City : Waterloo

Category : Software & Systems

Industry : IT

Employer : BlackBerry

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Job Description

The Brand Team at BlackBerry is looking for a Senior Designer Specialist who can visually problem solve and create design solutions that clearly communicate and move the brand in compelling ways. Do you have a creative mind with the ability to conceptualize and implement design solutions for marketing across multiple assets, from digital, social and print advertising, website content, and events? Are you passionate about the creative process but can also deliver expediently?

Senior Designer Specialist at BlackBerry is an experienced, multidisciplinary creative responsible for concepting, creating and implementing design solutions across all marketing and advertising materials. You are a strategic thinker, excellent collaborator and brilliant executor. You will have experience in designing against all media—digital, traditional, experiential, environmental, as well as a thorough understanding of best practices and design production. You will work closely with other creatives, copywriters, strategists, product experts and marketing professionals to develop, effective, insight-driven creative solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Capabilities to design across all media, with a digital focus
• Understanding of creating and designing within brand guidelines
• Ability to design from scratch or to finish existing projects
• Strong knowledge of traditional, digital and experiential mediums and best practices
• Ability to think and execute strategically and flawlessly
• Solid understanding of brand storytelling
• Aptitude of designing for brand initiatives
• Skill to design for content-heavy deliverables such as whitepapers and product sheets
• Versed in web design
• Guide and mentor team members and students

Skills & Qualifications:

• Excellent communicator and collaborator
• Strong design portfolio or website that showcases a variety of work across all media
• Passion for big thinking and beautiful execution
• Examples of a range of design—brand, infographics, digital advertising, social, events
• Deep understanding of Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
• Animation and videography skills would be preferred
• Positive, optimistic approach to creative problem solving
• Ability to work in a group or independently
• Positive, optimistic approach to problem solving
• A bachelors degree or college diploma in design or a related field, and a minimum of 4 years of experience

BlackBerry is a leading cybersecurity security software and services company dedicated to securing the Enterprise of Things.  Based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, the company was founded in 1984 and operates in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America.  The company trades under the ticker symbols “BB” on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NYSE. For more information, visit www.BlackBerry.com (http://www.BlackBerry.com).

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