Digital Designer (UX/UI) - 6 months FTC

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

This is a 6 month fixed term contract, with potential for extension.

This posting reflects an existing vacancy.

This role is part of our Global Studios team. We create emotive yet conversion-focused ideas, products and campaigns at scale and speed. Our specialty is hyper-personalised, digital communications that change perceptions, shape new behaviours, and shift market share for our clients.

We are looking for an intermediate Digital Designer with UI + UX skills, that brings taste, wonder and attention to detail to everything that they do. This role requires integrating the UX and UI practice together, with an emphasis on the technical design execution of complex AI platforms. You will build functional, beautifully crafted systems that facilitate meaningful user interaction with AI.

• →Develop scalable design systems and frameworks for AI-driven products.
• →Create high-fidelity visual systems that merge brand identity with user experience.
• →Design motion-based prototypes to establish interaction patterns and system feedback.
• →Support design projects from initial concept through to final delivery.
• →Work closely with developers to ensure motion and UI details are implemented with precision.
• →Client facing and presenting design logic to project stakeholders via Figma designs

• Digital design experience, from a fast paced agency environment focussing on web, mobile, motion and marketing assets, including social media 
• UI skills utilizing Figma, with a UX mindset 
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual craft across UI and interaction design
• Experienced leveraging AI tools to streamline workflows and deliver high-quality design work efficiently. 
• A background in creating digital products that balance aesthetic beauty with functional logic
• Experience creating highly interactive digital experiences with a strong attention to visual detail and execution
• The ability to pivot, adapt and be flexible to dynamic needs and competing deadlines
• Clear communication skills for internal collaboration and client presentations
• Proactive, collaborate, organized and comfortable in a fast paced environment on multiple client product lines with multiple delivery assets in each

• Video motion /editing skills
• Illustration, 3D or animation skills are a bonus

The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $70,000 - $85,000 CAD. Salary is based on relevant experience, expertise, and organizational impact.

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.