Senior Designer

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Critical Mass is seeking a Senior Designer for a full-time onsite Calgary contract from June 29 to September 25, requiring five days in the office. You will translate strategy into elegant, brand-driven design for web marketing initiatives and product launches, collaborating with Art Directors and cross-functional teams while upholding brand principles. Your portfolio should prove 6+ years of interactive design and 2+ years of hands-on interactive work, with expert Sketch and Photoshop skills, strong Mac OS knowledge, and a grasp of front-end tech. To apply, tailor case studies to UX deliverables like mood boards, storyboards, prototypes, and motion, explain design decisions clearly, and show communication, reliability, and the ability to work quickly under tight timelines.

As a Freelance Senior Designer, you will develop breakthrough creative concepts that translate visually across interactive platforms for web-based marketing initiatives and product launches. You're an original thinker and collaborative leader—matching strategic direction with elegant design solutions for our client's homepage and other platforms. You'll work closely with creative and technical disciplines while maintaining strong brand principles and systematic design rationale. Most importantly, you possess expert-level proficiency in design applications and prototyping tools, with exceptional attention to detail.

Contract Details: 

• This position is full-time onsite requiring 5 days per week presence at our Calgary office.
• The contract will run from June 29 through September 25.

You Will:

• Design solutions that meet or exceed strategic objectives for our client
• Create highly usable interface solutions focused on user experience
• Design mood boards, storyboards, interactive page layouts, site grids, interface demos, photo retouching and enhancements, and animated GIFs
• Create original designs that align to project goals, creative direction, fluid templates, and standards
• Craft story-driven campaigns across multiple mediums while elevating the brand
• Distill complex asks into clear, elegant, and focused messaging
• Create simple prototypes that convey preferred states, motion, and behaviours for interactive concepts
• Collaborate with Art Directors, ACDs, and the larger project team to explore concepts and iterate on design layouts
• Anticipate and solve for potential design challenges and existing conditions
• Build and maintain team rapport with the creative team, technology, account managers, producers, and our client
• Visualize and verbalize ideas clearly to the team and our client

You Have:

• 6+ years of relevant interactive design experience
• Strong design portfolio demonstrating 2+ years of design and interactive work
• Highly proficient in formal design elements: typography, layout, balance, hierarchy, proportion, rhythm, emphasis, and unity
• Expert-level proficiency in Sketch and Photoshop, including intelligent file organization for design iteration and web production
• Solid working knowledge of Mac OS, Photoshop, and Illustrator
• Understanding of the strengths and limitations of Flash, After Effects, QuickTime, Director, and ImageReady
• Understanding of front-end web and mobile development, including HTML, CSS, iOS, and other technologies
• Excellent communication and presentation skills across internal teams and with both creative and technical audiences
• Ability to thrive in a challenging, fast-paced creative workplace and deliver quality design at high volume in tight timeframes
• Proven aptitude for quick creative thinking with acute attention to detail within demanding deadlines
• Ability to articulate creative ideas clearly and persuasively
• Reliable judgment to recognize when work may be off track and initiative to collaborate with others to find solutions
• Diligent, flexible, resourceful, and independent with a strong work ethic
• Developed and diverse communication skills

What We Offer:

• Global maternity and parental leave
• Competitive benefits packages
• Vacation, compassionate leave, personal/sick days, and flex days
• Access to online services for families and new parents
• Early Dismissal Friday’s (off at 3:00 PM local time every Friday)
• 12 affinity groups
• Internal learning and development programs
• Enterprise-wide employee discounts

Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success.  In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.