Associate Graphic Designer in Mississauga

The Associate Graphic Designer supports the development of original, commercially relevant graphic artwork for apparel across Kids and Adult categories. Working within the Apparel Product Development team, this role creates seasonal graphics, prints and graphic components that align to customer needs, brand direction, trend research and product-development timelines. The role collaborates with a broad range of cross‑functional partners to deliver creative, production‑ready artwork that meets quality, cost and supplier requirements.

The Associate Graphic Designer manages the development and ongoing maintenance of digital content catalogues and stock libraries. This role partners with key stakeholders across the organization to design visual content that aids in communication and storytelling. The position may also involve collaborating with video production teams to create supporting assets.

The Associate Graphic Designer supports the creation of seasonal graphics for various product categories, including apparel and home. This involves building graphic components that meet production limitations and standards, as well as creating illustrations and graphics in various styles appropriate for different customer segments using tools like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

Effective time management and organisational skills are essential, as the role requires juggling multiple projects across divisions and meeting tight deadlines. The designer must handle constructive criticism from multiple stakeholders and adjust artwork and style as needed. The position may also require managing third‑party design resources and ensuring consistency in style guides and brand standards.

The Associate Graphic Designer identifies opportunities for innovation within branding standards and works to improve both associate and customer experiences related to storytelling and tone. This role formats and prepares seasonal palettes for technical use and coordinates with various teams to achieve development goals and maintain permanent files.

Preferred Qualifications

• Post‑secondary education in Graphic Design, Fashion Design or a related field.
• Experience creating original graphics for apparel, fashion or a consumer‑product environment is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, with a strong understanding of file set‑up and artwork preparation for apparel production.
• Strong skills in illustration, typography, print and pattern development, with the ability to create graphics for varied customer segments and product categories.
• Knowledge of apparel graphic production requirements, including supplier‑ready artwork, colour callouts, placement, scale and production limitations.
• Strong awareness of fashion, graphic, print and cultural trends, with the ability to translate trend direction into commercially relevant product graphics.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines while collaborating effectively with Design, Product Development, Merchandising, Sourcing and other cross‑functional partners.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating original graphic design work, creative versatility and an understanding of apparel graphics.

Leadership Expectations

• Respect the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for others; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; supports workplaces where associates feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging, so all associates thrive and perform; contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work.
• Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team, developing others through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; and recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
• Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively to achieve objectives; communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences; and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work.
• Acts With Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us.
• Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and encourages others to do the same; supports an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns; reinforces our culture of non‑retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action; acts with accountability for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.
• Is consistently humble, self‑aware, honest, and transparent.

Serve Our Customers: Delivers results while putting the customer first and applying an omni‑merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.

Strive For Excellence: Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions; supports innovation and intelligent risk‑taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks. Implements and supports continuous improvements and willingly embraces new digital tools and ways of working.

The pay range for this position is $74,000.00 - $101,750.00. Pay will be determined based on relevant experience.

Minimum Qualifications: Age – 16 or older.

Walmart will accommodate the disability‑related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

Primary Location: 1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada.

Important Note: To support resume screening, interviews and other candidate evaluations, we may use artificial intelligence‑powered tools, including internal or third‑party developed automated decision‑making tools.