Designer Wanted

Position 1: Junior Designer (0-2 years experience)
Position 2: Intermediate Designer: Maternity Leave (2-4 years experience)

Responsibilities:
Working under the supervision of the Creative Directors, you are comfortable in several project situations: running your own select projects with minimal supervision, contributing to other designers’ projects in a group environment, and executing components of the senior designers’ projects. With one foot in strategic, brand and marketing thinking, and the other planted in innovative, creative design solutions, you can balance both worlds. And you get along well with clients. You are infinitely curious, in touch with what’s going on in the design and marketing world, and are positive, constructive, professional and honest. This is a small firm, so we all (including the owners) roll up our sleeves and help with miscellaneous studio jobs, from presentations and self-promotion, to archiving files and washing the dishes. And we love what we do.

Skills should include:
_ Effective verbal and written communicator with excellent presentation skills
_ A command of typography, color, composition, hierarchy, and the ability to take these elements
to create on-brand and innovative design solutions.
_ Strong problem-solving skills and understanding of brand strategies and positioning
_ Ability to take creative direction and execute on design strategies
_ Detail oriented, efficient and excellent time management
_ Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously
_ Excellent team working skills
_ Ability to work through problems logically, prioritize projects, meet deadlines and work well under pressure
_ Must have experience in brand identity and/or packaging
_ Prefer experience with online design, including several CMS systems and directing developers
_ High level of proficiency in standard applications, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
_ Excellent print knowledge and must be able to build print-ready files for printing and manufacture
_ Can liaise with outside suppliers, from arranging estimates to direction and follow-up

Please send a PDF no larger than 4MB with resumé, samples of recent work, availability and salary expectations to our email. Follow-up interviews will be arranged as required. No phone calls please.

Internships
We regularly employ design school students and recent graduates for 3-month (or more) internships to assist the designers with presentations, design preparation and the miscellany of everyday goings-on at Subplot, while learning more about the business and process of design. Interested applicants should send resumé, 5 samples of recent work and available hours to Roy White by email. No phone calls please.

Careers
We are always on the look-out for new members of the Subplot Design team. If you are a best-of-breed designer, account director, project coordinator, producer, or computer production artist, please send your resumé and 5 samples of work by email to Subplot.