Sr. Graphic Designer

About KEEN
KEEN Creative is a strategy-first marketing team based in Edmonton. We’re a collaborative crew working with clients from startups to the public sector across North America. We keep egos out, curiosity in, and take pride in work that’s useful, clear, and well-crafted. We aim to create a meaningful positive impact in everything we do.

The Role

As a Sr. Graphic Designer, you’ll work across brand, digital, web, campaign, and print projects from early concepts and wireframes through to polished, production-ready work. You’ll help shape how brands look, feel, and work, bringing together strong visual design with an understanding of user experience, usability, hierarchy, and how people interact with design. You’ll collaborate closely with strategists, developers, marketers, and clients to turn strategy and insights into thoughtful, effective creative. No two days are the same, but the constant is a supportive team that has your back.

This role is an in-person position at our head office in Edmonton, Alberta. We are NOT accepting applicants for remote work.

What You Bring:

• Minimum 5 years experience working as Graphic Designer
• Diploma or degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication Design or related field
• Strong portfolio demonstrating branding, digital, UX/UI, website, campaign, and print design
• Experience in designing brands and full campaigns with both online and print applications.
• Proficiency in industry-standard software (Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, etc.)
  
• Experience designing websites from user flows and wireframes through to high-fidelity UI
• Solid understanding of UX principles, responsive design, accessibility, and usability
• Experience with website UX audits and identifying opportunities to improve digital experiences
• Strong proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience developing brands and visual systems, including logos, typography, colour, grids, and guidelines
• Client-facing experience, including presenting concepts, participating in workshops, and incorporating feedback
• Strong communication, organization, and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet agreed-upon deadlines
• A collaborative, curious, self-starter mindset
  

Bonus Skills:

• Experience with Webflow or other visual website-building platforms
• Copywriting, including headlines, calls to action, and microcopy
• Motion graphics or video editing experience
  

What you’ll do:

• Develop creative across brand, digital, web, campaigns, and print
• Develop and iterate concepts that solve the brief and support strategy
  
• Adhere to and maintain brand guidelines, ensuring consistency across all visual communications.
  
• Translate strategy and research into thoughtful visual and UX solutions
• Create website user flows, wireframes, layouts, and high-fidelity responsive designs
• Conduct and contribute to UX/UI and website audits
• Develop and refine brand identities and visual systems
• Design campaign assets across social, digital advertising, landing pages, email, OOH, print, and more
• Present concepts and design rationale to clients and the KEEN team
• Collaborate with developers to ensure designs are practical and implemented as intended
• Manage your workload, meet milestones, and keep files organized
• Follow KEEN workflows and contribute positively to the team
  

What we offer

• Competitive compensation
• Paid vacation, sick and flex days, plus additional time off during the December holiday break
• Employee health and dental benefits
• Flexible and supportive work environment
• Free parking

Due to the volume of applications, only candidates selected to move forward in the interview process will be contacted.

To learn more about KEEN Creative, visit keencreative.ca.

How to Apply:

Please submit your resume, cover letter, and a link to your online portfolio. We look forward to reviewing your application and portfolio. We’ll review applications as they come in and hire as soon as we find the right fit.