Requisition ID: 209206
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Role

The Graphic Designer is focused on pushing and growing the retail design system for Scotiabank. The right person for this role will be skilled in visual design, interested in the world around them, and will fit within a collaborative work environment that encourages ideas and contributions from all team members. The Graphic Designer must have the ability to take in a wide range of briefs, think strategically, work within design guidelines, and understand constantly be focus on the end user of their designs.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

• You are a highly practiced visual designer who has a passion for simplicity, clean and modern designs
• You rely on your innate set of user-centered design principles to produce high-quality visuals—from concept to execution—across multiple print and digital mediums.
• You excel at translating creative briefs and insights into beautiful communication pieces and campaigns
• You can handle a wide range of projects with short and long timelines
• You are a relationship builder and are comfortable incorporating ideas and inspiration from multiple sources
• You have first-hand experience working with print-production and are skilled at prepping files for print
• You can design within a brand guideline, while still pushing it into new areas and keeping it fresh
• You are constantly looking for new sources of inspiration and are committed to incorporating new ideas while maintaining brand consistency
• You can present your own work to all stakeholders involved in the project
• You are open, persuasive, engaging and love to have a good laugh
• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Champions a high-performance environment and demonstrates a commitment to Scotiabank's values: accountability, passion, integrity and respect. Delivers results in accordance to Scotiabank behavioural competencies. Creates an inclusive team culture and an environment where team members hear, share, and appreciate diverse perspectives.
• Directs day-to-day activities in a manner consistent with the Bank's risk culture and the relevant risk appetite statement and limits.
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.
  

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? – We'd love to work with you if you have:

• 5+ years of experience in graphic design or the visual arts
• Ability to innovate within existing brand guidelines to build branded and creative assets for presentations, print materials and digital signage as required
• Post-secondary education in Design, Communications, the Fine Arts or a related field.
• A demonstrable portfolio of work which showcases your stylistic breadth, attention to detail, and which balances beauty and clear communication design skills
• High level of proficiency in Adobe CC (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop)
• A positive and resilient personality. You must be able to embrace feedback and have a desire for continuous iteration and improvement.
• Comfortable working in a self-guided manner with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage your own time efficiently, without direct input or oversight
• Ability to balance great design with short and sometimes uncomfortable deadlines.

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto
Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.
At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.