Senior Visual Designer

Closing Date: December 1, 2024

Shape our visual brand, create innovative design solutions, and collaborate with world-class professionals. Make a lasting impact on the success of one of Canada's largest institutional investors.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As a Senior Visual Designer at BCI, you will report directly to the BCI Studio Manager and play an integral role in developing, overseeing, and maintaining our visual brand. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure consistency across all materials, products, and visual elements while aligning with our corporate communication strategies and enhancing BCI's reputation.
By embracing a professional, collaborative mindset, you'll value open communication and a willingness to learn from others, fostering a positive and supportive team environment. Your role will extend to establishing a creative work atmosphere that encourages teamwork and generates new ideas and solutions.
Additionally, you will be responsible for recruiting and managing future co-op and contractor designers. This will involve providing guidance, mentorship, and feedback to help them grow professionally and align with BCI's branding objectives.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Degree or diploma in graphic design, information design, or related disciplines

• Six years experience as an information or graphic designer, with a minimum of three years experience as an in-house designer

• Experience as a visual brand strategist, developing and designing brand elements, defining standards, developing tactical plans, and delivering on visual brand strategy

• Subject matter expertise in visual communication strategy best practices

• Demonstrated ability to plan and direct photo and video shoots

• Experience collaborating with outside agencies and suppliers

• Strong leadership skills in providing creative direction, inspiration, and mentorship of other designers

• Demonstrated expertise in portraying complex financial concepts and data, including data visualization best practices

• Expertise in typography and layout design for print and digital mediums; advanced knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel and Illustrator chart design

• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment; excellent project management and organizational skills while being detail oriented

• Financial sector experience is considered an asset

• Professional designation considered an asset

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead Advisor and Subject Matter Expert on BCI’s Visual Brand

• Is a brand strategist for BCI’s evolving approach to the visual brand: leads the development, design, and execution of the visual brand program that will guide the design of corporate, client, and internal communication materials. Develops and leads the rollout of the tactical plan

• Leads strategic creative solutions for corporate projects providing solutions that align with communication strategies and best practices for portraying financial information and data in an accessible and engaging manner

• Contributes to the strategic direction of the Studio program; advises manager on design trends, tools, and best practices

People Management and Leadership

• Recruits and manages co-op and contractor designers: provides orientation of BCI, BCI’s visual brand strategy, tools, and processes; manages their workload; provides creative direction; regular check-ins; reviews work and constructive feedback; manages budget; approves timesheets

• Establishes a collaborative and creative work environment for designers, fostering open communication and teamwork to generate innovative ideas and solutions

• Provides guidance, mentorship, and feedback to the Studio team, helping them grow professionally and enhance their skills in line with BCI’s branding objectives

Develop BCI Collateral Materials that Promote BCI’s Brand and Reputation

• Conceives, develops, and designs solutions that meet the objectives of BCI's communication strategies and align with BCI’s visual brand and data visualization standards

• Contributes to the management and administration of the Studio digital asset management system

• Plans, co-ordinates, creatively directs photoshoots of BCI employees to build the image repository for BCI communication materials, working with both internal and external photographers

• Provides colleagues with design counsel; advises on the use and application of BCI stationery and templates

• Brings forward operational suggestions for system implementation that will streamline work more efficiently

Project Management & Creative Direction

• Acts as a strategic advisor and creative lead on all aspects of large-scale corporate visual brand projects

• Partners with cross-functional teams; develops comprehensive creative briefs and workback schedules

• Defines scope, requests and reviews estimates; orients agency and contractors to visual brand; develops storyboards and inspiration mood boards; provides creative direction; tracks budget; develops collateral communication materials to support communication strategy; approves work products; adheres to project scope, milestones, and budget

• Coordinates and manages design projects, ensuring that tasks are delegated effectively, resources are allocated appropriately, and deadlines are met

• Identifies knowledge gaps in the team, recommends training or other solutions

Corporate Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains strong relationships with BCI’s internal stakeholders and third-party vendors

WHERE YOU WILL WORK

Work from our downtown Victoria office; relocation support is available if needed.

SALARY RANGE

BCI offers a competitive total rewards package which includes a performance-based incentive plan, comprehensive health & dental benefits, a defined benefit pension plan and paid time off.

The annualized base salary range for this role is CAD $100,000 to $120,000.

The base salary offered to the successful candidate will consider a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill set, level of experience applicable to the role they are being offered and consideration to internal equity.

We pay our people competitively in the markets in which we compete for talent and with consideration to internal equity and job structure. We aim for actual pay to be around the median of the market for target or expected levels of performance, and around the upper quartile of the market for excellent performance.

Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience and expertise.

WHY APPLY TO JOIN BCI

With our values as our anchor, it’s our people that help shape employee-focused initiatives and who create the environment we work in each day – all of which further strengthens our culture. BCI has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers – for the fifth consecutive year - and has built programs and benefits to support all our employees, including;

• Extended health and dental coverage, start on your first day of work. We have you covered!

• Our telehealth provider Dialogue connects you and your family to virtual healthcare appointments

• Eligibility to the defined benefit BC Public Service Pension Plan, providing you with a secure retirement income

• Time off includes: 20 days vacation, 6 paid sick days, 6 paid personal days, and 2 paid days for volunteering – to support physical, mental, and community health

• Four days in office, with the option to work from home once a week, promoting both a collaborative work culture and a healthy work-life balance

• Annual wellness allowance to support an active lifestyle as well as physical well-being when working at home

• On-going learning through our in-house mentoring program, professional dues support, tuition reimbursement, and online and in-house learning

At BCI, we value diversity and believe in fostering an inclusive culture where all employees can be successful.

We are performance and client focused, and we value integrity; if you share these values, we want to know you.

We recognize that some skills can be learned on the job and encourage all to apply.

If you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations), contact us at [email protected].

We would like to hear from you!