Graphic Designer - Team Lead (Digital + Offline)

Wanderoo Creative Services; Ernakulam; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Wanderoo Creative Services in Kochi is seeking a Graphic Designer/Art Director who can lead from the front, balancing ideation with client-facing defense of concepts across static, motion, and video.

You'll head the Art team, collaborate with Copy and Video, and work at pace for a national brand, maintaining quality and staying on brief.

This full-time hybrid role requires weekly in-person team meetups in Kochi and a portfolio spanning digital, offline, and motion work.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as an Art Director or senior designer in an agency setting.
• Strong portfolio across digital, print, and motion/video.
• Solid grounding in typography, layout, and brand systems.
• Hands-on with motion graphics and video editing software.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma; comfortable with AI tools.
• Confident in presenting and defending creative decisions to clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead ideation across campaigns from concept to final execution.
• Ensure quality and consistency across digital, offline, and motion/video work; blend AI and traditional design.
• Manage, assign, and track work for the Art team to meet timelines and briefs.
• Present and defend creative concepts to clients and stakeholders.
• Respond quickly to fast-turnaround client demands while maintaining quality.
• Incorporate AI tools thoughtfully into the creative process and workflows.
• Coordinate with external vendors and freelancers as needed.

Skills

Ideation & concepting

Typography & layout

Brand systems

Client-facing presentations

Team leadership

AI-driven design workflows

Education

Degree in Design / Fine Arts

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Figma

AI design tools

Job description

Wanderoo Creative Services is a Kochi-based creative agency that genuinely enjoys the mess and magic of the internet. Like our namesake (the wanderoo, a mountain-dwelling monkey found right here in the Western Ghats), we're curious, a little cheeky, and always watching before we leap. We make ads, content, and campaigns across digital, offline, and video, for brands who want work that actually connects instead of just filling a content calendar. Small team, big scope, no fluff.

Role Description

We're looking for an Graphic Designer/Art Director who can lead from the front - strong enough on ideation to set the creative bar, and confident enough in front of clients to defend it. This isn't a purely hands‑on design role or a purely managerial one; you'll be doing both, often in the same day, across static, motion, and video.

You’ll lead our Art team, working closely with Copy and Video to bring campaigns to life across digital, offline, and motion formats. Our main client is a national brand that moves fast and expects quick turnarounds, so this role needs someone who thrives on pace without letting quality slip.

This is a full‑time hybrid role based in Kochi, with one in‑person team meetup required each week.

What you’ll own

• Leading ideation across campaigns, from concept to final execution
• Driving quality and consistency across digital, offline, and motion/video creative, applying an AI + traditional approach to motion graphics and video, from AI‑assisted generation to hands‑on editing and finishing
• Managing, assigning, and tracking work across the Art team, keeping output on time and on brief
• Client‑facing presentations and creative walkthroughs, defending ideas with confidence
• Solving creative problems on the fly, especially under quick‑turnaround client demands
• Bringing AI tools into the creative process - prompting, generating, and refining across multiple tools, and knowing when to blend that with traditional design craft
• Managing external vendors and freelancers where needed, from production houses to specialist designers
• Staying on top of design trends, new tools, and emerging formats, and bringing that thinking into the team’s work

What we’re looking for

• 4+ years of experience as an Art Director or in a senior design role, ideally in an agency setting
• Strong ideation skills with a solid portfolio spanning digital, offline, and motion/video work (portfolio required with application)
• Strong grounding in typography, layout, and brand systems, not just individual creative pieces
• Working knowledge of motion graphics and video, with comfort using both AI tools and traditional editing/animation software
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro) and Figma
• Hands‑on experience with AI design and generation tools, comfortable prompting and refining across multiple platforms
• Ability to balance traditional design fundamentals with new‑age AI‑driven workflows
• Proven experience leading a team - assigning work, tracking progress, and giving direction that sticks
• Confident client‑facing presence, able to present and defend creative decisions in the room
• Calm under pressure, with experience handling fast‑turnaround, high‑stakes client demands
• Degree in Design, Fine Arts, or a related field preferred