About Nouvelle Idée

‍Nouvelle Idée is an independent creative agency based in Montreal. We bring together communication, design, advertising and production under one roof to build strong brands and campaigns that impact. Our approach is human, agile and rooted in the idea that good communication must be as powerful as it is authentic.

Mission

‍As the director of communications and social networks, you will take charge of the vision, strategy and structure of our communication silo. Your role will be to define, manage and execute integrated communication strategies that include public relations, events, social media management and campaign development. You will work closely with senior management and other departments to deliver creative and coherent projects, while ensuring the fluidity and effectiveness of the communication silo.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage communication strategies for our clients and the agency
• Develop and execute effective social media strategies (Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn mainly)
• Oversee content creation and ensure consistent messaging across platforms
• Supervise communication resources and promote their professional development
• Create, structure and optimize internal processes in order to improve the efficiency and quality of deliverables
• Actively participate in the creation and promotion of communication mandates, including events and press relations
• Monitoring results and proposing continuous improvements
• Collaborate with other silos (strategy, design, production) to ensure the integration of projects

Profile wanted

• Solid experience in communication and social media management (minimum 5 years, including relevant experience in project or team management)
• Excellent mastery of social platforms: Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn (bonus: YouTube, Pinterest, X)
• Strategic vision combined with technical understanding (campaign manager, analytics, KPIs, etc.)
• Natural leadership and the ability to manage a team and a silo
• Organization, rigor and ability to manage several projects simultaneously
• Creativity, versatility and proactivity
• Quick thinking to solve problems quickly and effectively

Why join us

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By joining our team, you will be part of a growing agency where creativity is at the heart of each project. You will contribute to building integrated and impacting campaigns for a varied clientele, while evolving in a collaborative environment where your ideas and leadership will make a real difference.

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What we offer

• Salary: annualized and adjusted according to your experience.
• Position: full time 40 hours/week.
• Location: mainly at our bright and dog friendly offices in Mile End (94A Laurier Avenue O., Montreal), with occasional trips to our customers on the island.
• Teleworking: one day per week when operations allow.
• Schedule: office hours from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with flexibility to adapt to projects.
• Summer schedule: Friday afternoons off.
• Vacation: 4 weeks paid from the first year (2 weeks during the holidays and 2 weeks to be taken during the year).
• Atmosphere and advantages: welcoming offices in the heart of the neighborhood, an understanding and attentive management team, close-knit colleagues, invitations to numerous customer events, and activities every quarter (Christmas party, winter outing,
• Summer Retreat (weekend and more).

Nouvelle Idée is looking for the rare pearl to join our team as a graphic designer. This person will play a key role in creating compelling and coherent visual worlds for our clients, in close collaboration with our artistic director and project manager. We are looking for someone with at least 4 years of experience in graphic design, ideally with a stint in an agency, who has developed a personal artistic approach, an assertive style, or a unique way of seeing and thinking about design. More than a performer, we want to welcome a person who wants to put their vision at the service of a collective visual language, and to be actively involved in the artistic direction of the agency. If you combine creativity, rigor, visual curiosity and attention to detail, and want to put your talent at the service of stimulating projects, you may be exactly the person we are looking for.

MANDATE

As a graphic designer within the creative team, your mission will be to design and produce striking visual projects on various media (print, web, social networks, advertising, etc.), in close collaboration with team members. Here are the main responsibilities associated with your mandate:

• Actively participate in the artistic direction of ongoing projects, ensuring that the visual coherence and brand identity of our customers are maintained.
• Design and implement innovative and coherent graphic projects for various media (print, web, social networks, etc.).
• Collaborate closely with other team members to meet the specific creative needs of each client.
• Participate in the development of visual concepts and the creation of models for various projects (visual identity, packaging, advertising campaigns, websites, social networks, etc.).
• Propose creative solutions while respecting the technical constraints and communication objectives of customers.
• Ensure the management and adaptation of graphic projects according to customer feedback, guaranteeing their satisfaction.
• Work in collaboration with the strategy and communication teams to ensure that visual creations are in perfect harmony with the objectives of the project.
• Occasionally participate in brainstorming and creative development sessions for new projects.
• Perform all other relevant creative tasks according to the needs of the team and customers.

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WANTED PROFILE

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design or equivalent
• 4 years or more of graphic design experience (ideally with agency experience)
• Bilingualism and impeccable command of written French
• Excellent customer relationship building skills
• Creativity, adaptability and a strong attention to detail
• Excellent knowledge of trends in the world of design
• Excellent ability to adapt and be versatile
• Sense of initiative and resourcefulness
• Excellent sense of organization and priority management
• Mastery of the Adobe suite
• Web expertise (an asset)
• Motion design expertise (an asset)
• UX/UI expertise (an asset)
• Enjoyment and a positive personality

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Salary: annualized, competitive, relative to work experience.

Position: Full time of 40 hours/week.

Workplace: We prefer to work at our offices at 94A Laurier Avenue O. in Montreal. Given the nature of the position, the person must be able to travel to also meet our various customers in Montreal. It is possible to telework 1 day a week when this day does not interfere with the functioning of operations.

Schedule: We prefer standard office hours; that is to say from 9 am to 5 am. However, this position requires some flexibility in the schedule and offers the possibility for the person in charge to adjust their schedule accordingly.

Vacations: 4 weeks of vacation from the first year (2 weeks during Christmas and New Year's Day and 2 weeks during the year).

Summer schedule: Work week condensed over 4.5 days during the summer.

Other benefits: very welcoming and dog friendly offices close to everything in the Mile End, invitations to numerous events from our customers, close-knit team, activities every quarter: Christmas party, winter outing, winter outing, summer retreat and more.

We thank all candidates for their interest, but we will only contact successful candidates. Thank you for your understanding.