GALE

GALE is a creative media consultancy that brings business insights to brand storytelling and activates it across every channel. With expertise in business strategy, media, CRM, addressable and integrated brand communications, performance marketing, and technology, GALE creates marketing systems and communications that grow businesses. GALE delivers strong outcomes for its partners in automotive, QSR, retail, gaming, entertainment, telecom and more. Founded in 2014, the agency currently has offices in New York, Detroit, Singapore, Toronto, Austin, Los Angeles, London, and Bengaluru.

Some brands we work with: Chipotle, MilkPep/Got Milk?, H&R Block, Abbott, Aetna Insurance, Hard Rock Casinos and Santander Bank.

If you’re driven by a passion to build something great, a desire to innovate, and a commitment to achieve excellence in your craft, GALE is an excellent place for you.

GALE is currently hiring a digital focused Production Designer who has expertise in both print and digital production to join our Toronto creative team. You will be responsible to take designs during the final stages of development to ensure accuracy and prepare them for print of digital production. Your creative and technical skills to format various images and illustrations will be instrumental for delivery. You should have an eye for detail, be highly organized, self-motivated with the ability to take ownership in areas of responsibility.

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn and work with a talented team in building experiences for some of the best brands in the world.

Who you are…

• 3+ years experience in an integrated digital and print production role in a creative agency environment
• Solid working experience building, editing and optimizing pixel and vector graphics (Sketch, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
• Possess strong attention to detail
• Work well under pressure in a fast-paced collaborative environment
• Ability to manage multiple work streams and projects simultaneously
• An ability to communicate clearly with peers and across disciplines
• An eagerness to try (and adopt) new applications and working methods
• A dedication to delivering great work

Nice to have…

• Experience in asset management
• Experience in Quality Assurance testing
• Experience working with developers with an understanding of front end dev.

What you will be doing…

Production

• Digital production skills for websites and CRM
• Accurately preparing development ready files
• Speed, accuracy and efficiency
• Print pre-press production
• Preparing and packaging files for print production
• Visual QA

Design

• Creating Keynote, Powerpoint and Google slides presentations/decks
• Creating icons, infographics and diagrams
• Creating and ensuring consistency of visual elements
• Ensuring brand integrity for design elements
• Assisting Art Directors and Designers with production of style guides and brand guidelines
• Layouts and design (expanding on art direction)
• Website pages in variety of break points
• Email
• Direct mail
• General print
• Quality assurance

Technical MUST have skills…

• Figma
• Sketch
• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom)
• Keynote, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Google Slides

Nice to have…

• Able to assemble clickable prototypes using Framer X
• Familiarity in print and collateral design and production
• Motion graphics familiarity with Adobe Premiere and After Effects
• Managing and cataloging of assets in Adobe Lightroom
• Knowledge of web accessibility standards for AODA
• Photo post-production experience
• Front-end HTML and CSS knowledge

Inclusion in Hiring

GALE is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Please consider applying for this role even if you do not meet 100% of the suggested requirements, and/or if you have gaps in your resume.

Inclusion in the Workplace

We believe in inclusivity and do our best work when people with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skills are brought together. Our Core Values are at the root of GALE’s collaborative environment and help to foster a strong community. Our Code of Conduct, Human Resources policies and executive investment in inclusion further support and protect GALE’s inclusive workplace.

Our Hiring Process

We want you to be just as discerning in making your next career move as we are finding great talent to join our team. Our interview process generally consists of the following stages to allow you to meet a range of people from various disciplines and domains. You will be assessed at each stage before being invited to move to the next.

1. Phone screen with a member of our Talent Acquisition Team
2. Interview with the Hiring Manager, who will generally be your manager.
3. Where relevant for the role, a technical aptitude test. (i.e. for domains in technology, data science, etc.).
4. Interview with a member of our team from a different Department than yours.
5. Interview with a member of our Leadership Team.

Please discuss with our recruiters if you require any accommodations throughout the process to help enable a smooth interview (i.e. accessibility in terms of location, timing, method, etc.).

GALE

About GALE: GALE is a creative media consultancy. We bring business insights to brand storytelling and activate it across every channel. With expertise in business strategy, media, CRM, addressable and integrated brand communications, performance marketing, and technology, GALE creates marketing systems and communications that grow businesses. GALE delivers strong outcomes for its partners in automotive, QSR, retail, gaming, entertainment, telecom and more. Founded in 2014, the agency currently has offices in New York, Detroit, Singapore, Toronto, Austin, Los Angeles, London, and Bengaluru.

Some brands we work with: Chipotle, Hard Rock, Got Milk, Pella, H&R Block, BMO, Goldman Sachs, Santander, Burt’s Bees, NBA, Hertz.

If you’re driven by a passion to build something great, have a desire to innovate and a commitment to achieve excellence in your craft, and are looking for an environment where your voice is heard, GALE is the right place for you.

About the Role:

The Assistant Editor will be joining a team of creatives reporting to the Post-Production Lead. The role will have a wide range of responsibilities within the post-production pipeline such as working with various teams to find and assemble editorial clips and audio, enabling creatives to do their best work and ensuring that all deliveries are ‘to spec’ in every detail. This requires a growing knowledge of and passion for post, combined with strong attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize in a fast-paced creative driven environment.

What you have:

• Adaptative with knowledge of tools & software involved in post-production
• After Effects and Adobe Premiere
• Knowledgeable in Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
• Great communication skills
• Ability to prioritize requests and manage multiple projects meeting tight deadlines in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment
• Responsiveness to challenges with a collaborative approach

What you will be doing:

• Prep footage for design, editorial, and graphics teams
• Gather, organize, and check all assets for accuracy and functionality
• Clean high resolution footage in final sequences
• Managing incoming source materials and their organization on the server
• Initial project setup and organization for editors
• Day-to-day management of editorial server and its contents
• Perform QA checks on delivery of finished assets conforming to Gale and client brand standards.
• Create multiple versions of assets for delivery as directed by an editor or producer
• Versioning for broadcast, web, social media, creating final deliverables and content for delivery
• Potentially assisting in editing projects
• Embed captioning and prepare other Accessibility files
• Clean up and organize project before archiving
• Oversee the delivery/upload of final files through FTPs and client portals, and confirm delivery of all final deliverables in collaboration with Post Producers
• Work closely with creative and post production teams to craft visually compelling creative stories under tight deadlines
• Understanding of storytelling style as related to timing and pacing
• Support the Post-Production Lead in establishing post-production workflows and in logging metadata, cataloging raw footage, data and file management, transcoding of proxies, rendering media.

Our commitment to inclusion

We believe in inclusivity and do our best work when people with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and skills are brought together. Our Core Values are at the root of GALE’s collaborative environment and help to foster a strong community. Our Code of Conduct, Human Resources policies, and executive investment in inclusion further support and protect GALE’s inclusive workplace.

GALE is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

Our Hiring Process

We want you to be just as discerning in making your next career move as we are finding great talent to join our team. Our interview process generally consists of the following progressive stages to allow you to meet a range of people from various disciplines and domains.

• Phone screen with a member of our Talent Acquisition Team
• Interview with the Hiring Manager, who will generally be your manager.
• Where relevant for the role, a technical aptitude test. (i.e. for domains in technology, data science, etc.,…)
• Interview with a member of our team from a different Department than yours to learn about GALE’s Core Values
• Interview with a member of our Leadership Team.

Please discuss with our recruiters if you require any accommodations throughout the process to help enable a smooth interview (i.e. accessibility in terms of location, timing, method, etc.,…).

GALE