Overview

A leading media and intelligence platform  is looking for a Creative Director based out of Delhi.

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About the company

India's largest media and intelligence platform on the startup economy covering journalism, datalabs, editorial IPs, and more.

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Role

A leading media platform is looking for a Creative Director who enjoys working in a fast paced environment and loves the challenge of discovering what makes consumers “click”.

As a Creative Director, you will be responsible for leading and directing editorial/marketing graphic and visual design, copy, video, animation, infographic, social media material, photography and promotional assets.

Our ideal candidate is a passionate & experienced B2C/Content/Media designer with proven success as a creative and communicative multitasker with exceptional project and time management skills. If you are someone who follows the philosophy of “The devil is in the detail”, you must apply.

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About the company‍

India’s #1 startup media & intelligence platform that informs, educates and empowers startup & business leaders through its incisive reporting, insightful reports, curated events & communities, and industry-leading executive courses & programs.

Since launching in January 2015, and having risen to become the authoritative voice on India’s startup economy, we've moved markets, gotten the early scoop on billions of dollars of transactions and told you what's happening deep inside some of the fastest growing startups & industries alike. Our stories have been followed by the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, TechCrunch and other major outlets hundreds of times.

We also track over 50,000+ startups and provide market research and intelligence through our in-depth research reports, and we organise some of the most sought-after conferences and events for startup & business leaders across India.‍

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Impact

• Stories reach over 50 Mn+ people monthly
• Published more than 55,000 stories
• Successfully conducted 150+ events
• Launched 100+ research reports
• Receives 500+ startup applications monthly
• Worked with 350+ brands

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Why this role exists‍

Our media shows up everywhere – daily journalism, Datalabs reports, social, the website, and a back-to-back calendar of physical summits and IPs. But it doesn't yet show up as one brand. We're hiring a Creative Director to build a single, strong design identity for the company and every IP, across screen and space, and make it look like the authority it is.

This is a build-and-own seat. You set the design language, you raise the craft bar, and you carry it from a social post to a summit stage. The goal isn't prettier assets; it's a brand that's instantly recognisable – the intelligence authority of India's startup economy.‍

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What you'll own‍

• The design identity and system: One coherent visual language (type, colour, layout, motion, the look of "the authority") applied across journalism, Datalabs reports, social, the website, decks, and every IP's identity.
• Flagship campaign and IP creative: Hands-on art direction on the brand film, brand campaigns, and the marquee IPs
• Physical and experiential design: The on-ground expression of the brand – stage, set, spatial branding, signage, and the look-and-feel of our summits and events.
• The motion-brand language: Brand motion standards and templates that the video team and designers build within.
• The design team and bench: A team of designers today, plus a freelance/studio bench you brief and direct.
• The craft bar: You're the sign-off on how the company looks, everywhere.
  

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Who you are

• A multi-disciplinary Creative/Design Director: you move fluently across brand identity, editorial/graphic, digital, motion, and crucially physical/experiential design. You're not a single-discipline specialist.
• Systems-first, not comp-first: you've built a brand identity that scales across dozens of surfaces and stays coherent, not just a beautiful hero deck.
• You've designed for the real world: you've shaped physical experiences or events, not only screens. (This is the rare requirement.)
• A player-coach: hands-on on the flagship work, directing the team and freelancers for the rest. You can both make it and lead it.
• Taste and delivery: art direction that's genuinely strong AND ships at brand-at-scale, on a real calendar.
• AI-fluent in the design workflow: you use modern (incl. generative) tools as part of how you work, not as a novelty.
• A creative peer, not a service desk: you bring the ideas and own the creative and the craft; you partner with marketing on strategy and video on production. Strong point of view, zero turf wars.

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What you'll need

• Proven working experience of 8 - 12 years as Art Director/Senior Designer building & managing a team of creatives/designers
• Skilled communicator with excellent leadership, interpersonal, relationship management skills and keen eye for aesthetics, layout and color combination.
• Solid experience with logo design, typography, color, web layout design, print production, image selection and package design
• Proficient use of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator or other visual design and wire-framing tools
• Demonstrable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio
• High on creativity and should have the ability to delegate responsibilities & execute team projects within the set timeline.
• Ability to deliver constructive feedback on projects to the creative team
• Intuitive critical thinker with a proactive attitude, capable of thinking in and out of the box, generating new design solutions and ideas.
  

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What we offer

• Ownership of company’s entire visual identity across digital and physical at a brand that's becoming the cultural authority of India's startup economy
• A direct line to the Co-Founder & CMO, and partnership with the Heads of Marketing and Video
• A design team to lead and a freelance/studio budget to extend it
• The canvas of a back-to-back IP calendar – your work on stages, in reports, and across millions of feeds
• Senior compensation, plus meaningful ESOPs
• Delhi-based, in-person

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How to apply

• Your portfolio. We want to see at least one identity-system project (how it scales) and one physical/experiential project
• Your CV