Associate Creative Director - Design

Location: Byculla, Mumbai

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead and directly manage a team of 3–4 designers, setting creative standards, mentoring talent, and building a high-performance design culture
• Work as a close creative partner to the Subko Brand Head and Creative Director, contributing to brand strategy and creative direction
• Build strong design briefs and lead design research that anchors creative output in cultural insight and strategic intent
• Execute across a wide and fast-moving portfolio of work maintaining brilliant creative quality within rigorous timelines
• Drive omnichannel digital output across social platforms: long-form, short-form, video, still, and ecommerce formats
• Champion the studio's Indic maximalism and typography-led design aesthetic across all touchpoints

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience at a senior or lead design level with exceptional craft
• People management experience with 3+ direct reports
• Proven ability to write and build design briefs grounded in research
• Fluency in digital omnichannel production: social, e-comm, video, still
• Comfort thriving in high-output, multi-workstream environments
• Genuine passion for Indic aesthetics, typography, and cultural storytelling
• Experience with print asset creation and packaging
• Strong track record of creative performance results