Graphic & Motion Designer Jobs

Harvey's is part of the Recipe Unlimited Corporation portfolio of food brands, Canada’s leading full service restaurant company. Home to such iconic brands as Swiss Chalet, St.Hubert, The Keg, Montana’s, Kelseys, Bier Markt, East Side Mario’s, The Landing Group, New York Fries, The Burger’s Priest, The Pickle Barrel & Catering, State and Main, Elephant and Castle and Original Joe’s. With this diverse portfolio of restaurants our Home Office Teammates have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of some of the most popular, well-loved brands in Canada. Variety isn’t the only thing we offer – we are passionate about our industry, we celebrate and support diversity of thought, we are innately curious and encourage our Teammates to take ownership. Above all else, we believe in doing the right thing for our people, our communities and our planet.

MAKE YOUR CAREER A BEAUTIFUL THING AT HARVEY'S

For over 60 years, Harvey's has been serving great tasting, flame-grilled burgers to Canadians. We are on a journey looking for great people to be part of this iconic 100% Canadian brand that has homegrown roots across the country.

Position Overview

We are looking for a Sr. Graphic & Motion Designer to join our brand team. Reporting to the VP Marketing, this person would lead all design projects (digital, print and otherwise) for Harvey’s!

Major Responsibilities

• Design all printed assets (printed menu panels, in-store point of sales, posters, banner, flyers, training materials etc..), digital menu boards, and digital assets for social channels, email, display and video/animation as requested by our brand, for multiple platforms and browsers.
• Other duties as assigned by the brand team.
• Design and manage all assets for download and usage through the Local Restaurant Marketing Toolkit.
• Work with the brand team from conception to completion. This includes following a briefing process, gathering assets, ideating new ideas and delivering approved creative on time.
• Present final designs to brand leaders and senior leadership with confidence and clarity
• Be the design thought leader for the brand; and ensure that all materials, guest and associate facing, accurately represent the brand’s guidelines, book, feel and tone.
• Lead and refine brand guidelines as necessary.
• Lead relationship with print and digital menu boards vendors ensuring jobs are delivered on time and that they have all of the information they need to successfully execute the full job.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign) and bonus points for Aftereffects
• Experience creating rich media assets including videos, GIFs, cinemagraphs, stop-motions
• Impeccable visual design, relentless attention to detail, and possess strong organizational and time-management skills and very process-driven
• Knowledgeable of all social platforms, sizes and aspect ratios for web
• 5+ years’ of full-time graphic and motion design experience working in an agency or corporate role
• Self-motivated with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and can handle a fast-paced work environment with deadlines, new challenges, and changing priorities with minimal supervision
• Knowledge of web design process and best practices, including image optimization, responsive design, basic HTML and CSS
• Intermediate typography and illustration skills\
• A team player with strong communication skills

Why Join RECIPE?

• You will be working on some of Canada’s oldest, most well-known brands!
• Work is performed in an open-office environment with an “open door” policy at one of the coolest offices you’ll find (gym, cafeteria, unlimited coffee!)
• We offer a competitive salary, with a lucrative bonus plan and best-in-class benefits
• You’d be joining a close-knit, innovative team
• Hybrid role - In-office two set days a week in Vaughan, ON

Please apply on line. We thank all candidates for their interest but can only contact those we feel are most qualified for this role.