Lead, Design & Brand

R.V. Anderson Associates (RVA) is a proudly Canadian‑owned consulting engineering firm with 78 years of experience shaping the future that defines our communities across the country. With approximately 500 employees in 11 offices nationwide, RVA delivers integrated, multi‑disciplinary engineering expertise across five provinces.

Our practice is founded on a strong set of values that unite people, projects, and the planet. Guided by these principles, RVA fosters a collaborative, high performance culture where technical excellence, environmental responsibility, and professional development are integral to our work. We are dedicated to investing in our people, promoting knowledge sharing, and delivering sustainable engineering solutions that create meaningful, lasting impact for communities—now and for future generations.

This role is responsible for the overall quality, consistency and evolution of RVA’s visual identity across all corporate, marketing and pursuit materials. As RVA’s leader for visual brand and creative quality, this role establishes design standards and provides creative direction across proposals, presentations, marketing campaigns, digital communications and corporate materials. This position reports to the Associate Vice President, Marketing & Growth. The role partners with business development and technical teams to translate complex engineering and infrastructure information into clear, compelling visual communications. A key priority is elevating the quality of RVA’s proposals and pursuits through stronger visual storytelling, ensuring that how RVA presents its work reflects the strength of its technical expertise, people and brand.

Duties & Responsibilities

Visual Brand & Creative Direction

• Own and steward RVA’s visual identity across all brand touchpoints.
• Establish, maintain and evolve graphic design standards, templates and visual systems.
• Provide creative direction for strategic marketing initiatives, corporate communications and high-profile materials.
• Ensure consistent application of RVA’s brand across print, digital, presentations and other channels.
• Set the overall standard for design quality across the organization.

Proposals & Pursuits

• Provide creative leadership and quality oversight for proposals, qualifications and client presentations.
• Work with Pursuit Specialists and technical teams to develop the visual strategy for major pursuits.
• Translate win themes, differentiators, technical approaches and complex information into compelling visual stories.
• Establish scalable proposal design standards and templates while supporting customized approaches for strategic pursuits.
• Provide creative direction for proposal graphics, executive summaries, team and experience content, methodologies, infographics and interview presentations.

Marketing & Communications

• Oversee the visual development of marketing campaigns, project profiles, thought leadership, digital and social content, presentations, events and corporate communications.
• Transform complex technical information into clear diagrams, infographics, data visualizations and other visual storytelling tools.
• Provide creative direction for photography, video and other multimedia assets.
• Ensure marketing materials maintain a consistent and distinctive RVA visual identity.

Design Operations & Quality

• Establish effective design workflows, priorities and quality-control standards.
• Develop and maintain centralized templates, image libraries and reusable creative assets.
• Manage design resources and external creative partners as required.
• Identify opportunities to improve creative workflows through technology, automation and emerging design tools.
• Maintain high standards for accessibility, production quality and brand compliance.

Leadership & Capability Development

• Lead, mentor and develop graphic design resources.
• Build design capability and visual literacy across the Marketing & Growth team.
• Provide guidance and coaching to Pursuit Specialists and other team members on layout, visual hierarchy and effective visual communication.
• Foster a creative environment that encourages innovation while maintaining RVA’s brand standards.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Marketing, Fine Arts, or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience in graphic design, brand management, creative services, or visual communications.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining brand standards and visual identities.
• Strong portfolio showcasing visual storytelling, information design, and proposal/presentation design.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) and PowerPoint.
• Ability to translate complex technical information into clear and compelling visuals.
• Strong project management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience providing creative direction, coaching, or mentorship.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Experience in engineering, consulting, architecture, construction, or other professional services environments is preferred.

Your better starts here

We don’t settle for less, and neither should you. As it happens, offering great benefits to our people is entirely possible: the numbers work out. Happy teams mean happy clients. It’s just that simple. From recruitment to flexibility, learning to leadership, wellness to inclusion, we give our people the tools they need to outperform in their careers and build lasting connections with our clients, our culture, and each other.

• Competitive compensation packages and performance-based bonuses
• Health, paramedical, vision, and dental coverage
• A flexible vacation policy that lets you determine your time off based on your other responsibilities and needs
• Top-up plans for new and expecting parents
• Firm-paid holidays, summer and winter breaks, and other leaves of absence that cover everything from extra family time, jury duty, or even completing a degree
• RVA Group Pension Plan with match
• Global Travel Assist Program that provides emergency out-of-country medical protection for you and your eligible family members on personal and business trips
• Access to a variety of free services (e.g., employee and family assistance programs, nutrition advice, caregiver support) and employee discounts (e.g., sports and entertainment tickets, major brands, insurance plans)
• Flexible and alternative work arrangements around core hours, including telecommuting and work-from-home options

Compensation Range

The salary range for this position is: $110,000.00-$150,000.00

Compensation for this role will be determined based on a variety of factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business needs.

Diversity, Inclusion, and Accommodations:

At RVA, we are committed to fostering a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate. RVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers applicants without regard to age, race, colour, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, marital status, disability, or any other protected status. If you require any special accommodations, please advise Human Resources. Any information received relating to accommodations will be treated as confidential.

Recruitment Agencies

RVA welcomes interest by individual applicants. For resumes or applications submitted by agencies or recruiters with which RVA does not have an agreement in place, RVA will not pay any referral fee. Unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies or recruiters will be deemed to have been referred without fee or other charges.

At RVA, we use AI in our applicant tracking system to improve the efficiency and fairness of recruitment. Your application may be reviewed by both AI and our hiring team for a thorough evaluation.