Senior Art Director, Creative Strategy

Intertek is searching for a Senior Art Director, Creative Strategy to join our Catalyst team based from Waterloo, Ontario.  

What you’ll do:

• Elevate creative quality, visual storytelling, and strategic thinking across Catalyst initiatives. 

• Blend hands-on design execution with creative leadership. 

• Help shape compelling creative solutions and experiences, guide creative direction, and contribute to impactful client experiences.

• Work closely with the Creative team, Client Services, and cross-functional partners to bring strong design expertise, conceptual thinking, and modern creative approaches to projects across learning, brand, print, digital, and experience design.

• Combine strong visual design expertise with strategic thinking and collaborative problem solving. 

 

Specific Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of high-quality visual concepts, creative systems, and design approaches across client initiatives.  

• Translate business goals, learning objectives, and client needs into engaging and effective creative solutions.  

   

• Collaborate across the Creative team to strengthen creative quality and execution.  

• Partner with Client Services, Creative leadership, and cross-functional teams to shape strategic creative approaches and experiences.  

• Contribute to client conversations, presentations, and creative discussions.  

• Help facilitate collaborative working sessions, brainstorming discussions, and creative reviews.  

• Support the development of presentation materials, visual storytelling, and creative recommendations for client engagements.  

• Build trusted relationships through thoughtful communication, collaboration, and creative partnership.  

• Design polished and engaging visual assets across print and digital materials, branded content, presentations, campaigns, and interactive experiences.  

• Develop layouts, graphics, visual systems, and supporting assets aligned to project goals and brand standards.  

• Ensure creative output is user-centered, visually compelling, and aligned to accessibility and usability best practices.  

• Contribute directly to production work while balancing strategic responsibilities.

• Stay informed on evolving design trends, creative technologies, AI-enabled workflows, and modern digital experiences.  

• Research and explore new approaches, tools, and creative opportunities that improve efficiency, scalability, and innovation.  

• Bring forward ideas that enhance team workflows, visual storytelling, and overall client value.  

• Support a culture of creativity, curiosity, collaboration, and continuous learning.

• Carry out all responsibilities in a supportive manner with total adherence to: the Company’s Health, Safety and Environmental Policies and Procedures, Quality Management System, Compliance and Ethics Policies, Vision, Mission and Strategy, and exercises good judgment, common sense, and diplomacy.

 

Education and Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in graphic design, art direction, creative services, agency, or digital experience environments  
• Portfolio demonstrating strong print and digital design work  
• Experience participating in client-facing discussions, presentations, or creative workshops  
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and modern design tools  
• Experience designing across multiple formats including digital, presentation, branding, and interactive experiences  
• Strong understanding of layout, typography, visual hierarchy, storytelling, and user experience principles  
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional creative and production teams  
• Interest in emerging technologies, AI-supported workflows, and modern creative processes  
• Post-secondary Diploma or Degree in Graphic Design

 

Core Competencies:

• Thinks strategically while remaining highly hands-on  
• Brings confidence and clarity to creative discussions  
• Balances creativity with business and client needs  
• Elevates the quality of ideas, visuals, and storytelling  
• Is collaborative, adaptable, and solutions-oriented  
• Enjoys contributing within a team environment  
• Has a growth mindset and curiosity for innovation and emerging technologies  
• Strong organizational and time-management skills

 

Value-Added Competencies:

• Web design skills an asset

   

 

Salary & Benefits Information

The salary range for this position is $82,700 - 96,880 per year. Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons. In addition to competitive compensation packages, Intertek employees are eligible for a variety of benefits including paid time off, paid holidays, medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, RRSP with company match, tuition reimbursement and more.

Intertek’s Commitment

Intertek is a world leader in the Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. With passion, pace, and precision we work to exceed our customers’ expectations, while engaging with our employees to be 10X in their performance and professional growth.

Our Culture of Total Quality Assurance 

Intertek promotes a culture where motivated, customer-oriented employees can flourish, experience professional fulfillment, and reach their highest potential. At Intertek, we exercise our spirit of innovation, the passion of our people and our unmatched customer commitment to realize our purpose of making the world an ever better, safer, and more sustainable place for all. 

A career with Intertek offers rewarding opportunities to help companies around the world develop products that are used safely by millions of people every day. Intertek is the trusted advisor to many of the world’s leading brands, companies, and governments, and has earned a reputation for accuracy, reliability, integrity, and technical competence.  Working at Intertek means joining a global network of state-of-the-art facilities and passionate people who deliver superior customer service with a purpose of bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

We Value Diversity

Intertek’s network of phenomenal people are our greatest assets, and the diversity they bring fuels our success. Intertek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that values inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

For individuals with Disabilities, who would like to request accommodation, or who need assistance applying, please email hr.canada@intertek.com [hr.canada@intertek.com]

Please apply online at Intertek Canada Careers (oraclecloud.com)  [https://hcog.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2/]

This position is to fill a vacancy

*Intertek does not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies and will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.