Title: Jr. Digital Designer – 6-Month Contract Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Job Description: Position: Jr. Digital Designer – 6-Month Contract Position Type: Full time, Temporary (Existing Vacancy) Location: Toronto, ON (Remote) The Company: Postmedia is a Canadian news media company representing more than 110 brands across multiple print, online and mobile platforms. Award-winning journalists and innovative product development teams bring engaging content to millions of people every week whenever and wherever they want it. This exceptional content, reach and scope offers advertisers and marketers compelling solutions to effectively reach target audiences. We are always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team. The Opportunity: The Jr. Digital Designer is the creative engine and visual guardian of the company’s digital and brand experience. This role moves beyond traditional UI/UX by acting as a design representative across all business departments—from product and web development to sales and marketing. You will bridge the gap between functional user experience and high-impact brand storytelling, ensuring every touchpoint—be it a complex app interface or a high-stakes sales deck—is intuitive, cohesive, and visually stunning. What you’ll do: 1. Creative Process & Collaboration Multi-Disciplinary Design: Work directly with product managers, sales leads, and marketing to translate business requirements into creative solutions. Asset Management: Organize and manage a library of brand assets, ensuring the wider team has access to up-to-date, high-quality visual materials. Iterative Design: Participate in design reviews and incorporate feedback from various stakeholders while maintaining a focus on the end-user experience. 2. Product UX & Interface Design User-Centered Solutions: Assist in the design of wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity interfaces for our suite of digital products and websites. Usability & Flow: Collaborate with the Sr. UX Designer to map user journeys that reduce friction and enhance customer satisfaction across all digital platforms. System Maintenance: Help evolve and maintain our centralized design system, ensuring components are scalable for both product and marketing use cases. 3. Cross-Departmental Brand Representation Sales & Growth Support: Design sophisticated, "pitch-perfect" sales decks and B2B collateral that empower our leadership team to close high-level partnerships. Unified Visual Identity: Ensure brand consistency across non-product departments, serving as the "design eye" for internal and external business documents. Marketing Design Execution: Architect and execute social media templates, display ads, and email campaigns that translate our brand voice into thumb-stopping visual assets. Who you are: UX Fundamentals: 1-2 years of experience (including internships or high-level bootcamps) in user interface and experience design. Design Tool Mastery: Advanced proficiency in Figma, Canva and other tools like the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) for brand and marketing assets. Presentation Design: A proven ability to design high-end decks (Google Slides/PowerPoint/Keynote) that prioritize clarity and visual impact. Marketing Awareness: Experience designing for social platforms (LinkedIn, Meta, Instagram) and an understanding of how design influences conversion rates in ads. Prototyping: Ability to create functional prototypes to communicate motion and interaction to the development team. Typography & Layout: A sharp eye for grid systems, hierarchy, and sophisticated typography across both digital and print mediums. You are a "UX Plus" Designer: You love the logic of a user flow, but you also have the "creative flair" required to design a beautiful brand campaign and high-fidelity mock ups. You are a Brand Guardian: You cringe when you see an off-brand font or a stretched logo; you believe consistency is the key to trust. You are Hyper-Adaptable: You can pivot from a deep-dive UX audit of a checkout flow to designing a set of LinkedIn ads without losing a beat. You are a Storyteller: You understand that a sales deck is a user experience and you know how to lead a viewer through a narrative visually. You are Growth-Minded: You are eager to learn from a Sr. UX Designer and want to see how design impacts every single department of a business. You are a Finisher: You have a "pixel-perfect" mindset and take pride in delivering clean, organized files that are ready for production or dev handoff. Benefits: Competitive salary Health and dental insurance Flexible work hours Direct mentorship from a Sr. UX Designer Opportunity to shape the visual identity of a growing suite of products Compensation: Employment offers presented to the selected candidate are based on a combination of qualifications, experience, responsibilities of the role and the candidate's location. Salary - $55,000-$65,000

Role Description We are seeking a creative and detail-oriented Graphic Designer to join our team, specializing in hospitality brands. This role is ideal for someone who understands the visual language of premium experiences and can translate brand identity into compelling design assets across digital and physical platforms. You will play a key role in shaping how our hospitality offerings are perceived, ensuring consistency, creativity, and high-quality execution in every touchpoint. - Develop visually engaging designs for hospitality brands, including restaurants, hotels, cafés, and lifestyle spaces. - Create marketing collaterals such as social media creatives, digital ads, brochures, menus, presentations, and in-store branding. - Collaborate with marketing, branding, and content teams to conceptualize and execute campaigns aligned with brand strategy. - Maintain and evolve brand guidelines to ensure consistency across all visual outputs. - Design assets for both online and offline channels, ensuring adaptability across formats and platforms. - Work on photo editing, retouching, and composition using Adobe Photoshop to enhance brand storytelling. - Stay updated with design trends, especially within the hospitality and lifestyle industry, to bring fresh and innovative ideas. - Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and maintaining high design standards. Qualifications - Strong foundation in Graphic Design and Visual Design principles, including typography, color theory, layout, and composition. - Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, with hands-on experience in image editing, manipulation, and digital artwork creation. - Good working knowledge of other design tools such as Adobe Illustrator and InDesign is a plus. - Ability to translate brand briefs into visually appealing and impactful designs. - Strong attention to detail and a keen eye for aesthetics, especially suited to premium and hospitality-focused brands. - Excellent communication and collaboration skills. - Ability to take feedback constructively and iterate designs efficiently. Requirements - 2–5 years of professional experience in graphic design, preferably with exposure to hospitality, lifestyle, or F&B brands. - A strong portfolio showcasing diverse design projects, particularly in branding, marketing creatives, and digital design. What We’re Looking For - A designer who understands the nuances of hospitality branding—elegance, warmth, and experience-driven visuals. - Someone who can balance creativity with brand consistency and business objectives. - A self-motivated individual who can take ownership of projects from concept to execution.

Title: Sr User Experience Designer Location: Leawood United States Job Description: Category: Technology Req ID: 1004 We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture Ascend Learning, a leading healthcare and learning technology company, is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data-driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning. From testing to certification, Ascend Learning products are used by physicians, emergency medical professionals, nurses, allied health professionals, certified personal trainers, financial advisors, skilled trades professionals and insurance brokers. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America’s 2025 Greatest Workplaces as well as America’s Best Places to work for Mental Well-Being for 2025.  We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more.  WHAT YOU'LL DO Ascend Learning is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior UX Designer to lead the design of intuitive, user-centered experiences for our digital products. This role requires an innovative designer to collaborate closely with product managers, developers, and stakeholders to translate business goals and user needs into compelling design solutions. The ideal candidate should be proficient in Figma or similar design tools, experienced in overseeing a design system and component library, and have a solid understanding of User-Centered Design (UCD) processes. WHERE YOU’LL WORK This position will work remote within the United States. HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME - Lead UX Design: Own and drive the UX strategy for a specific business category, from discovery to delivery. Support multiple projects, managing and prioritizing work and deliverables. Guide design team members to determine the right UX activities and deliverables for various types of projects. - UCD Process Implementation: Apply solid UCD processes to plan, execute, and iterate on design solutions. - User Research and Testing: Conduct user research and usability testing to gather insights and validate design decisions. - Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality design solutions. - Leadership and Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and coach junior designers, fostering a collaborative and innovative design culture. - Design System: Contribute to and help maintain our design system that supports scalable and consistent user experiences across products. - Design Patterns and Best Practices: Set up design patterns and establish best practices for design processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. - Figma Expertise: Utilize advanced Figma skills to create high-fidelity prototypes, wireframes, and design specifications. WHAT YOU'LL NEED - Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, or a related field required, or Master’s degree preferred. - Minimum of 6 years of experience in UX design, with at least 2 years in a senior or lead role. - Proven experience in establishing and maintaining design systems. - High proficiency in Figma and other design tools. - Experience working closely with front-end developers. - Strong understanding of UCD principles and processes. - Excellent communication, leadership, and teamwork skills. - An ability to think critically, solve complex problems, and deliver innovative design solutions. - Portfolio showcasing a range of UX design projects and demonstrating your design process. BENEFITS - Flexible and generous paid time off - Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance - 401(k) employer matching program - Parental leave - Wellness resources - Charitable matching program - On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington) - Community outreach groups - Tuition reimbursement Fostering A Sense of Belonging Our values-driven culture unifies our teams and inspires a mindset of action, innovation, and collaboration, with a relentless focus on customers. We seek out and celebrate all people and perspectives and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and be authentic. Our culture is firmly rooted in the belief that by embracing our differences and drawing on diverse perspectives, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more successful organization where employees experience a sense of belonging.  Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S.-based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

Title: Sr User Experience Designer Location: Leawood United States Job Description: We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture Ascend Learning, a leading healthcare and learning technology company, is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data-driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning. From testing to certification, Ascend Learning products are used by physicians, emergency medical professionals, nurses, allied health professionals, certified personal trainers, financial advisors, skilled trades professionals and insurance brokers. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America's 2025 Greatest Workplaces as well as America's Best Places to work for Mental Well-Being for 2025. We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more. WHAT YOU'LL DO Ascend Learning is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior UX Designer to lead the design of intuitive, user-centered experiences for our digital products. This role requires an innovative designer to collaborate closely with product managers, developers, and stakeholders to translate business goals and user needs into compelling design solutions. The ideal candidate should be proficient in Figma or similar design tools, experienced in overseeing a design system and component library, and have a solid understanding of User-Centered Design (UCD) processes. WHERE YOU'LL WORK This position will work remote within the United States. HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME - Lead UX Design: Own and drive the UX strategy for a specific business category, from discovery to delivery. Support multiple projects, managing and prioritizing work and deliverables. Guide design team members to determine the right UX activities and deliverables for various types of projects. - UCD Process Implementation: Apply solid UCD processes to plan, execute, and iterate on design solutions. - User Research and Testing: Conduct user research and usability testing to gather insights and validate design decisions. - Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality design solutions. - Leadership and Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and coach junior designers, fostering a collaborative and innovative design culture. - Design System: Contribute to and help maintain our design system that supports scalable and consistent user experiences across products. - Design Patterns and Best Practices: Set up design patterns and establish best practices for design processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. - Figma Expertise: Utilize advanced Figma skills to create high-fidelity prototypes, wireframes, and design specifications. WHAT YOU'LL NEED - Bachelor's degree required in Design, HCI, or a related field, or Master's degree preferred. - Minimum of 6 years of experience in UX design, with at least 2 years in a senior or lead role. - Proven experience in establishing and maintaining design systems. - High proficiency in Figma and other design tools. - Experience working closely with front-end developers. - Strong understanding of UCD principles and processes. - Excellent communication, leadership, and teamwork skills. - An ability to think critically, solve complex problems, and deliver innovative design solutions. - Portfolio showcasing a range of UX design projects and demonstrating your design process. BENEFITS - Flexible and generous paid time off - Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance - 401(k) employer matching program - Parental leave - Wellness resources - Charitable matching program - On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington) - Community outreach groups - Tuition reimbursement Fostering A Sense of Belonging Our values-driven culture unifies our teams and inspires a mindset of action, innovation, and collaboration, with a relentless focus on customers. We seek out and celebrate all people and perspectives and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and be authentic. Our culture is firmly rooted in the belief that by embracing our differences and drawing on diverse perspectives, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more successful organization where employees experience a sense of belonging. Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S.-based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Nearest Major Market: Kansas City