- Create original designs that align to project goals and overall creative direction, fluid templates and our client high standards.
- Collaborate with Art Directors, ACDs, and the larger project team to explore concepts and iterate on design layouts. Anticipate and solve for potential design challenges, as well as existing conditions.
- Prepare for creative reviews by outputting optimized files and presentation materials.
- Guide ideas to meet both creative and business goals within the project scope.
- Present persuasively and clearly articulate design rationale for project creative solutions.
- Consult with technical disciplines to ensure designs work within given limitations, and files are prepared with all necessary information to support the design intent.
- Review final deliverables with an exacting eye, ensuring that layout, images, and typography are flawless.
- Continually seek opportunities to refine design thinking and improve workflows.
- A minimum of 6 -10 year’s experience specializing in visual design for the web, mobile and/or app design.
- High proficiency in the formal elements of design, including typography, layout, balance, proportion, rhythm, emphasis, and unity.
- Ability to thrive in a challenging, fast-paced, creative workplace and to deliver quality design at a high volume in a tight timeframe.
- Photoshop expertise, including intelligently organizing files for design iteration, setting up files for web production, and adhering to graphic design standards.
- Reliable judgment to see when work may be “off track” and initiative to collaborate with others to find solutions.
- Passion for nurturing relationships, mentoring, and rallying teams to align around a vision.
- Ability to articulate ideas and be clearly understood by creative, project management and development staff, both in verbal and in written format.
- Clear communication and presentation skills that speak to both creative and technical audiences.
- Prototyping ability to convey preferred states, motion, and/or behaviors for interactive concepts.
- Strong understanding of web development, including HTML, CSS, iOS, and other technologies.
- Experience with digital creative tools including Sketch, Figma, Principle, Adobe Creative Suite, Powerpoint, and Keynote.
Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term
success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.
Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.
The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com, omc.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.
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What We Do
Critical Mass is a digital experience design agency with a relentless focus on the customer. Founded in Calgary in 1996, we have steadily expanded into a group of over 950 people working in 11 offices across North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and South America.
