GALE is a creative media consultancy that brings business insights to brand storytelling and activates it across every channel. With expertise in business strategy, media, CRM, addressable and integrated brand communications, performance marketing, and technology, GALE creates marketing systems and communications that grow businesses. GALE delivers strong outcomes for its partners in automotive, QSR, retail, gaming, entertainment, telecom and more. Founded in 2014, the agency currently has offices in New York, Detroit, Singapore, Toronto, Austin, Los Angeles, London, and Bengaluru.
Some brands we work with: Chipotle, MilkPep/Got Milk?, H&R Block, Abbott, Aetna Insurance, Hard Rock Casinos and Santander Bank.
If you’re driven by a passion to build something great, a desire to innovate, and a commitment to achieve excellence in your craft, GALE is an excellent place for you.
GALE is currently hiring a digital focused Production Designer who has expertise in both print and digital production to join our Toronto creative team. You will be responsible to take designs during the final stages of development to ensure accuracy and prepare them for print of digital production. Your creative and technical skills to format various images and illustrations will be instrumental for delivery. You should have an eye for detail, be highly organized, self-motivated with the ability to take ownership in areas of responsibility.
This is a fantastic opportunity to learn and work with a talented team in building experiences for some of the best brands in the world.
Who you are…
- 3+ years experience in an integrated digital and print production role in a creative agency environment
- Solid working experience building, editing and optimizing pixel and vector graphics (Sketch, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
- Possess strong attention to detail
- Work well under pressure in a fast-paced collaborative environment
- Ability to manage multiple work streams and projects simultaneously
- An ability to communicate clearly with peers and across disciplines
- An eagerness to try (and adopt) new applications and working methods
- A dedication to delivering great work
Nice to have…
- Experience in asset management
- Experience in Quality Assurance testing
- Experience working with developers with an understanding of front end dev.
What you will be doing…
Production
- Digital production skills for websites and CRM
- Accurately preparing development ready files
- Speed, accuracy and efficiency
- Print pre-press production
- Preparing and packaging files for print production
- Visual QA
Design
- Creating Keynote, Powerpoint and Google slides presentations/decks
- Creating icons, infographics and diagrams
- Creating and ensuring consistency of visual elements
- Ensuring brand integrity for design elements
- Assisting Art Directors and Designers with production of style guides and brand guidelines
- Layouts and design (expanding on art direction)
- Website pages in variety of break points
- Direct mail
- General print
- Quality assurance
Technical MUST have skills…
- Figma
- Sketch
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom)
- Keynote, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Google Slides
Nice to have…
- Able to assemble clickable prototypes using Framer X
- Familiarity in print and collateral design and production
- Motion graphics familiarity with Adobe Premiere and After Effects
- Managing and cataloging of assets in Adobe Lightroom
- Knowledge of web accessibility standards for AODA
- Photo post-production experience
- Front-end HTML and CSS knowledge
Inclusion in Hiring
GALE is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Please consider applying for this role even if you do not meet 100% of the suggested requirements, and/or if you have gaps in your resume.
Inclusion in the Workplace
We believe in inclusivity and do our best work when people with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skills are brought together. Our Core Values are at the root of GALE’s collaborative environment and help to foster a strong community. Our Code of Conduct, Human Resources policies and executive investment in inclusion further support and protect GALE’s inclusive workplace.
Our Hiring Process
We want you to be just as discerning in making your next career move as we are finding great talent to join our team. Our interview process generally consists of the following stages to allow you to meet a range of people from various disciplines and domains. You will be assessed at each stage before being invited to move to the next.
- Phone screen with a member of our Talent Acquisition Team
- Interview with the Hiring Manager, who will generally be your manager.
- Where relevant for the role, a technical aptitude test. (i.e. for domains in technology, data science, etc.).
- Interview with a member of our team from a different Department than yours.
- Interview with a member of our Leadership Team.
Please discuss with our recruiters if you require any accommodations throughout the process to help enable a smooth interview (i.e. accessibility in terms of location, timing, method, etc.).
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