Description
Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.
The Visual Communications Manager is responsible for designing and managing visual communication pieces for Air Canada's publishing platforms, including Horizons eMagazine, The Daily newsletter, and HZTV digital billboards. The role involves conceptualizing and executing creative solutions, managing production from conception to completion, and working closely with senior management and various stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Design for internal corporate communications vehicles like: Horizons eMagazine, The Daily newsletter and HZTV digital billboards.
- Review and analyze customer requests to determine best vehicles
- Work from often-complicated messaging to conceptualize and execute creative solutions for multiple visual platforms
- Design visual communication pieces and strategies including overall theme development, individual piece designs, etc.
- Submit strategies and creative deliverables within the agreed upon deadline and budget
- Manage production of all design pieces from conception to completion including printed materials
- Work efficiently with vendors on the development of needed client materials
- Perform pre- and post-production quality checks
- Creatively seek out new products and maintain cutting edge industry knowledge
- Lead and attend design meetings as assigned
- Work closely with the Director, Visual Communications and Editor of Horizons
Qualifications
- Four-year related degree and a minimum of 5 years design experience in an in-house creative department or design firm.
- Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft applications.
- Advanced knowledge of InDesign automation features
- Strong conceptual skills, high level sense of design, layout and typography.
- Strong creative, organizational, problem solving and time-management skills.
- Strong language skills to read through content and break down information for design execution.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Expert understanding of all graphic production processes.
- Adaptable and quick learner.
- Must be able to apply branding style guides creatively while upholding brand identity for Air Canada.
- Experience with in5, HTML, and motion graphics a plus.
Conditions of Employment:
- Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest, at the time any offer of employment is made and seeking any required work permits/visas or other authorizations which may be required is the sole responsibility of the candidates applying for this position.
Linguistic Requirements
Based on equal qualifications, preference will be given to bilingual candidates.
Diversity and Inclusion
Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.
As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.
Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.
