Intermediate Graphic Designer

The opportunity

At EY Canada’s in-house Creative Studio, we believe great design is about more than just aesthetics—it’s a strategic force that drives business outcomes, builds reputation, and creates meaningful client experiences.

You’ll join our in-house Creative Studio in EY Canada’s Enterprise Support Services, helping support the important business enablement functions that keep our organization running strong. You will work across teams to provide creativity, enthusiasm and collaboration that helps deliver exceptional quality, win in the market, and support EY’s growth. 

In your role as an Intermediate Graphic Designer, you will assist various groups, teams and internal stakeholders with design needs to conceptualize shared ideas used in the development of compelling creative for campaigns, events, reports, and proposals. As a driven and passionate creative professional, you enjoy collaborating and working in tandem with your colleagues while striving to understand and anticipate customer’s needs to exceed expectations.

Your key responsibilities include: 

• Understand, and using, EY brand standards, develop leading-edge designs and innovative ideas
• Create layouts with strong typography and image selection (supporting design concept/story) and appropriate use of colour, images and fonts, draw and redraw images/graphics, allowing for readability of type and effective communication
• Working with internal clients: Brand Marketing and Communications, Business Development, and other EY Canada teams to assist clients in selecting an effective design and deliverable solutions
• Working with Creative Studio: Support the Creative Director, Design Director or Senior Designers in creative projects and production work for deliverables
• Maintaining expertise or high proficiency with industry software and apps
• Knowledge for troubleshooting technical issues in both digital and print based deliverables
  e.g. pre-press, document optimization and interactive elements
• Sharing best practices, utilizing current techniques and advancements within the design community. Pursues and shares best practices with the design team
• Participating in project meetings and positive discussions relating to design trends or recent case studies
• Understanding stages and phases of a project lifecycle; anticipating scope creep, out-of-scope requests, communicating updates and managing any risk of deadline delays
• Working with external vendors regarding the coordination of production for external products and services
• Understanding, implementing, and strictly adhering to the quality standards and procedures established by Creative Studio and EY

Overtime will be required as needed.

Skills and attributes for success

• Experience in layout and editorial design, both with regards to creative and production
• Strong background, knowledge and understanding of typography
• Demonstrates flexibility to work with multiple projects/internal clients simultaneously
• Collaborative, team-first mentality
• A desire and willingness to learn, take on new projects and challenges to continue developing as designer
• Proficient in Mac OS and Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat) and Microsoft Office (PowerPoint)
• Experience in Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro or motion graphics an asset, but not required
• Committed to contributing to a strong team culture to ensure success
• Ability to communicate and engage effectively with multiple stakeholders and colleagues alike
• Develop and maintain relationships to efficiently leverage expertise
• Sound judgement regarding confidential and sensitive matters
• Proven ability to meet multiple and/or unexpected deadlines in a demanding environment
• Aptitude to differentiate when to act independently or team with others
• Creative thinking with attention to detail

What we look for

We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, curious, analytical, logical thinkers, have a very strong attention to detail. Being a strong team player is critical with the ability to adapt to changing requirements and be able to deliver on tight deadlines in support of our clients’ goals. To qualify for the role, you must have:

• College diploma or technical certificate in Graphic Design
• 4-6 years professional experience as a Graphic Designer

What we offer 

The EY benefits package is designed to support your physical, emotional, financial, and social wellbeing. Our extensive benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage, as well as mental health benefits, a robust Employee Assistance Program and group savings plans to promote your overall wellbeing. We offer generous time off, including personal days, vacation days, and additional firm-wide holidays, along with the option to purchase extra vacation days. Employees can take advantage of EY's exclusive learning programs tailored just for them. We also provide internal opportunities for career development and advancement, enabling you to grow within the firm. Get involved in meaningful volunteering through EY Ripples and make a positive impact in the community.

Learn about our commitment to DE&I at https://www.ey.com/en_ca/about-us/corporate-responsibility/equity

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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The salary range for this job in British Columbia is $65,600 to $98,400. Individual salaries within this range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and work location city.

Diversity and Inclusion at EY / Inclusiveness at EY 

Diversity and inclusiveness are at the heart of who we are and how we work. We’re committed to fostering an environment where differences are valued, policies and practices are equitable, and our people feel a sense of belonging. We embrace diversity and are committed to combating systemic racism, advancing gender equity and women in leadership, advocating for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, promoting our neuroinclusion and accessibility initiatives, and are dedicated to amplifying the voices of Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) nationally as we strive towards reconciliation. Our diverse experiences, abilities, backgrounds, and perspectives make our people unique and help guide us. Because when people feel free to be their authentic selves at work, they bring their best and are empowered to build a better working world.