Graphic Designer full-time

Graphic Desigher: Full-time 14 month contract (benefits provided)

As a nonprofit, we want to showcase quality design that represents our heart for the people we serve and the people who support us. Consistently named one of the 10 Best Christian Places to Work in Canada, Focus on the Family Canada is a dynamic and growing organization with an in-house design team. Our faith-filled, vibrant creative team is proud of the work we feel called to do. We craft direct mail pieces, print materials, emails, brochures, newsletters, catalogues, websites, and all sorts of other resources that need your attention to detail and coordinating skills.

We are looking for a team-oriented graphic designer with a clean, modern design sense. By providing design services and insight to the creative team, the graphic designer will ensure the delivery of high-quality design services to various internal clients of Focus on the Family Canada and adherence to organizational brand strategy on creative projects.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Providing design services on a variety of projects (print and digital).
• Assisting the creative services project manager by ensuring we have consistent, high quality output from the design team (both employees and contractors), including team adherence to organizational brand strategy.
• Providing general oversight, when requested, on design aspects of creative projects.

As the ideal candidate, you have a degree or diploma in new media, graphic design or similar. You also have experience working in a multi-project creative team; experience working as a senior or team leader in a creative team of various skill sets would be considered an asset. Through your employment history, you have become familiar with marketing and brand management; media publishing, including print and digital; and non-profit fundraising. Additionally, you have a solid understanding of current standards and best practices for web and print design, file management, and project management.

Success in this position is dependent upon having the ability to meet concrete deadlines while multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment. You must be self-motivated, highly organized, collaborative with project owners and attentive to detail.

To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume at Focusonthefamily.ca/employment