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CTI Living

Distinctive Design.

Proven Quality.

Built to Sell.

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Digital Product Content Designer

Create the product images and presentations that sell CTI planters to major North American retailers, and take ownership of the image library behind them.

$55,000 to $65,000

Hybrid, 4 days on site

Full-time, permanent

10 days vacation

Summary

This is primarily a 2D visual design and image production role in the Design and Marketing department.

Make products look their best

Create polished product and lifestyle images for websites, catalogues, presentations, and seasonal guides.

Tell the product story

Turn product concepts and trends into clear, visually compelling presentations for internal teams and retail customers.

Build the system

Own the product image library, its naming conventions, templates, and the workflows that keep it current.

The customers CTI supplies

Home Depot

Walmart

Costco

Lowe’s

Loblaw Companies

Kroger

Canadian Tire

Menards

What you will do

Product design and presentation development

Help shape product ideas and present them so that teams and retail customers can see them clearly.

Support product design and development through concept creation, visual exploration, and refinement.

Create clear, visually compelling presentations for internal teams and retail customers.

Translate product ideas, trends, and concepts into structured presentation formats.

Ensure all presentations follow established design standards and maintain a high level of visual quality.

Collaborate with the design team to communicate ideas effectively to sales and clients.

Product image creation and management

Every product image, on every channel, looks consistent, accurate, and polished.

Create and maintain high-quality product images for websites, catalogues, sales presentations, seasonal guides, and marketing programs.

Ensure consistency across all product images, including lighting, scale, angles, backgrounds, materials, and colour accuracy.

Produce both clean product images and lifestyle imagery, including AI-assisted visuals where appropriate.

Manage and organize all product image files with clear naming conventions and structure.

Maintain and update the product image library to support ongoing business needs.

Image systems and workflow development

Build the system that lets a large volume of images be produced quickly and kept current.

Develop and maintain a scalable system for managing a large number of product images.

Establish efficient workflows for image creation, editing, and updates.

Build reusable templates and processes to support batch production and consistency.

Continuously improve workflows to increase speed, accuracy, and efficiency.

Rendering and visualization

Show what a product will look like before a physical sample exists.

Create product visualizations using 3D tools when physical samples are not available.

Apply consistent materials, lighting, and perspectives across rendered images.

Support the design and sales teams with visual mock-ups and presentation-ready assets.

Cross-functional support

Design, marketing, and sales rely on you for timely, on-brand visuals.

Work closely with the design, marketing, and sales teams to support product and visual content needs.

Respond to image and presentation requests in a timely and efficient manner.

Coordinate with the China team when product information, samples, colours, or technical details are required.

Ensure alignment between product design, visual assets, and overall brand direction.

Website and digital content support

Get images ready for the web, and keep digital product content current.

Prepare and optimize images for use on websites.

Support ongoing updates and improvements to digital product content.

Ensure product visuals are organized, accessible,



and ready for digital, print, and presentation use.

Where your images will appear

Websites

Catalogues

Sales presentations

Seasonal guides

Marketing programs

A QUICK CHECK

Is this you?

You notice right away when two product photos have slightly different lighting, scale, or colour, and it bothers you until it is fixed.

You enjoy taking a rough product idea or trend and turning it into a clean, persuasive presentation that a retail buyer understands in seconds.

You keep your files organized with clear naming and folders, because you know someone will need to find that image again next season.

You are curious about AI-assisted imagery and want to use it as one more tool in your creative kit, not a shortcut around good design.

If you recognize yourself in these, we would love to see your portfolio.

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What you bring

Sorted by what is required, what helps, and what is not needed.

Must have

A portfolio that demonstrates clean, polished, commercially appropriate images with strong composition, proportion, lighting, colour, and attention to detail

Strong Adobe Photoshop skills, including masking, retouching, compositing, colour correction, shadows, perspective, product placement, and creating realistic lifestyle images

Strong graphic design and presentation skills, including layout, typography, visual hierarchy, and composition

Proficiency with tools such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, or MS PowerPoint

Product image production and asset management skills, including file organization, naming conventions, templates, batch workflows, and preparing images for print, presentations, and websites

Legal authorization to work in Canada

Ability to work on site at the CTI Living Head Office four days per week, including Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays

Willingness to travel occasionally within Canada and the USA, about 3 days per year

An asset

Experience with AI-assisted imaging

Basic 3D visualization or rendering experience

Direct experience with injection moulding, tooling, or manufacturing

Not required

A driver’s licence is not required, and this is not a highly technical industrial design, engineering, or 3D modelling role.

How you work

Strong visual judgment

Exceptional attention to detail

Well organized

Strong time management

Manages multiple deadlines

Works quickly without losing accuracy

Follows detailed instructions

Communicates delays early

Clear communicator

Collaborative

Welcomes and applies feedback

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There is an opportunity to help shape better processes rather than simply working within an established production structure.

CTI Living, on what makes this role different

What success looks like

What the first 90 days, and the months after, should deliver.

Within 90 days, you know CTI product categories, visual standards, presentation formats, image requirements, file systems, and the approval process, and you complete assigned images and presentations independently.

You have reviewed the product image library, identified gaps, duplication, outdated images, inconsistent naming, and workflow issues, and recommended a practical structure for organizing and maintaining it.

Reliable templates and workflows are in place for recurring image requests.

Clean, accurate, presentation-ready and website-ready images are delivered on schedule.

A high volume of requests is handled without sacrificing accuracy, consistency, composition, colour, or scale, which reduces pressure on the rest of the design team.

Benefits

Benefits package

10 days paid vacation





Hybrid schedule

Structured training

Real products, real retailers

Room to shape the process

Supportive, smaller-sized teams

Casual dress code

Company events

Free on-site parking

Easy access via TTC

Free products

Work with plants

Pay and schedule at a glance

Compensation

$55,000 to $65,000

Base salary

Plus a advantages package and 10 days (two weeks) of paid vacation.

Your week

Hybrid

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Four days per week on site at the CTI Living Head Office. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are mandatory on-site days, plus one more day each week. Hours are 9am to 5pm, with flexibility to adjust accordingly.

How the hiring process works

Three interviews, and your portfolio is at the centre of the conversation.

1

Apply

Apply through NAFOR

2

Screening

Short virtual interview with NAFOR

3

Portfolio review

In-person interview with the design leaders

4

Final interview

Meet senior leadership

About CTI

CTi Living is a manufacturer and supplier of indoor/outdoor containers for the floral and home decor markets. They showcase a broad range of containers for their customers, from simple, turnkey designs to unique, custom-tailored programs. At the heart of their business, they are a team driven by excellence in design, production quality and customer service.

Their in-house creative enables them to achieve container designs that are pleasing to the eye, functional, and colourful, thereby attracting customers. Their manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China, enables them to turn concepts into reality, sporting terrific colours and finishes to enhance seasonal decor and special occasions alike in high volume.

Their dedicated service team ensures a positive customer experience from the initial call through order delivery and beyond. They are suppliers of choice to some of the largest retailers in the world.

Our goal is to revolutionize the industry one pot at a time, and we strongly believe that collaboration is the key to success.

20+

Years designing, manufacturing, and wholesaling planters

35+

Staff in a close-knit team where your work is seen

2000+

Products (SKUs) in the range, each one needing great images

4

Days per week on site, with one day from home

Salary

$55,000 to $65,000.

Positions available

1

Hours

This is a full-time, permanent, hybrid role, with four days per week on site at the CTI Living Head Office. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are mandatory on-site days. Daily hours are 9am to 5pm, with flexibility to adjust accordingly. Occasional travel of about 3 days per year within Canada and the USA may be required for trade shows, client meetings, retail visits, photography, product research, or other company events. International travel is not normally expected.

Reporting

Reports to the Director of Design and Marketing, and works closely with the Design Supervisor and the Design, Marketing, and Sales teams.

AI statement

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not used in reviewing applications for this role. Your application is reviewed by our team of real humans who make all hiring decisions.

Ready to join the team?

NAFOR Executive Recruiting is managing this search on behalf of CTI Living. Apply directly through NAFOR with a link to your portfolio, or reach out with questions about the role.

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Your contact at NAFOR

Jeff Richmond

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CTI-Centrade embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or family status. If you require disability-related accommodation during the application or interview process, simply let us know and we will work with you to ensure you have a positive experience.

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