Design Team Lead

Target Learning Ventures; Thane; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Target Learning Ventures is seeking a hands-on Design Lead to steer the design team, drive creative direction, and ensure brand consistency across marketing and business channels.

You will translate business objectives into impactful visuals, deliver high-quality creatives for social media, e-commerce, campaigns, events, and print, and mentor junior designers while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a design-related field or equivalent.
• 5+ years of graphic/creative design experience.
• 1–2+ years of experience leading or mentoring a design team.
• Experience in education, publishing, e-commerce, advertising, or digital marketing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design team, allocate work, review output, and mentor designers.
• Develop creative concepts, visual themes, campaign identities, and brand assets.
• Translate objectives into impactful visual communication across channels.
• Create creatives for social media, performance marketing, e-commerce, product campaigns, schools/coaching campaigns, events, emails, websites, and print.
• Maintain brand consistency, typography, layouts, imagery, and identity.
• Manage workflows, priorities, timelines, and cross-functional requirements.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Product, Sales, Content, E-commerce, and external agencies/vendors.
• Handle high-priority design projects and drive strategic initiatives.

Skills

Graphic design

Branding

Typography

Layout

Color theory

Visual communication

People management

Education

Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Fine Arts, Advertising

Bachelor's degree or diploma

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Figma

Canva

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Job description

Experience: 5+ years | Team Leadership: 1–2+ years

About the Role

We are looking for a creative, hands-on Design Lead to lead the design team, drive creative direction, maintain brand consistency, and deliver high-quality creatives across marketing and business channels.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design team, allocate work, review output, and mentor designers.
• Develop creative concepts, visual themes, campaign identities, and brand assets.
• Translate marketing and business objectives into impactful visual communication.
• Create and oversee creatives for social media, performance marketing, e-commerce, product campaigns, schools/coaching campaigns, events, email/WhatsApp, websites, and print.
• Maintain high standards of design quality, brand consistency, typography, layouts, imagery, and visual identity.
• Manage creative workflows, priorities, timelines, and cross-functional requirements.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Product, Sales, Content, E-commerce, and external agencies/vendors.
• Personally handle high-priority and strategically important design projects.
• Identify workflow improvements and ensure timely delivery without compromising quality.
• Stay updated with design, advertising, AI, motion, and digital trends and introduce innovative creative approaches.
• High-quality and consistent creative output.
• Timely delivery of campaign and business-critical creatives.
• Improved team productivity and design quality.
• Effective creative resource allocation.
• Strong visual concepts for major campaigns.
• Structured and efficient design workflow.

Required Skills

• Strong knowledge of graphic design, branding, typography, layout, colour theory, and visual communication.
• Strong creative and conceptual thinking.
• Understanding of digital, social media, branding, and performance creatives.
• Ability to balance creativity, quality, speed, and business objectives.
• Strong communication, presentation, attention-to-detail, and people-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and tight deadlines.

Tools:

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Figma, Canva

Premiere Pro / After Effects and AI-assisted design tools are an added advantage.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree/diploma in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Fine Arts, Advertising, or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant graphic/creative design experience.
• 1–2+ years of experience leading or mentoring a design team.
• Experience in education, publishing, e-commerce, advertising, digital marketing, or consumer brands is an advantage.

What We’re Looking For

• A hands-on creative leader who can think strategically, challenge briefs, develop strong concepts, lead a team, and execute high-quality designs aligned with business goals.