.

A day in the life

Monday is concept work — three directions for a new identity, presented at end of day. Tuesday you're extending a system: social templates, pitch deck, an email header set. Wednesday is a press check; Thursday you're prepping artwork for a campaign launching the following week. Friday you sit with the art director for a craft review and a planning session for what's on deck.

What you'll own

• Concept and execute design across brand, campaign, social, print, and product surfaces.
• Build and extend design systems — type, color, grid, components, motion principles.
• Prepare and supervise print-ready files end to end, including press checks where needed.
• Partner with strategists and copy on integrated campaigns, not just isolated assets.
• Mentor junior designers through craft feedback and clear, written reviews.

What success looks like

• Work ships on time, in spec, and survives client review without losing the original idea.
• The design systems you extend get easier to use over time, not harder.
• Senior team members trust you to run pieces of work end to end without hand-holding.

What you bring

• Must-haves:
  • A portfolio that shows both conceptual range and production craft.
  • Fluency in Figma plus the Adobe Creative Cloud suite.
  • Real production print experience — bleeds, color, finishes, vendors.
  • Strong typographic instincts and an opinion about hierarchy.
• Bonus points:
  • Motion or After Effects fluency.
  • Experience designing inside or for design systems used by engineering teams.

Compensation

Salary band $68,000 – $82,000 / year. Final offer depends on experience, qualifications, and internal equity. We benchmark against the Canadian agency market each year and share banding openly. Reviews happen annually and at promotion.

Benefits

• Competitive salary — transparent banding, benchmarked against the U.S. agency market and reviewed annually.
• Performance bonus — annual bonus tied to company and personal goals, written down at the start of the year, not invented at the end.
• Extended health & dental — comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents from day one.
• Mental health support — confidential EAP plus a dedicated mental-health benefit for therapy, coaching, and crisis support.
• Flexible PTO + paid sick days — generous paid time off plus separate paid sick days so you can rest without trade-offs.
• 13 paid holidays — all statutory holidays plus your birthday and a floating day to use whenever it matters.
• Hybrid by design — two anchor days a week in the studio, the rest of the week wherever you do your best work.
• Home office stipend — a one-time setup stipend plus a monthly allowance for tools, internet, and workspace.
• Professional development — annual learning budget for conferences, courses, books, and certifications.
• Paid volunteer time — paid hours every month to contribute to causes and communities you care about.
• RRSP matching — employer matching on your retirement contributions from your first day.
• Parental leave top-up — top-up on Employment Insurance benefits for new parents, for any path to parenthood.

How we hire

• Apply with your work: Send a note, a portfolio or relevant samples, and a short read on why this role fits. We read every message.
• Intro conversation: A 30-minute call with the hiring lead to talk through your background, the role, and your questions.
• Craft session: A working session — paid where it requires meaningful prep — designed to mirror real work, not a brain teaser.
• Meet the team: Final round with the people you'd work with day to day, plus a leadership conversation on growth and trajectory.

Ready to apply? Send us a note and your best work. Tell us why this role fits, what you'd want to own first, and a couple of links to work you're proud of. We read every message.