Graphic Designer

About Avicanna :

Avicanna is a diversified and vertically integrated Canadian biopharmaceutical company dedicated to researching, developing, and commercializing plant-derived cannabinoid-based products for global consumer, medical, and pharmaceutical markets.

As we continue to expand our horizons, we are thrilled to offer a remarkable opportunity for a creative Graphic Designer with experience in both print and digital media to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

With the proven ability to turn creative concepts into tangible assets, the ideal team member is passionate about bringing creative ideas to life through print and digital media.

Reporting to our Executive Vice-President of Marketing, the successful candidate can take direction from written or spoken ideas and convert them seamlessly into images, layouts and other designs.

The successful candidate should have an intimate understanding of how marketing campaigns work with retail products within pharmaceutical, cosmetics and cannabis industries.

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Duties & Responsibilities

• Create compelling and effective logos, designs, print and digital media
• Applying creative thinking and design skills to a variety of print and digital media, including marketing
• and promotional materials such as conference booth graphics, brochures, flyers / pamphlets, etc.
• Edit videos to create content for use on digital and social channels such as reels, boomerangs, GIFs, loop videos
• Managing own workflow processes and design execution, and ensuring quality control of creative work
• Able to work on creating point of sale (POS) and product packaging designs including labels, 3D renderings, etc.
• Develop disparate elements of a design such as the icons, photographs and other components for the
• overall brand imagery
• Preparing creative material for production and coordinating with external third parties for production
• when applicable
• Creating package design concepts, materials and production following strict regulatory guidelines
• Providing design support effectively and efficiently within the global Marketing Team

Required Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design related discipline (Masters Degree preferable)
• 3+ years in professional commercial design, preferably with a marketing or creative agency
• Experience with packaging design
• Extensive experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign, etc.) specifically
• with mock-ups, images for print and social media, web design, packaging design and multimedia presentation
• High proficiency in web development
• Adaptive design eye and skill, creative flexibility
• High proficiency in production design
• Experience with animation
• Deep understanding of typography, illustration, photography and culture
• Excellent time management and organization skills, able to work under tight timelines in a high-pressure
• environment
• Strong attention to detail and able to critically analyze own work
• Ability to absorb and apply constructive criticism from internal and external stakeholders

What You’ll Need to Have

• Collaborative : Working effectively and productively with cross functional teams to ensure consistency of designs across various media outlets
• Innovative : Excited and creative in your approach to convert concepts into imagery and design that will
• enhance the reputation of the company and its brands
• Communication : Excellent ability to write clearly, present a variation of new ideas and communicate
• changes and adaptations of design theories and assets to the group. As a team member, excellent conflict resolution, team building and interpersonal skills
• Problem Solving : Anticipating, analyzing, diagnosing and resolving problems
• Organization and Planning : Utilizing logical, systematic and orderly processes to meet objectives and
• timelines
• Flexibility : Agility and fluid approach in adapting to change in a fast-paced environment

Job Types : Full-time, On-site