Designer - Contract Jobs

Loblaw Agency is our newly minted, in-house creative agency within our Marketing team and we are hiring many new exciting roles! At Loblaw Agency, we expertly translate our customers’ needs into real, engaging work that speaks to Canadians and drives brand love. Join our growing team and come dream up original creative for some of Canada’s most loved and trusted brands!

Loblaw is Canada's food and pharmacy leader, and the nation's largest retailer. Loblaw provides Canadians with grocery, pharmacy, health and beauty, apparel, general merchandise, financial services and wireless mobile products and services. With more than 2,400 corporate, franchised and Associate-owned locations, Loblaw, its franchisees and Associate-owners employ approximately 200,000 employees, making it one of Canada's largest private sector employers.

Loblaw's purpose – Live Life Well® – puts first the needs and well-being of Canadians who make one billion transactions annually in the company's stores. Loblaw is positioned to meet and exceed those needs in many ways: convenient locations; more than 1,050 grocery stores that span the value spectrum from discount to specialty; full-service pharmacies at nearly 1,400 Shoppers Drug Mart® and Pharmaprix® locations and close to 500 Loblaw locations; PC Financial® services; affordable Joe Fresh® fashion and family apparel; and a couple of Canada's top brands in President’s Choice and no name®.

We’re looking for a nimble designer with an absolute love for social media. This contract role with full time hours is integral to the newly created Social Media Centre of Excellence (COE) as you’ll be driving the creative concepts for the big Campaigns as well as dreaming up assets aimed to entertain our customers across all social media platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Pitch, present and champion the best ideas & concepts to senior team members
• Ideate & execute concepts for social media channels across multiple brandsfor campaign, paid media and organic
• Meticulous attention to detail of all creative is maintained according to brand guideline and standards
• Offer a confident creative POV while working collaboratively other creative and social team members, and internal and external stakeholders (i.e. marketing teams, videographers, producers, etc.)
• Research and provide recommendations based on best practices as well as industry and consumer trends, with a focus on emerging social trends
• Interpret creative briefs and deliver engaging, on-brand social assets for a variety of audiences across the enterprise (beauty, grocery, lifestyle, loyalty, etc.)

What You'll Need

• Excellent working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign) as well as Premiere Pro or After Effects required
• Must be a self-starter with excellent attention to detail; with organizational, communication and project management skills; and with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Portfolio that demonstrates social-first abilities and creative
• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma, new media arts, creative advertising or equivalent
• At least 5+ years' experience as a designer in an agency environment
• Working knowledge of lighting and ability to capture social video content a bonus
• Positive and proactive approach to problem-solving – resourceful and innovative with an ability to see the bigger picture
• Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, whilst remaining calm and professional
• Strong understanding of the creative process with ability to articulate and present your work to internal and external teams

At Loblaw Agency, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections.

Come and join a winning team who demonstrates innovation, energy, creativity and vision. We recognize the importance of a diverse workforce and we therefor encourage applications from Aboriginal Peoples, women, members of a visible minority and persons with a disability. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.