This role is for a Mumbai-based design studio working across healthcare, homes and hospitality. Its work gets published and wins awards, and it is now looking for a creative maverick to own how that work is told. The studio is opening the seat that owns it: you shape the communication that carries the studio's design into the world, producing the work yourself and directing a junior who produces alongside you, with the Principal stepping in only to steer and approve. Graphic judgement is the heart of the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Design Communication: Develop compelling project narratives, visual imagery, diagrams, presentations, and other communication materials that effectively showcase the studio’s architectural and design work.
• Graphic Design & Art Direction: Establish and maintain high visual standards across all outputs. Execute design work independently where required and provide clear graphic direction to the junior team member.
• Social Media Management: Plan, create, schedule, publish, and review content across the studio’s social media channels, ensuring a consistent and engaging brand presence.
• Presentation & Portfolio Design: Create and maintain presentation decks, portfolio layouts, pitch materials, and reusable templates aligned with the studio’s visual identity.
• Team Coordination: Guide the junior team member, review deliverables, and ensure quality, consistency, and timely execution.
• Content Collaboration: Coordinate with Lead Architects and project teams to source drawings, project details, images, and other relevant information.
• Publications & Awards: Prepare and refine communication materials for design publications, award submissions, press coverage, and other external opportunities.
• Archive Management: Organise and maintain the studio’s project archive and image library, ensuring assets are accessible, accurate, and ready for publication.

First 90-Day Expectations

Month 1: Understand and Plan

• Understand the studio’s projects, communication style, and visual language.
• Audit existing content, social media channels, and project archives.
• Develop a first-quarter content plan in consultation with the Principal.

Month 2: Create and Establish

• Begin producing and publishing content consistently.
• Establish templates and a cohesive visual communication system.
• Set graphic direction for the junior team member and review their work.

Month 3: Take Ownership

• Independently manage the day-to-day design communication function.
• Maintain a consistent publishing schedule and high-quality visual output.
• Support hiring and business development through clear, compelling studio presentations and materials.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 4–6 years of experience in design communication, content development, or graphic design within a design-led organisation or practice.
• Strong graphic design skills, with the ability to execute creative work and direct others.
• Experience developing visual content from architectural, interior design, or related creative projects, supported by a relevant portfolio.
• Practical experience managing social media for a brand, studio, or professional practice.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, along with presentation design tools.
• Ability to guide a junior team member, provide constructive feedback, and maintain quality standards.
• Strong communication, coordination, and organisational skills, with the ability to take ownership and work independently.
• A degree or background in Communication Design, Graphic Design, Architecture with a strong graphic design practice, or an equivalent field.
• Willingness to work full-time from the studio in Mumbai.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Background in architecture or interior design.
• Strong writing, storytelling, and editorial skills.
• Experience creating video or motion-based content.
• Familiarity with content planning, brand communication, and visual storytelling.

Who May Not Be the Right Fit

• Candidates with a content strategy background but limited graphic design skills or unwillingness to own visual direction.
• Pure graphic designers who lack an understanding of architectural or design-led work.
• Candidates seeking hybrid or remote arrangements, as this is an in-studio role.
• Individuals who require constant direction instead of independently managing responsibilities.
• Candidates whose compensation expectations fall outside the stated range.

Compensation & Work Arrangement

• Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• Work Mode: Work from office.
• Working Days: Monday to Friday.
• Working Hours: 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM.

Key Skills

Must-have: Graphic Design, Design Communication, Adobe InDesign.

Good-to-have: Social Media Management, Content Development, Presentation Design.