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Intermediate Designer: Unicorn Wanted, Salary Missing
A global “social-first” agency posts a Toronto designer role that reads like a nightclub flyer: passport program, dogs in-office, celeb gossip, and “ideas worth talking about.” Jen and Paul dig into what’s real, what’s fluff, and what’s quietly doing wage suppression work... including a unicorn skill list (typography and motion and AI prompting) and the big missing piece: the salary range… in Ontario… right after pay-transparency rules kicked in.
They also get into the ethics of interview “extra credit,” why agencies can be a pressure cooker, and how culture-forward language can be both a…
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