EIKO has served commercial customers for almost 50 years, supplying lighting to electrical distributors across the US and Canada. We're a lean team that moves fast, and we're looking for a designer and marketer who wants to grow fast and make a visible mark on how EIKO looks and shows up, from packaging on shelves to distributor branches and social media.
The role:
You will be responsible for design and marketing for products, launching products with a cross-functional team across marketing, product, sales, vendors and agency partners. You'll report to our Marketing Director.
Job Type: Toronto, hybrid, with occasional local travel to distributor branches, job sites, vendors and tradeshows
Responsibilities:
Product launches (about 50% of your time)
- Design color packaging from our templates, applying accurate product information to every package. Attention to detail is critical, so you review your work carefully before it goes out.
- Prepare print-ready files and check proofs before production, and coordinate with vendors when we need extra capacity.
- Create spec and install sheets from our templates, with accurate specs, correct certification marks, and French and Spanish versions, and check every detail before they go out.
- Build and maintain templates for packaging, spec sheets and install sheets, so every piece is consistent and accurate.
- Produce launch assets for each product: photos, web content, social posts and sales materials.
Design requests (about 25%)
- Handle requests like flyers, banners and tradeshow graphics.
- Design solution booklets, infographics and sales presentations.
- Turn repeat requests into templates so the team moves faster next time.
Website (about 15%)
- Add new products, update pages and keep everything accurate.
- Join UI and UX discussions with our web developer, and test pages before they go live.
Field visits (about 10%)
- Visit job sites to shoot install photos and video, and capture visuals for case studies.
- Visit customers to set up displays and enhance their presence in store and online
- Other duties as needed.
What we're looking for
Must have:
- Strong graphic design skills in Adobe Creative Cloud, with a portfolio that includes print and digital work.
- Packaging design experience.
- One to three years in a design role, a strong portfolio from work, school, freelance or internships.
- Care for detail: you check your own work and catch errors before others do.
Nice to have:
- Photo and video editing experience.
- Social media experience
- Experience managing website content systems.
- An eye for UI and UX.
- You use AI tools to work faster.
- Able to travel locally around the Greater Toronto Area, and occasionally beyond.
How we work
EIKO moves like a startup. Priorities shift, and last-minute requests happen. You'll thrive here if you stay calm, adapt quickly and bring an attitude of service to every situation, whether it's a launch deadline, or an urgent customer request.
Who thrives here:
- Curiosity: you ask why, learn our products and customers, and look for better ways to work.
- Initiative: you spot what needs doing and move without waiting to be asked.
- Systems thinking: you turn one-off fixes into templates, checklists and processes that work next time.
- Industriousness: you work hard, follow through and finish what you start.
- Integrity: you do what you say, own your mistakes, and are honest about progress.
- Team player: you work well with marketing, product, sales, vendors and agencies, and share the credit.
- Pride in your work: you care about the details and won't let something go out that isn't right.
Out hiring process:
- Interview with Marketing Director.
- Interview with one of our Product Managers.
- A practical exercise based on a real EIKO product: design a full color box with specific instructions. You'll have one day, and your work won't be used commercially.
