Signify Design – Woodstock, ON (Hybrid: 2 Days In-Studio / 3 Days Remote)
Signify Design is a boutique design studio specializing in environmental branding, commercial interiors, signage, and branded environments. We partner with leading national brands across Canada to create memorable spaces where strategy, architecture, graphics, and customer experience come together.
We're looking for an experienced Graphic Designer who combines exceptional creativity with thoughtful execution and enjoys seeing ideas come to life beyond the screen.
This is a hybrid position, with two scheduled days each week working from our Woodstock studio and up to three days working remotely. Additional travel to client meetings, installations, and site visits throughout Ontario and Canada may be required based on project needs.
This role offers the flexibility of remote work while recognizing that the strongest ideas are developed through collaboration.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for more than someone who can make things look good.
We're looking for a designer who can think strategically, communicate visually, and develop creative solutions that work across physical spaces, branded environments, print, digital, and environmental graphics.
The right person is curious, collaborative, and genuinely passionate about design. They enjoy exploring ideas, refining details, and creating work that is both visually compelling and purposeful.
This position is best suited to someone who:
- Thinks conceptually before opening design software.
- Has exceptional typography, layout and composition skills.
- Balances creativity with attention to detail and production accuracy.
- Takes initiative and enjoys solving design challenges.
- Is organized, dependable and comfortable managing multiple projects.
- Welcomes feedback and enjoys collaborating with designers, clients and consultants.
- Is motivated to continually learn, improve and expand their skills.
Every studio has its own creative process and standards. Successful candidates will enjoy learning our workflow while contributing ideas and creative thinking from day one.
What You'll Be Doing
- Develop creative concepts that communicate brand strategy and client objectives.
- Design visual identities, environmental graphics, signage, wayfinding, presentations, and marketing materials.
- Create production-ready artwork for print, fabrication and large-format applications.
- Collaborate closely with interior designers to integrate graphics within commercial environments.
- Prepare presentation materials for client meetings and design reviews.
- Work with vendors, fabricators and printers to ensure accurate production.
- Maintain brand consistency across multiple client touchpoints.
- Participate in brainstorming sessions and creative workshops.
- Manage multiple deadlines while maintaining exceptional quality.
Core RequirementsExperience
- 4+ years of professional graphic design experience.
- Demonstrated experience developing creative concepts through final production.
- Experience working with brand identity systems across multiple applications.
- Experience preparing artwork for print and production.
Advanced Software Skills
Applicants should be highly proficient in:
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Acrobat
Experience with any of the following is considered an asset:
- After Effects
- Figma
- SketchUp
- Twinmotion
- Adobe Premiere Pro
You should be confident creating production-ready files with minimal supervision.
What Will Set You Apart
- Experience with environmental branding or experiential design.
- Experience designing signage, wayfinding systems or large-format graphics.
- Strong understanding of typography, colour, hierarchy and visual storytelling.
- Experience working with commercial interiors, retail, hospitality or fitness brands.
- Ability to present and explain creative ideas confidently.
- Strong illustration, motion graphics or photography skills are considered assets.
Important Requirements
Applicants must:
- Be legally eligible to work in Canada.
- Be able to commute to our Woodstock studio two days each week minimum.
- Be comfortable working remotely the remainder of the week while remaining engaged with the team.
- Be willing to travel occasionally throughout Ontario and Canada as projects require.
Portfolio Requirements
Your portfolio must demonstrate:
- Strong conceptual thinking.
- Brand identity projects.
- Environmental graphics, signage or large-format design (where applicable).
- Production-ready work—not just concept pieces.
- Examples showing creative development from concept through final execution.
We're interested in understanding how you think, not simply what you've designed.
Applications consisting primarily of student work, social media graphics, AI-generated work, or passion projects without professional context may not be considered.
Only applicants with relevant professional design experience will be reviewed.
Our Studio
Signify is intentionally small.
We believe exceptional design comes from curiosity, collaboration and craftsmanship. Our designers work closely together across branding, interiors, environmental graphics and customer experience, giving every team member the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to each project.
If you're looking for a role where you'll simply execute someone else's ideas, this probably isn't the right fit.
If you're excited by thoughtful design, creative problem-solving and seeing your work built at full scale across Canada, we'd love to hear from you.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation based on demonstrated experience and creative ability.
- Group health benefits.
- Professional development opportunities.
- Diverse projects for national commercial brands.
- A collaborative studio where creativity is encouraged and your ideas have impact.
- Long-term career growth within an established design practice.
How to Apply
Please submit:
- Resume
- Portfolio
- A brief cover letter answering the following:
- Tell us about the project in your portfolio that best represents your creative thinking and explain your role.
- Which Adobe applications do you use most frequently, and for what types of work?
- Describe a project where you took an idea from concept through final production.
- Why are you interested in joining a boutique multidisciplinary design studio?
Shortlisted applicants will participate in a portfolio review and interview; references will be requested at this time.
Please include your current city of residence.
Send applications to:
[email protected]
Pay: $17.60-$30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Flexible schedule
- On-site parking
- RRSP match
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Woodstock, ON (Oxford District)
