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About the role

  • Design Director responsible for leading large-scale brand projects at The Turn Lab. Oversee a team of designers, client relationships, and ensure high-quality creative output in a hybrid work model.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary creative point of contact for multiple large-scale brand clients throughout the contract.
  • Lead client presentations, creative reviews and collaborative working sessions with confidence and clarity.
  • Translate client briefs and business objectives into sharp, strategic creative direction.
  • Manage client expectations and maintain strong working relationships across all accounts.
  • Oversee the brand redesign process for a key client, from discovery and concepting through to final brand system delivery.
  • Establish and uphold visual standards, brand guidelines and design systems across all client work.
  • Drive consistent, high-quality creative output across a diverse range of formats and deliverables.
  • Oversee and contribute to the production of brand collateral, logo design, printed brochures, and digital media assets.
  • Review and approve all design work before it goes to clients or internal stakeholders.
  • Collaborate closely with copywriters, strategists, art directors and production teams throughout projects.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional design experience, with significant time spent in an agency or client-facing environment.
  • A proven track record leading brand identity and redesign projects from end to end.
  • Experience managing small creative teams and acting as a client lead.
  • A portfolio that demonstrates strong brand systems, print design, digital design and visual thinking across a range of industries.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
  • Experience building and documenting comprehensive brand guidelines and design systems.
  • Ability to build client-ready presentation decks.
  • Proficiency in Figma for design, layout and collaboration.
  • Ability to work efficiently across both print and digital formats.

Benefits

  • Competitive contract day rate, commensurate with experience.
  • Hybrid work model (3 in-office days/week) based in Toronto.
  • A defined, high-impact contract with the potential for extension based on project needs.
  • The opportunity to lead meaningful work across a diverse set of clients and brand challenges.
  • A collaborative, ambitious team that values craft, clarity and good ideas.

Job title

Job type

Contract

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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