Graphic Designer Jobs

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• 12 month contract role

You are a passionate creative with an enthusiasm for all things design and multi-media. The digital space is your canvas and you have a curious mind to try new things and explore the latest technologies. Collaboration, creativity and out-of-the box thinking are what you bring to this distinctive role with high-quality design always top of mind.
The Insurance Marketing Team collaborates with members of Insurance and beyond, to create award winning marketing materials. The Digital Graphic Designer will be responsible for design, development and video expertise and offer consultation on marketing projects from concept to deployment that are on-brand and on-strategy. Tactics include but are not limited to design mock-ups and wireframes, email campaigns, unique landing pages and web forms, static and HTML5 web banners, social media images, interactive PDF’s and videos.
What will you do?

• Continuously identify opportunities to create additional value, be proactive with ideas and creative solutions and share with the rest of the design team.
• Explore, design and present design concepts to key-stakeholders that can be adapted across various digital assets.
• Provide design and multimedia consulting advice on how to best execute on the vision of key digital initiatives for advisors and clients.
• Research and develop digital design and mutimedia solutions that have the end user and AODA best practices top of mind.
• Develop, design and execute video projects from end-to-end including consulting, storyboarding, video production, animation, post-production, working with digital teams and vendors, archiving files and managing digital site change and content update requests.
• Support the team with print related design projects when needed.
• Provide consultation, design and development to wire frames, graphic user interfaces, email campaigns and web landing pages, while keeping the user journey and analytics accounted for.

Note: If contacted for an interview with the hiring manager , please be prepared to present a portfolio showcasing your digital design work – examples of HTML emails, landing pages and a video sample or highlight reel are must haves.
What do you need to succeed?

• An understanding of usability, accessibility, cross-browser compatibilities and semantic markup.
• W3C and AODA standards compliance that applies to design, structure and coding best practices.
• Post-secondary education, including completion of a graphic or web design program at a recognized college; or an undergraduate degree in a related discipline.
• Sound knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects and Acrobat) on Mac OS.
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft tools to design within (Outlook, Powerpoint, Word, Excel) on Mac OS.
• Experience using an HTML email testing platform to effectively preview and debug code.
• HTML email design and coding experience, and understanding how to work creatively within its limitations.
• Skilled in HTML, HTML5, CSS, Javascript and Bootstrap as well as CMS integration experience.
• Video storyboarding, production, subtitles, animation and post-production expertise.
• Responsive digital design and front-end development of landing pages and web forms.
• 3 or more years of experience in digital graphic design.

What is also needed?

• Thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced team environment
• Be confident and effective in leading and participating in brainstorming sessions
• Value continuous learning, offer insights and refine processes for efficiency
• Be a creative problem solver in both design concepts and technical solutions
• Willingness to learn and master new programs and technologies as they apply to the position.
• Be an ambassador of our brand while knowing when to push the envelope and think “outside the box”
• Understand the value of white space, typography, image selection, consistency and design trends

Assets

• Marketing experience
• UX/UI experience
• Bilingual (French & English)

What's in it for you?

• Access to our Global Learning Centre, available 24/7 for your learning needs
• A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture
• An interactive team environment
• We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2022 Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Work® Canada
• An environment of continuous learning and improvement

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.
Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.
Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may e-mail a request to [email protected].
At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.
We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Salary Range:
51,100/51 100 - 82,800/82 800
Job Category:
Communications
Posting End Date:
14/06/2023