ROLE: Associate Design Director, Presentation & Internal Brand
TEAM: Design
LOCATION: Toronto (Hybrid)
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Salt is a North American marketing agency that creates connected experiences through creative, digital & media innovation.
Our mission is to “Earn the World’s Attention” and Salt is built to find, develop, execute, and amplify the ideas that are worthy of our clients’ audiences. We’ve structured our agency to do what’s right for our clients – to connect different perspectives, to work across mediums, and to focus on delivering meaningful, effective results.
We’re committed to living up to the values in our name. “Salt of The Earth” means we value collaborative, humble, hard-working people here. We’re looking for people who are as smart as they are kind because we believe the right talent and the right culture help us do what’s right for our clients.
ROLE OVERVIEW
As Associate Design Director, Presentation & Internal Brand, you will shape how SALT communicates its most important ideas.
This role sits at the intersection of design craft, brand stewardship, and visual storytelling, with a particular focus on presentation design and scalable brand systems.
You will help elevate the quality and consistency of SALT’s most visible internal and external communications — including new business presentations, leadership decks, internal initiatives, and learning programs.
You’ll work closely with leadership, new business, operations, and HR to ensure SALT’s ideas are communicated clearly, confidently, and consistently.
This is a highly hands-on role for a designer who enjoys solving visual communication problems, building design systems, and bringing structure to fast-moving environments.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and elevate high-impact presentations for new business, leadership, and internal initiatives.
- Translate complex ideas into clear, compelling visual narratives.
- Develop presentation frameworks, layouts, and storytelling approaches that improve clarity and engagement.
- Ensure SALT’s most important presentations reflect the highest standards of visual craft and brand expression.
- Develop scalable design systems, templates, and presentation frameworks that enable teams across the agency to work more efficiently while maintaining brand consistency.
- Create reusable visual components that allow teams to communicate ideas quickly without sacrificing quality.
- Bring structure and clarity to a fast-moving environment by helping establish practical systems for brand expression across decks and internal communications.
- Partner with Creative Directors, leadership, and cross-functional teams to support SALT’s most important initiatives and communications.
- Provide thoughtful creative feedback and help elevate the visual standard of internal work across the agency.
- Collaborate with design peers and stakeholders to continuously improve how SALT communicates its ideas visually.
- Maintain a high standard of visual execution across typography, layout, hierarchy, and composition.
- Remain hands-on in design work, particularly within presentation environments.
- Ensure final deliverables meet production standards with precision and attention to detail.
- Stay curious about new design tools, workflows, and technologies that can improve how creative work is produced and scaled.
- Explore opportunities to incorporate AI-assisted design tools, automation, and modern workflows that help the team work smarter and move faster.
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
- 7+ years of professional design experience across brand, presentation, or digital design environments.
- Expert-level PowerPoint skills with experience designing high-quality presentation decks, templates, and visual systems.
- Strong typography, layout, and visual hierarchy skills.
- Experience translating complex ideas into clear visual communication.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
- Comfort working in fast-paced, collaborative environments with evolving priorities.
- Interest in emerging design technologies, AI-assisted workflows, and modern creative tooling.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
- Salt of the Earth: We lead with humility, honesty, and heart—always.
- Do What’s Right: No shortcuts. We choose integrity over ease, every time.
- Earn Your Salt: We roll up our sleeves, chase results, and celebrate the journey.
- Make Things Better: We’re solution-seekers, always pushing for smarter ways forward.
- Seek Different Perspectives: Diversity fuels our thinking. Inclusion drives our impact.
Non-Bonus-Eligible Role
Pay Transparency Statement (Base Salary Only)
The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is $90,000–$110,000. Individual compensation within this range is determined based on job-related factors such as experience, skills, level of responsibility, internal equity, and business needs. This range represents the expected base salary for this role and does not include other elements of SALT/The Kitchen’s total rewards program.
Top Skills
What We Do
Salt XC is an agency driven by the philosophy of Experiential Commerce™. Our unique framework for designing better consumer experiences that earn attention and drive action. We take an integrated approach that connects your consumer’s online and offline experiences through data, media and the memorable moments that drive brand transactions.
