Associate Creative Director | Design Background (5 - 7 Yrs)

Associate Creative Director | Design Background (5 - 7 Yrs)

(AKA Senior Visual Designer / Graphic Designer Team Lead)

Job Summary

• A skilled Associate Creative Director based in Bangalore (or ready to move).
• Has a good understanding of the end-to-end branding and visual Identity processes and knows the exact amount of time and effort needed in each step.
• Has a good understanding of graphic design principles and typography.
• Has experience in leading a team of designers and guiding the design process.
• Capable of designing and guiding and an expert in all creative cloud apps.
• If you’re good at photography and video shoots, it's a bonus on your salary.

• Develop a visual language from scratch for branding projects. This includes forming a questionnaire to execute each aspect of the brand with the team, up to creating the brand guidelines.
• Set up a brand language and design its collateral.
• Partner closely with the Creative Director to develop creative concepts for advertising campaigns.
• Deliver a great experience for the customer journey, thinking of design across all mediums—how the brand would look and feel in-store, on the website, and in the ads. Each element should be well thought out.
• Introduce new experiences or ideas for brands and establish a high recall value for them.
• Coordinate with external vendors/resources and manage the execution of design projects.
• Monitor and direct photography projects.
• Bring new ideas to the table and avoid copying content from other sources.
• Lead a team and coordinate with them to execute ideas discussed with the Creative Director or your senior.
• Assign tasks to your team daily using the “ClickUp App” and ensure they stay on track with timelines.
• Maintain the quality of work by implementing the right systems.
• Coordinate with an account manager who communicates with the client to arrange brief calls; take briefs directly or assign them to your team to maintain quality.
• Present ideas, plans, and outputs directly to the client to ensure the right message is conveyed.
• Visit the client's location when needed to plan the execution of designs in case of physical space design.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends.
• Follow platforms such as awwwards.com, Behance, and Creative Bloq. Sourcing custom and quality design references for the client should be effortless.
• Review designers under your supervision and take necessary actions to ensure timely delivery without compromising quality.
• Inform HR if any team member is not completing tasks, so they can review or request a replacement.

• Adobe Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Figma
• Canva
• Word
• Excel
• Clickup

• You will work with international brands and understand the workflow and quality expected by them.
• How to execute your ideas quickly. Your senior is a hack-master, so you get to learn all the shortcuts to finish the work smartly instead of taking long routes.
• You will get a chance to learn the complete process of branding how to execute it on a technical level.
• You will learn leadership skills and how to execute your ideas with a team

• You have great taste in music. We love Lumineers and Coldplay.
• Original ideas over “inspired” ideas. Show us your sketchbook, not just the portfolio.
• You are capable of executing tasks without being bossed/babied.
• Chill and work. But getting work done as per the timeline. We do not entertain excuses.
• Pet person. Or at least not allergic to fur. (We have a cat, we call him Suki)

• Morning tea, Lunch, and snacks will be on us.
• Interactive and brainstorming sessions with the entire team.
• Occasional foosball matches with team mates.
• You will have weekends for yourself. We do not work on weekends nor do we promise any deliverables during weekends.
• Health insurance coverage for you.
• Alternate Thursday team building activities.
• Upto six work from home provided per month.

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