Traffic Design Manager (Manager, Studio)

Located in Montreal, Quebec, the Canadian company Groupe Marcelle is a leader in the cosmetics industry. With the highest standards of quality and excellence, Groupe Marcelle develops, manufactures, and distributes care and makeup products and accessories with a portfolio of four brands: Marcelle, Watier, Annabelle and CW Beggs and Sons.

At Groupe Marcelle we believe in an environment where passion can be expressed, creative minds lead to exceptional innovation, audacity and focus are a pillar of great success and acts of empowerment, collaboration and humanity are widely encouraged. Because our purpose is to “Cultivate beauty in the world”, we strive to care for you, people and the environment. We are looking for professionals who will exemplify these values and bring energy and commitment to results.

Join a company with more than 300 employees in the cosmetics field and play a key role in the organization.

Groupe Marcelle is currently looking for a Manager, Studio for a permanent full-time position.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Marketing, you will oversee the graphic design of Groupe Marcelle's various visuals and meet the specific needs of our four brands. You will be responsible for the overall quality of the work produced by the graphic designers. You'll keep an eye on the ground while helping to promote our brands and generate great ideas.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Workplace: 5600, Côte-de-Liesse Road, Montreal, Quebec in hybrid mode (three (3) times a week at the office).
• Growing company.
• A dynamic team of professionals.
• Benefits: Competitive base salary and generous benefits package (including flexible hours, medical and dental insurance, pension plan, bonus and holiday vacation).
• Employee discounts on all Marcelle Group products.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE

• Lead the graphic designer and writing team in the production of all marketing materials, ensuring the quality and originality of the visuals.
• Be the person responsible for the overall quality of the work produced by the graphic and guide all studio projects.
• Approve the final material and ensure conformity of Groupe Marcelle brands, supervise the presentation of final concepts and obtain approvals for the delivered products.
• Act as brand steward by setting standards and ensuring visual communication and brand standards are met.
• Oversee the daily workflow of the department, control deadlines, plan and manage all stages of design projects.
• Keep abreast of evolving trends in the field and best practices.
• Work with external agencies, providing advice and feedback when developing new campaigns.
• Supervise a cross-functional team of graphic designers, editors, revisers and translators, in the strategic development of messages and deliverables.
• Lead brainstorming sessions with the creative team, maintaining strategic thinking to develop innovative and feasible initiatives while respecting budgets.

WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU IF YOU HAVE

• College diploma in a relevant field.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in team management.
• Strong preference for design and artistic direction.
• Ability to define brands from the ground up, including brand guidelines, branding and design systems.
• Experience working with designers/editors/videographers and producing work across all media (print, web, mobile, video).
• Experience leading creative projects, both print and digital, and a process from strategy and ideation to production.
• Hands-on experience in creative process, graphic design and studio production.
• Experience in customer relations (an asset).
• Minimum advanced level of proficiency in French, both oral and written.

AND IF YOU ARE

• Comfortable with ambiguity and setting up a creative function from scratch.
• Flexible and agile to work in a constantly changing environment.
• Organized and able to prioritize multiple deadlines and competing projects.
• Detail-oriented and excellent at time management.
• Problem-solving oriented and able to manage projects across the entire marketing product line.
• Team-oriented and able to establish and maintain positive relationships with the creative team and company stakeholders.

The task and responsibilities listed above are summaries and indicatives.

TO APPLY

We invite interested individuals to use our online recruitment module by submitting an application to https://dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-US/groupemarcelle.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Groupe Marcelle wants to offer equal employment opportunities to all. It invites women, members of visible and ethnic minorities, Aboriginals, and persons with disabilities to apply. Groupe Marcelle is also committed to pursuing the integration of diversity and making it a source of enrichment and pride for all its employees.

The use of the masculine gender in this document refers to both men and women.

Groupe Marcelle thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.