A company with a successful track record and bright future in the marketplace. A highly innovative and engaged workforce and outstanding, in-demand products and services. Increased opportunities to enhance and advance an ever-evolving, exciting internal and external brand. As a Marketing professional, this is what you look for and want most in your career. At CDW, we’re happy to report that we meet all that criteria and more. A Fortune 200 leader, we’re the organization Canadian companies turn to most to solve all their IT needs.

The Associate Designer, Email works closely with other designers, marketing coordinators, specialists, associates, agencies and multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced agency-like environment. The Associate Designer, Email is responsible for providing design support for digital marketing campaign emails that include digital banners, social media assets, emails, landing pages and website updates as they relate to the CDW marketing plan and business needs with a primary focus on email.

What you will do:

• Design, create and send responsive emails for recurring deployments and campaigns
• Manage recurring email sends, triggered email programs and deployments
• Design, develop and code new email templates in Hubspot and/or Salesforce Marketing Cloud
• Maintain digital styles for emails
• Define design solutions for profiles and preferences experiences
• Design and develop static or animated digital banners, web banners and social media assets for desktop and mobile experiences
• Create new landing pages or update existing landing pages on CDW.ca
• Perform online content updates and maintenance to CDW Canada website sections 
• Coordinate revisions for assigned projects, prepare files and schedules deployments
• Translate brand and business strategies and requirements into effective cohesive design focused on the CDW customer
• Collaborate cross functionally on projects
• Use departmental-standard creative tools to express design concepts in high fidelity
• Attentive to detail – terminology, appearance, OS standards, behaviors, and workflows
• Determine layout, sizes and produce designs that reflects CDW brand standards (colours, fonts, guidelines)
• Able to iterate rapidly and create multiple solutions
• Able to set personal schedules and meet deadlines
• Produce multiple, time sensitive projects daily
• Maintain consistency and overall production quality on multiple CDW projects
• Meet production standards and schedules for assigned projects
• Monitor website metrics as required
• Provide support to the marketing or design team as required which may require working evenings or weekends 

What you need to succeed:

Must have:

• Bachelor's degree in human computer interaction, user experience, visual arts, graphic design or related field from a university, equivalent degree from college or demonstrated equivalent experience.
• 1 year of web or related design experience.
• Online portfolio demonstrating design abilities and qualifications for role
• Proficiency of the latest Adobe Creative Suite along with proficiency in HTML and CSS.
• Experience with content management systems
• Demonstrated experience with a variety of media and knowledge of basic design principles, layout, colour theory, interface and website design
• Strong attention to detail and ability to creatively problem solve
• Ability to work independently with minimum direction
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills with the ability to effectively interact with all stakeholders
• History of successfully balancing multiple priorities simultaneously with the ability to adapt to the changing needs of the business while meeting deadlines

Nice to have:

• Prior experience working in technology industry.
• Experience with Hubspot CRM and/or Salesforce Marketing Cloud
• Portfolio showcasing email designs
• An obsession for great email experiences
• Understanding on limitations and capabilities of various email clients
• Experience with designing, developing and code email templates in Hubspot
• Knowledge of WCAG and AODA compliance
• Familiar with display and social media ad specifications
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications
• Previous experience with digital platforms
• Previous experience working in a Mac and PC environments.
• Experience with Responsive design
• Familiarity in front-end development and coding
• Familiarity with User Research Techniques
• Bilingual, French and English language

Who we are:

CDW is a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Our fingerprints can be found on technology in workplaces of more than 250,000 companies; from fresh-faced startups to international conglomerates. With the breadth of products and services we offer, there is no request too big or too small. 

What you can expect from us: Culture, coworkers, careers. 

CDW is not only the People Who Get IT, but the People who get People. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and grounded in the CDW Way. Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same. From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together. At CDW, you’ll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes who you will learn from and forge strong relationships with. Bring your best true self—and your best ideas—to CDW. Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solving—and better solutions for our customers on a rapidly evolving technology landscape.

The well-being of our employees is essential to us. CDW offers a comprehensive benefits package, which includes health, dental and vision coverage, coworker stock purchase program, paid vacation time and sick days, RRSP/DPSP and DPSP match, tuition reimbursement, coworker discounts and other generous perks.