Digital Designer (1 Year Contract)

Job Overview:

Reporting to the Art Director, there is a career opportunity in our Marketing Department for a Digital Designer for a 1 year maternity leave contract. This position will be responsible for digital creative and design to support onsite experience and email communications for Toys“R”Us and Babies“R”Us.

We want to bring on someone who values what we value - teamwork, excellence, authenticity, accountability and integrity. In other words, we want you to fit in here. This is an opportunity for you to take on exciting responsibilities, build on your already strong skill set and help us achieve our goals, in a work environment that is fast-paced, dynamic and fun.

The following are the required responsibilities and qualifications:

Responsibilities:

• Works with cross-functional team members to deliver and integrate creative/technical/information architecture solutions.
• Follow through on every project from beginning to end, with a high degree of communication.
• Creates compelling designs that adhere to brand standards.
• Keep abreast of trends in interactive design, production tools and processes for products and websites.
• Manages and designs creative projects from concept to completion and translates marketing objectives into creative strategies.
• Stay aware of competitive networks and latest innovative solutions.
• Analyze and identify opportunity areas and implement design improvements to optimize the user’s shopping experience.
• Designs hands-on concepts for all customer marketing communication for Toysrus.ca and Babiesrus.ca projects.
• Provides hands-on input in conceptualizing and designing quality user interfaces, including homepages, landing pages, banner ads and emails with a primary focus on email marketing for Babies”R”Us.
• Testing and optimizing to improve communication and layout effectiveness.
• Investigate and recommend methods, systems, processes and standards.

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years’ experience in an eCommerce Marketing role preferably background in an omni-channel retail environment.
• Ability to have a collaborative approach and leadership quality to influence and “manage” various relationships.
• Must be self-motivated and detail-oriented with the ability to handle multiple projects, problem solve and have an excellent sense of prioritizing in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with email marketing provider technology platforms is required.
• Excellent experience with graphics software packages (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign).
• Extensive HTML/CSS coding/editing experience is considered an asset.
• Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines.

Toys R Us is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. Applicants under consideration for employment will be contacted to participate further in the recruitment process. If you are contacted and you require any accommodation in the recruitment process due to a disability, please indicate this, and we will work with you to meet your reasonable accessibility needs.