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At Canadian Tire, we are committed to providing students with a supportive and collaborative environment that fosters knowledge sharing and offers key experiences to help them develop their capabilities through projects and objectives. We believe in setting specific and measurable goals that align with our business objectives to support learning and help students achieve their full potential. Our culture emphasizes learning from others, continuous improvement, agility, growth, and innovation, and we are invested in building a talented, diverse workforce for the future of Canada and Canadian Tire. Additionally, we are dedicated to building strong relationships with our student employees by engaging with them throughout their education and career pursuits, and creating opportunities for ongoing communication and relationship building.

What you’ll do:

We are looking for a dynamic design student to join the team in supporting our brands across all sports equipment and footwear categories. As the Product Design & Development Student, you will bring to life trend-relevant concepts by being a colour and graphics specialist at the product and collection level. You will work closely with design, development, and manufacturing to help drive the final aesthetic of each product category. Through research and deep consumer understanding, you will help build meaningful products:

• Ability to adapt to change and handle multiple, competing priorities, including colour revisions and quick turn around on projects that support the design team

• Actively participate in the conceptual development of product lines, collaborating with equipment and footwear designers to create palettes and colour flow based on category strategy

• Ability to plan and execute the product colour/graphic details and review all samples, troubleshoot for achievability issues, and clearly communicate changes to ensure timely completion of each project

• Proficient understanding of typography design and graphic trends

• Strong visual and verbal communication skills, able to effectively present design intent to internal and external audiences

What you'll bring:

• Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program Industrial Design, Graphic design, or a related discipline

• Passion for understanding of current and emerging design trends and visual culture

• Proficient sketching, illustration, print and pattern, colour theory, and layout

• Knowledge of footwear and sports equipment product creation preferred

• Strong Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud

• Ability to plan and execute the product colour/graphic details and review all samples, troubleshoot for achievability issues, and clearly communicate

• Ability to adapt to change and handle multiple, competing priorities, including colour revisions and quick turn around on projects that support the design team

• Knowledge of footwear and sports equipment product creation an asset

Hybrid

W e value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.