Wanted
Art Director
Visionary creative leader, ready to shape bold, innovative designs.
Visionary creative leader, ready to shape bold, innovative designs.
Criteria Is this you?
🔥 Character
Strong back, soft front, open mind, light heart, natural creator, lifelong learner.
Strong back, soft front, open mind, light heart, natural creator, lifelong learner.
💎 Capability
Excellent visual vocabulary, keen observational skills, enthusiastic collaborator, high EQ, fast learning. A typography, colour and design nerd.
Excellent visual vocabulary, keen observational skills, enthusiastic collaborator, high EQ, fast learning. A typography, colour and design nerd.
⚔️ Competency
A sharp-eyed conceptual thinker who can set new design standards, or elevate existing ones. Inspires colleagues and clients alike. Your portfolio showcases your conceptual vision and technical skills across different media.
A sharp-eyed conceptual thinker who can set new design standards, or elevate existing ones. Inspires colleagues and clients alike. Your portfolio showcases your conceptual vision and technical skills across different media.
🌶️ Culture Fit
Prioritize personal and professional development. Love raising the bar of creative excellence with a low ego. Loathe office politics and bureaucracy. Prefer open and direct communication. Seek to make an impact and build legacy. Here for the long game.
Prioritize personal and professional development. Love raising the bar of creative excellence with a low ego. Loathe office politics and bureaucracy. Prefer open and direct communication. Seek to make an impact and build legacy. Here for the long game.
Company This is us.
Nimble. Unconventional. Dependable. Pixel Dreams is a creative agency with the inner fire to tackle the impossible. In the messy middle of building a centennial powerhouse for a vital purpose and notable clientele. Big logos, small egos. Warm hugs, hot debates. Thick skins, light hearts. Diverse by nature, not policy.
While we prefer not to kiss and tell, we recognize how important it can be for some candidates to see client logos before applying.
Some of the notable companies we work with.
Details What you need to know.
💰 Structure & Salary
- Full-time, reporting to Design Director and ECD as part of the Design team
- Hybrid, minimum of three days a week in office (Toronto/North York)
- Starting salary range between $75-100K, depending on experience and competency
- Full benefits and vacation package
- Support system for personal and professional development
💼 Duties
- Generating original and compelling visual concepts and ensuring that they meet brand and accessibility standards across a variety of media.
- Championing clients’ brand standards and their application in a B2B environment
- Collaborating closely and constructively with Writers, Project + Account Managers and Developers
- Presenting to clients, and contributing to the development of an exceptional client experience
- Mentoring and supporting junior members of the team
- Ensuring file structure and labelling are exemplary on all projects
📋 Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in a creative role, at least one as an Art Director, with a history of leading creative projects.
- Strong proficiency of industry-standard design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, G-Suite and Slack (our internal work platforms). Knowledge of After Effects and experience using AI tools is an asset.
- Understanding of agency processes and team structures
- Some experience in B2B marketing and communications design
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Design or a related creative field is a bonus.
Opportunities
Boundless 🪄
How big are your dreams?
How high are your aims?
How deep is your dedication?
How big are your dreams?
How high are your aims?
How deep is your dedication?
This position is an unfilled vacancy.
Due to the high volume of job applicants, our application form is comprehensive to help earnest candidates stand out. If you choose to apply, we value the time you invest in the process.
All applications are reviewed by humans. AI may be used to support parts of the assessment process.
Curious about what to expect from the entire application process?
View the Candidate Journey
Due to the high volume of job applicants, our application form is comprehensive to help earnest candidates stand out. If you choose to apply, we value the time you invest in the process.
All applications are reviewed by humans. AI may be used to support parts of the assessment process.
Curious about what to expect from the entire application process?
View the Candidate Journey