Designer - No Frills

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®.

In this contract role, the selected candidate will design effective marketing materials adhering to strict banner and brand guidelines. This role requires effective creative and design skills for a wide range of print, social media, and digital materials such as publications, magazine and newspaper ads, brochures, point of sale, web banners, social media posts, animated and video content, and other promotional materials.

Key Responsibilities

• Source stock photography and appropriate existing photography
• Carry projects from concept through to final files
• Create effective, industry leading creative concepts
• Monitor latest design trends and be familiar with competitor marketing programs
• Collaborate with lead creatives, writers, and production artists to create original, industry leading, customer-centric advertising concepts, social media posts, and other content for print and online purposes
• Present creative concepts to marketing partners and clients as needed
• Ensure creative transfers effectively into French language and Bilingual versions
• Create graphics and advertising materials to support Loblaw Marketing initiatives
• Stay up to date in terms of software and creative techniques
• Work closely with creative leads to achieve the desired result

What You'll Need

• Excellent understanding of effective and unique advertising
• Advanced graphic design and typographical skills
• Exceptionally innovative and creative, with excellent ability to collaborate
• Experience or work placement in graphic design in a marketing environment
• Advanced ability to use photography and copy effectively in advertising
• Ability to prioritize and lead multiple deadline-driven task/projects in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent Ability to create effective, original advertising materials on tight timelines
• Excellent-class typography skills
• Excellent organizational, planning and problem-solving skills
• Diploma or Degree in Graphic Design or an equivalent degree in a field of study related to the design profession
• Working experience in Adobe Photoshop
• Excels in a collaborative, team environment
• Mastery of pre-press file preparation including font management and support file links
• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent Ability to respond to emergency tasks without notice
• Excellent organizational skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to effectively source information, obtain approvals, build relationships, and provide sufficient influence to achieve success
• Ability to perform in and feed into a team environment
• Advanced Ability to quickly react & adapt to business needs with initiative and creativity
• Mastery of key components of the Adobe Creative Suite on the Mac platform

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.