Brand Designer

Relay

. Own brand design projects from brief to delivery across paid media, web, lifecycle, social, campaigns, events, and sales enablement .

Posted 9/24/2026full-timeToronto • CanadaMid-LevelSenior💰 CA$108,000 - CA$132,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in brand design and visual storytelling, with a strong ability to manage projects, collaborate across teams, and apply design principles to meet marketing and business objectives. Proficient in using design tools to create cohesive and impactful visual assets while maintaining brand standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Brand DesignVisual DesignProject ManagementFigma ProficiencyAdobe Creative Suite Proficiency

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Hard Skills

Brand DesignVisual DesignGraphic DesignMarketing DesignTypographyLayoutCompositionColour TheoryVisual StorytellingDesign Rationale

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationCollaborationFeedback SynthesisAdaptabilityProblem Solving

Tools & Technologies

FigmaAdobe Creative SuiteCanvaAI Tools

Industry Keywords

B2BSaaSFintechFinancial ServicesStartup Brands

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own brand design projects from brief to delivery across paid media, web, lifecycle, social, campaigns, events, and sales enablement
Translate marketing strategy, customer insight, and business context into concepts and visual stories
Apply Relay’s visual identity consistently while contributing ideas that evolve the brand
Manage small-to-medium projects by clarifying scope, aligning stakeholders, maintaining timelines and versions, communicating blockers, and adapting to changing priorities
Collaborate with Copy, Brand, Growth, Product Marketing, Social, and wider organizational partners
Present work and explain design decisions
Synthesize feedback through design iterations
Build and maintain templates, libraries, documentation, and reusable resources
Use performance signals, stakeholder feedback, and customer context to connect design decisions to marketing and business goals
Develop expertise in a design specialty and share knowledge with teammates
Use emerging tools, including AI, to support original concepting and craft while maintaining brand standards

Requirements

What you’ll need

3–5 years of experience in brand design, visual design, graphic design, or marketing design, in-house or agency, or equivalent hands-on experience demonstrated through a portfolio
Portfolio showing strong design fundamentals, thoughtful concepting, and cohesive execution across multi-asset campaigns or multiple channels
Strong eye for typography, layout, composition, colour, visual storytelling, and brand consistency
Ability to explain individual project contributions and design rationale
Understanding of how design supports an audience, marketing goal, and broader business objective
Ability to independently manage small-to-medium projects and multiple workstreams
Clear communication about scope, timelines, feedback, and risk
Ability to collaborate across disciplines and participate in brainstorms and critiques
Ability to synthesize complex or abstract feedback and improve the work
Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and Canva
Must be legally authorized to work in Canada
Must be able to join the Toronto office three days a week (Tues/Weds/Thurs)
Successful background check and employment verification through Certn required for offers
Bonus: experience in B2B, SaaS, fintech, financial services, or fast-moving startup brands
Bonus: expertise in motion, illustration, web, lifecycle, social, paid media, presentation design, or another relevant specialty
Bonus: experience creating templates, libraries, or documented systems
Bonus: experience collaborating with freelancers, agencies, developers, or production partners
Bonus: experience managing project-level budgets or external resources

Benefits

Comp & perks

Compensation growth tied to impact and not limited to an annual review cycle
Accommodation support at any stage of the hiring process
Potential professional development and support for candidates growing into the full role scope
In-person and virtual interview process