Company description

Saatchi & Saatchi is an advertising agency with the belief that creativity, data, media and technology should all work together, and we use that to influence human behavior and drive success for clients. S&S is one of the world's largest agency networks with 114 offices and more than 6000 employees globally. Here in our Toronto office we work with some of the countries most valued brands including Toyota, Buckley's, and Children's Advil, as well as several under the Mondelez banner (Crispers, Oreo, and Chips Ahoy just to name a few). We’re an award winning agency in both creativity and effectiveness, so it’s really important for us here to convert that innovation and the great ideas into real tangible business results for the organization.

Overview

Saatchi & Saatchi is an advertising agency with the belief that creativity, data, media and technology should all work together, and we use that to influence human behavior and drive success for clients. S&S is one of the world's largest agency networks with 114 offices and more than 6000 employees globally. Here in our Toronto office, we work with some of the countries most valued brands including Toyota, Lexus, Quesada and Mondelez just to name a few. We’re an award-winning agency in both creativity and effectiveness, so it’s important for us here to convert that innovation and the great ideas into real tangible business results for the organization.

Responsibilities

• Quickly learn and understand our team’s internal processes, collaborative tools, and version control systems through team and personal training activities to get up-to-speed and start contributing as soon as possible.

• The design and output of assets necessary for projects that range from full conceptualization of a new section to minor page updates within existing frameworks and applying style guides.

• Manipulate photo assets through crops, compositions, and basic retouching techniques as required.

• Produce and present wireframes, prototypes, and mock-ups in Figma to effectively communicate design and functionality to the team, and the client.

• Laying out screen breakpoints and applying grid layouts to ensure accuracy and consistency in development.

• Give and receive constructive, detailed input and feedback to your colleagues during brainstorms, and internal design reviews.

• Work with Strategy to create solutions for complex user scenarios and flows.

• Collaborate with our in-house development team to ensure projects meet prescribed design guidelines, working together to resolve design/developer obstacles and concerns.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one to two (1-2) years of professional work experience in a UI/ UX design role or similar, with a keen focus on best practices in UI/UX.

• Working knowledge in the following software: Figma, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

• Working knowledge in typography, layout, photo manipulation/retouching, and other graphic design fundamentals.

• Experience in responsive web design for desktop, tablet, and mobile with a mobile-first mindset. Laying out screen breakpoints and applying grid layouts to ensure accuracy and consistency in development.

• Understanding of how to produce assets for development.

• Ability to follow web-based style guides through conceptualization to production.

• Strong communication skills: Verbal, written and the ability to articulate design rationale clearly and convincingly to both clients and colleagues.

• Experience collaborating on a multi-disciplinary digital team, including Developers, Strategists, Project Manager’s, Copywriters, etc.

• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and adapt under fast timelines, and changing requirements in real-time.

• Passion for learning, expanding your skillset, and employing the latest digital tools, processes, and technology to keep our clients on the leading edge.

Additional information

• Knowledge or experience working with AODA compliance standards

• Experience working in an agile project management environment

• Familiar with Confluence and Jira

• Working knowledge of AEM (or other CMS’)

• Working knowledge of front-end development (HTML and CSS)

• Experience with the automotive sector a big plus

Saatchi is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome and encourage applications from all interested parties. Accommodations are available, upon request, for all stages of the interview and employment process for those with a disability or medical need during any stage of the recruitment process.