Design Offres d'emploi - Toronto, ON

Your career is an investment that grows over time!

Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We're the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $50 billion in assets.

Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.

About the Brand Design Team

As our Brand Design Director, you will define the visual identity and vision for Wealthsimple and lead a talented team of designers, animators, and producers to develop brand-defining work that let's the world know we set the standard for design and visuals, but never lack humanity

As the Design Director, Brand at Wealthsimple, you will be responsible for leading a team of diverse designers across multiple disciplines, including 3D, motion, and brand design. You will work closely with various teams, including Integrated & Marketing Operations, Art Direction, Editorial, and Copywriting, to ensure cohesive, high-quality design outputs that reflect Wealthsimple's unique brand and resonate with our audience.

This is a leadership role, but we are looking for someone who is capable of contributing at an individual designer level, with a strong portfolio that demonstrates exceptional design skills and strategic thinking. While you will lead and mentor a small, talented team, your primary impact will stem from your unparalleled design taste and hands-on contributions. We're looking for a seasoned designer who can transition between strategic leadership and design execution. You will work cross-functionally with teams to ensure alignment across all touchpoints of the Wealthsimple experience.

About the role :

• Own and drive the design vision and direction for large-scale brand design initiatives, while ensuring quality and consistency across all projects
• Champion Wealthsimple's distinct brand identity, ensuring it is consistently represented across all touchpoints
• Collaborate closely with marketing leadership to develop creative solutions that drive business and marketing objectives
• Partner with cross-functional teams including Growth, Product Marketing, Communications, and Product Design to ensure design solutions align with company goals and maintain a cohesive experience
• Balance strategic design leadership with hands-on execution, actively contributing to the creative process
• Lead, mentor, and grow a small team of talented designers across various design disciplines
• Advocate for design excellence, continuously pushing the team to innovate while maintaining high standards for design work
• Cultivate an inclusive, collaborative, and feedback-driven environment for your team, encouraging growth and the development of new skills
• Provide clear and constructive feedback, both to team members and stakeholders, to ensure the quality and impact of design deliverables
• Act as a key point of contact between the design team and other departments, effectively communicating design rationale and aligning with broader organizational goals

What You Bring

Why Wealthsimple?

Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance

Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work

20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days

Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively

90 days away program : Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year

A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)

Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year

We're a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions - join us!

Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.

DEI Statement

At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Accessibility Statement

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.