Junior Creative Director

Written By Melanie Hayes

Toronto, ON

Hybrid

$100,000-$120,000 base + bonus + benefits 

Chasing Talent has partnered with a Canadian investment firm recognized for their modern approach, entrepreneurial and disruptor thinking to hire a Junior Creative Director. We’re looking for an experienced, hands-on Creative Director who leads by doing and by empowering others to do their best work. This is not a “manage from a distance” role. You set the creative bar through craft, curiosity, and collaboration, while creating a culture where strong ideas happen and people feel ownership in the work.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

This is an exciting time to join the team as the hiring company continues to grow their brand. An innovation mindset is critical. We are looking for fresh thinking, someone open to adopting new tools and new approaches that challenge convention and help move the brand forward in meaningful ways. You are energized by progress and see change as opportunity.

 

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

You will report into the Chief Marketing Officer and work closely with an existing team of designers, building a supportive, high-performing creative environment rooted in core values, where trust, clarity, and shared standards drive collaboration, consistency, and momentum. Culture and fit matter deeply. You value teamwork, constructive feedback, and forward progress over ego.

Creative Development & Execution

  • Support the development and execution of creative concepts across brand, campaign, digital, social, and video.

  • Translate brand strategy and business objectives into compelling creative ideas.

  • Ensure creative work is consistently high-quality, on-brand, and delivered on time.

  • Review and refine creative assets, providing constructive, actionable feedback.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner closely with Marketing on campaigns and content development.

  • Collaborate with the Investment teams on thought-leadership content.

  • Work with the company to align creative direction with product and investment storytelling.

  • Assist in presenting creative concepts and rationale to internal stakeholders and leadership.

Team Leadership & Brand Stewardship

  • Lead, mentor, and inspire designers through clear briefs and feedback.

  • Oversee all videography for social media.

  • Contribute to evolving and maintaining brand guidelines and visual identity.

  • Balance bold creative thinking with real-world constraints such as timelines, budgets, and compliance.

Marketing Strategy & Design Excellence

  • Support all marketing initiatives and own key design components across web, social, and email.

  • Lead improvements in internal design capability, with two junior designers reporting into this role.

  • Stay up to date on cultural trends, design, storytelling, and emerging platforms to keep the brand fresh and relevant.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Technical and craft expertise

  • 5+ years in a senior creative role such as Junior ACD or equivalent, with a portfolio spanning websites, digital experiences, social, email, integrated campaigns, and video.

  • Strong design fundamentals including typography, layout, systems thinking, and visual hierarchy, applied consistently across channels.

  • Proven experience designing and launching websites, including UX, visual design, and collaboration with developers.

  • Hands-on expertise in video and motion, including conceptualising, storyboarding, editing, and overseeing post-production for brand and digital-first content.

  • Demonstrated experience designing email campaigns and modular templates optimized for Salesforce Marketing Cloud or similar platforms.

  • Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud and Figma, plus social-first video tools such as Premiere, After Effects, or CapCut.

  • Strong working knowledge of AI-powered creative tools, with hands-on experience using platforms such as Runway, NanoBanana, Midjourney, Sora, DALL·E, Firefly, or similar tools for concepting, design exploration, video, and production acceleration.

 

People, leadership, and collaboration

  • A hands-on, builder mindset with a desire to lead through example and stay close to the work.

  • Proven ability to mentor and empower designers, creating clarity through strong briefs, constructive feedback, and smart prioritization.

  • Experience working collaboratively with external creative agencies, ensuring alignment while maintaining creative standards.

  • Comfort working cross-functionally with marketing, lifecycle, product, engineering, and senior stakeholders.

  • A collaborative, low-ego leadership style where culture, trust, and fit matter as much as craft.

TO NOTE

AI will not be used in the review of a candidate’s eligibility for the role. Each application with be individually reviewed by the talent partner.

APPLY NOW

If you are interested in this opportunity, please reach out with your resume.  Apply here.

Melanie Hayes
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