Junior Graphic Designer

We’ve opened a role in all our offices for a talented, entrepreneurial Junior Graphic Designer to work alongside exceptional people in JLR’s Marketing group.

Pop Quiz:

• Do you enjoy finding creative visual solutions to communicate complex, technical information?
• Are you energized by collaborating with different teams and translating ideas into clear, visually consistent design pieces?
• Do you feel comfortable working across multiple projects at once and pivoting between print and digital formats?
• Does organizing and refining design assets like templates, photos, or branded files give you a sense of creative control and flow?

If you scored four for four, JLR has a home for you as a Junior Graphic Designer! You’ll be supported by a Platinum Club member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies program, 100% employee-owned firm that has a long-established reputation for quality services in multiple sectors.

JLR is a creative, tight-knit, and mentorship-focused community with unique opportunities for driven people with tenacity and spirit. Our organization is made up of diverse employee owners with specialized expertise in a wide range of disciplines. Joining the JLR team means joining a dynamic group of innovative architecture, engineering, and planning professionals and support staff.

If you’re innovative and collaborative, thrive when presented with new challenges, and are eager to take your career in new directions, then JLR is the right environment for you.

Your Role a Junior Graphic Designer:

Choose your own adventure! Let’s talk about how your skills, experience, goals, and passions can find a home at JLR. As the junior graphic designer, your role will include:

• Designing graphics and layouts for proposals, publications, presentations, reports, social media content, etc.
• Collaborating with marketing and technical teams to produce engaging visual content.
• Supporting the refinement and implementation of JLR’s brand guidelines across all platforms.
• Assisting in preparing print-ready files and digital formats for internal and external use.
• Participating in brainstorming sessions and contributing creative ideas to marketing campaigns and initiatives.
• Editing and retouching photography for use in various promotional materials.
• Scheduling project photoshoots.
• Maintaining digital asset libraries.
• Assisting with internal requests for branded materials, templates, and layout support.
• Ensuring accessibility and visual clarity across all design outputs.
• Staying updated on design trends and best practices relevant to engineering, architectural, consulting, and professional services industries.

Why Join us?

We live, work, breathe, sleep, and thrive in the communities we build. We love northern Ontario and the glorious bounty of the natural world and we’re proud of our reputation and longevity in the National Capital and Kingston regions. Furthermore, we’re growing our presence in southwestern Ontario and all along the Great Lakes of Ontario.

We foster a friendly, welcoming, and team-oriented atmosphere that encourages innovation and collaboration. We have an established depth of technical and support resources that can efficiently and effectively deliver small and large multidisciplinary projects. We provide flexible career direction with opportunities to choose your own path and interesting and exciting assignments ranging in size and type.

Employee Ownership and Career Growth

• 100% employee-owned
• Share ownership opportunities at all levels
• Merit and profit bonus program
• Competitive salaries reviewed annually
• Career Mentorship Program

Work-life Balance and Employee Wellness

• Immediate health and dental benefits
• RRSP/DPSP matching program
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working
• Parental leave top-up program
• Fun Funds to plan extracurricular social events

Community Engagement and Social Responsibility

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
• Environmental Sustainability Committee
• Reconciliation Action Plan Committee
• Local fundraising and community building events

Application Instructions

Interested in joining our team? Send us a cover letter, resume, and portfolio demonstrating your skills, qualifications, and the specific experiences that make you an ideal candidate for the position by emailing careers@jlrichards.ca.

This posting is for a current vacancy, but we’re always open to great talent, even if it’s not exactly what we’ve posted. Check out our open positions or send us a cover letter and resume outlining your skills, qualifications, and the specific experiences to careers@jlrichards.ca.

JLR welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

At JLR, each of us contributes to inclusion and we all have a role to play. Our culture is the result of our behaviours, our personal commitment, our curiosity, how we collaborate, and the ways that we courageously share our perspectives and encourage others to do the same. In turn, our environment inspires us to try new things, speak openly, and be bold. It brings us together in ways that help us stand out. Our inclusive culture empowers all of us to connect, belong, and grow. Learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.