Senior Employer Brand Designer

Questrade Financial Group
Full-time•$85k-100k/year (CAD)•Toronto, Canada
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Questrade Financial Group (QFG)</strong>, through its companies - Questrade, &nbsp;Questbank, Questrade Wealth Management, Community Trust Company, Zolo, and Flexiti, provides securities and foreign currency investment, professionally managed investment portfolios, mortgages, real estate services, financial services and more. We use cutting-edge technology to help Canadians become much more financially successful and secure.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">At QFG, we combine human-centric collaboration with AI-driven innovation to redefine financial services. The ideal candidate will be a catalyst for change, using AI to transform and deliver unparalleled customer experiences and shaping a future where AI empowers our teams to do their best work.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Join our diverse, inclusive, and hybrid workplace to unleash your creativity and nurture your curiosity without limits. If you share this sense of infinite possibility, come shape your future at QFG.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #3d4a41;">What&rsquo;s in it for you as an employee of QFG?</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Health &amp; wellbeing resources and programs&nbsp;</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Paid vacation, personal, and sick days for work-life balance</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Competitive compensation and benefits packages</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Work-life balance in a hybrid environment with at least 3 days in office</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Career growth and development opportunities</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Opportunities to contribute to community causes</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Work with diverse team members in an inclusive and collaborative environment</span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This job posting is for an existing vacancy.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #3d4a41;">We&rsquo;re looking for our next Senior</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #3d4a41;">Employer Brand Designer. Could It Be You?</span></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">As the Senior Employer Brand Designer, you serve as the enterprise visual steward and functional design authority for Questrade&rsquo;s employer brand identity. Operating as an individual contributor on the Principal track and sitting at the strategic intersection of People &amp; Culture (P&amp;C), the Creative Shop, and Brand Creative, you lead the development, governance, and end-to-end visual storytelling strategy across all digital, physical, and experiential talent touchpoints.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Under the managerial direction of the Head of Employee Experience, you exercise broad operational independence to establish sub-brand visual standards within the overarching Master Brand framework. You govern and enhance the employer brand design system, translating candidate and employee insights into high-converting, compliant, and accessible brand experiences that position Questrade as the employer of choice for people who never settle&mdash;directing external creative partners and providing framework-level design leadership without requiring day-to-day creative supervision.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #3d4a41;">Need more details? Keep reading&hellip;</span></em></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In this role, responsibilities include but are not limited to:</span></p> <h4 style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">Employer Brand Visual Strategy &amp; Framework Governance</span></h4> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Owning and governing the end-to-end visual expression of Questrade&rsquo;s Employer Value Proposition (EVP), authoring sub-brand design guidelines that interpret and operate seamlessly within Master Brand guardrails.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Exercising determinative functional design authority across candidate-facing touchpoints, establishing visual standards, art direction, and brand application rules across the enterprise.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Determining the operational &ldquo;how&rdquo; to translate macro talent strategies into scalable creative systems, maintaining visual consistency across digital, physical, and experiential media.</span></p> </li> </ul> <h4 style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">Design System Architecture &amp; Scalability</span></h4> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Architecting, codifying, and maintaining the centralized Employer Brand Design System&mdash;including Photoshop assets, Figma component libraries, design tokens, UI patterns, typography hierarchy, motion presets, and multi-channel asset suites that accelerate speed-to-market.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Resolving complex, structural design requirements and engineering novel components where pre-existing templates do not exist, ensuring maximum design agility.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Governing system adoption across P&amp;C and Internal Communications, ensuring 100% brand fidelity, cross-platform responsiveness, and operational scalability.</span></p> </li> </ul> <h4 style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">Design Compliance, Accessibility &amp; Brand QA</span></h4> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Establishing and leading the enterprise brand review and visual auditing process for all talent-attraction deliverables, holding final design QA sign-off authority prior to public deployment.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ensuring comprehensive compliance with digital accessibility legislation (WCAG 2.1 AA / AODA) and technical production standards across all digital and physical touchpoints.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Reviewing, critiquing, and directing the creative deliverables submitted by external marketing agencies, recruitment partners, and decentralized internal collaborators to enforce strict adherence to quality benchmarks.</span></p> </li> </ul> <h4 style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">Multi-Channel Creative Execution &amp; Motion Design</span></h4> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Conceptualizing, art directing, and executing high-impact digital and analog collateral, including career platforms, campaign landing pages, programmatic ad suites, animated social campaigns, recruitment event spaces, and milestone onboarding packages, translating great design into the physical world.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Synthesizing talent analytics, candidate feedback, and user-testing data into adaptive visual solutions, dynamic motion graphics (After Effects), and interactive Figma prototypes that simplify complex employee value narratives and drive candidate engagement.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Partnering with Workplace Experience teams to shape the physical work environment, designing branded workplace graphics, environmental signage, and wayfinding installations.</span></p> </li> </ul> <h4 style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">Emerging Creative Tech &amp; Workflow Optimization</span></h4> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Establishing and governing operational best practices for integrating Generative AI tools, procedural design workflows, and advanced prototyping technologies into the employer brand creative pipeline to elevate output quality and streamline asset production.</span></p> </li> </ul> <h4 style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">Cross-Functional Advisory &amp; Strategic Alignment</span></h4> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Acting as the lead design consultant to P&amp;C leadership and cross-functional partners in Product, UX/UI, Creative Shop, and Engineering, assessing technical feasibility while safeguarding visual integrity.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Leveraging persuasive reasoning and consultative influence to align senior stakeholders and external creative vendors behind unified employer brand standards without relying on direct supervisory hierarchy.</span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #3d4a41;">So are YOU our next </span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #3d4a41;">Senior</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #3d4a41;">Employer Brand Designer</span></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #3d4a41;">? You are if you&hellip;</span></em></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Manrope, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hold a Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Interaction Design, Digital Media, or equivalent practical discipline</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Manrope, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Have 5+ years of dedicated professional experience in visual design, brand identity, or digital creative roles within a corporate or agency environment, including demonstrable background leading design systems or brand governance</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Manrope, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Have proven capability to author, document, and govern scalable design systems (Figma auto-layout, component variants, and token structures) and enforce framework standards across decentralized cross-functional teams</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Manrope, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Possess advanced proficiency across Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects), and modern prototyping platforms</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Manrope, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Have solid technical grounding in offline print production, environmental graphics, large-format specifications, and colour management (CMYK, Pantone)</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Manrope, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Possess deep operational command of responsive web principles, HTML/CSS layout constraints, and digital accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.1 AA / AODA)</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Manrope, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Have a demonstrated track record of articulating technical design rationale, negotiating solutions with senior stakeholders, and guiding external agency partners with high operational independence</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Manrope, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Have experience building or managing employer brand identities or sub-brand systems within a fast-paced financial services or technology enterprise</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Manrope, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Have practical experience integrating Generative AI image, motion, or layout tooling into creative production pipelines</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Manrope, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Have experience collaborating with talent acquisition teams to leverage recruitment funnel metrics, candidate conversion analytics, and A/B test results to inform design iterations</span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #3d4a41;">Compensation Information:</span></em></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Base salary range: $85,000 - $100,000</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The final compensation package will be commensurate with the successful candidate's experience, skills, and geographic location (Canada). It includes a comprehensive benefits plan and a competitive incentive (bonus) program for Full-Time Permanent roles.</span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #3d4a41;">Sounds like you? Click below to apply!</span></em></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff;">#LI-NP1</span></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff;">#LI-Hybrid</span></strong></p><div> <div> <p style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">At Questrade Financial Group of Companies, with multiple office locations around the world, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible work environment. This is an environment where individuals are treated with dignity and respect. Here, the unique skills and experience you bring will be valued. You will be supported and motivated, so that you can harness your unlimited potential. Our team reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and operate in. Having a collaborative and diverse team helps us push boundaries to bring the future of fintech into existence&mdash;not only for the benefit of our customers, but for those who build their career with us.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Questrade Financial Group of companies Applicant Tracking System utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) for application screening. The AI system operates on predetermined criteria, with final decisions subject to human review.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted directly. If you require accommodation during the recruitment/selection process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.</span></p> <div>&nbsp;</div> </div> </div>

Application Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in a relevant design discipline and possess 5+ years of professional experience in brand identity or digital creative roles. Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and a strong background in design system architecture and accessibility compliance are required.