Digital Designer I

About the position

Digital Retail Design at Best Buy Canada drives the vision for the experiences we create for customers. We are a large and growing community of diverse specialists in Digital Design and Experience Design. We are truly agile and embedded across different problem spaces across Best Buy. As a Junior Digital Designer, you will work in an agile team alongside Experience Designers, Digital Merchandisers, Retail Managers, and Marketing to craft cohesive experiences across our digital channels. You will be focused on creating assets that support the delivery of customer-first shopping experiences across bestbuy.ca and support digital retail channels. We are currently hiring for a 12‑month fixed‑term opportunity within our Digital Retail Design community. In this role, the successful candidate is needed to be in the greater Vancouver, BC area, where we practice a remote first working model, leveraging in person interactions for strategic, collaborative, and social purposes. Apply now and grow your career with our Digital Retail Design community as a Junior Digital Designer.

Responsibilities

  • Execute visual communication and experience strategies while working within Best Buy’s brand and design guidelines
  • Solve problems from a customer-centered perspective, and always thinking customer-first
  • Collaborate with your design peers across the organization to drive consistency and grow your design practice
  • Prepare and deliver design assets for bestbuy.ca that support responsive, standards-driven experiences
  • Prepare and deliver design assets for newsletters and digital advertising across display and social, ensuring they meet brand, platform, and digital design standards

Requirements

  • 1-2 years of experience working in a design team and having a digital portfolio demonstrating your design skills
  • Foundational understanding of core design principles, including layout, hierarchy, typography, and visual consistency
  • Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator
  • Familiarity with Figma
  • An understanding of how to design for and use a content management system
  • Foundational knowledge of motion design principles such as ease, timing, transitions and creating lightweight animation.

Benefits

  • Employee discounts on awesome tech from day one
  • Health benefits and wellness program
  • Training programs to build new and transferable skills
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