Graphic Designer

ABOUT US

Skyship Entertainment™ is best known as the creator of the super popular Super Simple Songs YouTube channel! We’re a digital-first animation and live-action TV production studio focusing on original series and song content for preschoolers and older audiences - and we’ve recently expanded beyond YouTube into subscription apps, games, books and products.

We’re looking for a graphic designer with a strong sense of child-friendly design, who is comfortable working within (and enforcing) brand guidelines while bringing fresh ideas, and is highly organized and able to manage multiple projects and deadlines. If you’re passionate about education, children’s media, and storytelling through design we want to hear from you!

THE ROLE

As our in-house graphic designer, you’ll collaborate with several other teams, including: the production designers who design our content, the social media team who share our content with our audience, the product team that creates and sells products, and the educational team that creates resources for teachers to use in the classroom.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES

Once you’re up-to-speed on our brand, our characters, and the general visual vibe we like to go for, there are a variety of tasks you’ll be responsible for:

• Create engaging thumbnails for YouTube and the Super Simple app
• Create poster art for FAST channels and streaming services where our content can be viewed
• Create useful activities, mazes, crafts and games for us to share with teachers
• Update and maintain our graphic libraries so they can be easily used to create future classroom activities, colouring books, and consumer products & apparel.
• Maintain a consistent brand across all audience-facing graphics
• Create packaging for products
• Editing photographs of our live-action performers, as well as promotional photos of products

KEY QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of experience in graphic design, preferably in children’s media or publishing
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (especially Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign)
• Experience designing for both print and digital formats
• Proficiency on Mac
• Must be qualified to work in Canada

BONUS SKILLS

• Illustration
• Photography
• UI/UX and web design
• Typography and type-setting
• Familiarity with educational content and early childhood development

PERKS

• Be part of a passionate and collaborative creative team of designers, animators, writers, musicians and puppeteers
• Work on meaningful content that helps children learn and grow
• Opportunity to help shape the visual direction of beloved kids’ brands
• Creative, non-corporate work environment

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00-$75,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Location:

• Toronto, ON M6K 3E7 (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2025-05-23
Expected start date: 2025-06-23