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You will experience Christian faith in action helping to make real and lasting change in the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children. Join the World Vision Canada team and be part of a powerful and effective force for good: For Children. For Change. For Life.

Job Description:

The Creative Communication team is looking for a talented Senior Graphic Designer to join our in-house creative team. The ideal candidate is a strategic conceptual thinker who can lead creative development and execution on a wide spectrum of complex and time sensitive design projects from concept to delivery. The role is primarily print based but the ideal candidate is equally experienced in web, mobile and social. You produce quality work with current cultural trends, complimented with an understanding of good design principles and a focus on detail. Reporting to the Senior Manager Creative Direction, you possess a passion for design & creativity and want to make real and lasting change in the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children.

Responsibilities:

• Designing amazing creative for a range of media that meet or exceed strategic objectives.
• Leading a project or group of projects with limited input from a Creative Director.
• Balancing creative solutions with client business requirements.
• Excellent communications skills to articulate ideas and solutions to team and clients.
• Excellent pre-production skills to produce quality creative deliverables.
• Thorough understanding and adherence to corporate brand.
• Building and maintaining a team rapport with creative communications team.
• Ability to shift priorities, multi-task and complete projects as the work landscape shifts.

Job Requirements: 

• Relevant post-secondary degree and 6-8+ years design experience + strong portfolio.
• Exceptional creativity, visual design & print production skills.
• Ability to think strategically through a creative brief and conceive creative concepts and translates them into a visual format.
• Strong project management skills, organized and deadline driven.
• Advanced proficiency in current industry software.
• Excellent communication skills, oral and written to articulate creative ideas.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary, collaborative team environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy under tight deadlines.
• Outstanding pre-production knowledge, including printing processes and technologies, file formats, requirements and limitations.
• Strong knowledge of marketing communications, fundraising, and the not-for-profit sector.
• Registered Graphic Designer designation considered an asset.

How to Apply:  

World Vision is committed to the protection of children; all offers of employment will be conditional upon the successful completion of reference checks and a Police background check. Qualified candidates must be able to demonstrate a commitment to the core values and mission of the World Vision partnership.

World Vision Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Interested applicants are asked to complete an online application via our careers website:

https://wvc.hua.hrsmart.com/hrsmart/ats/JobSearch/index

Application deadline:  May 26, 2016