Junior Art Director

IDEX; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

IDEX is seeking a Junior Art Director to transform briefs into compelling visuals across advertising, social, and digital campaigns. You will collaborate with the creative and strategy teams, produce key visuals, and support art direction for shoots, ensuring consistency in typography, color, and layout.

The role requires a strong eye for design, curiosity, and the ability to translate ideas into thoughtful visual solutions within a fast-paced agency setting.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in advertising, creative, branding or design agency.
• Strong visual sense and understanding of composition, typography, color and layout.
• Good conceptual thinking and ability to develop ideas from a brief.
• Strong attention to detail and high standard of design craft.
• Ability to balance creative thinking with practical execution.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, collaborative agency environment.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Willingness to experiment, learn, take feedback and push creativity.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative concepts and visual directions for advertising and brand campaigns.
• Create key visuals, social media creatives, digital assets, presentations, and campaign communication.
• Translate briefs into strong visual concepts and executions.
• Collaborate with Copywriters, Creative Directors, Designers, and Account/Strategy teams.
• Develop mood boards, style frames, layouts, and visual references.
• Support photoshoots and art direction, including styling, setups, and on-ground execution.
• Maintain typography, layout, color, and brand aesthetics.
• Adapt ideas across formats and platforms while preserving core concept.
• Present concepts and explain the thinking behind work.
• Take ownership of design execution from concept to final artwork.
• Stay updated with trends, formats, and tools.
• Use AI tools to support ideation while keeping originality.

Skills

Visual sense

Typography

Layout design

Concept development

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Presentations

Team collaboration

Tools

AI tools

Job description

We are looking for a Junior Art Director with a strong visual eye, curiosity, and a passion for turning ideas into impactful creative work.

You’ll work closely with the creative and strategy teams to develop concepts and visual communication across advertising campaigns, social media, digital platforms, and brand communication. The ideal candidate is someone who can take a brief, think beyond the obvious, and translate ideas into thoughtful, well-crafted visual solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop creative concepts and visual directions for advertising and brand campaigns.
• Create key visuals, social media creatives, digital assets, presentations, and campaign communication.
• Translate creative briefs into strong visual concepts and executions.
• Work closely with Copywriters, Creative Directors, Designers, and Account/Strategy teams.
• Assist in developing mood boards, style frames, layouts, and visual references.
• Support photoshoots and art direction, including visual references, styling direction, set-ups, and on-ground execution.
• Maintain consistency in typography, layout, composition, color, and overall brand aesthetics.
• Adapt campaign ideas across different formats and platforms while maintaining the core creative idea.
• Present creative concepts and explain the thinking behind your work.
• Take ownership of design execution from initial concept through final artwork.
• Stay updated with emerging visual trends, design styles, digital formats, and creative tools.
• Use AI tools where relevant to support ideation, exploration, and production while maintaining independent creative thinking and original execution.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of experience in an advertising, creative, branding, or design agency.
• Strong visual sense and an understanding of composition, typography, color, and layout.
• Good conceptual thinking and the ability to develop ideas from a brief.
• Strong attention to detail and a high standard of design craft.
• Ability to balance creative thinking with practical execution.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative agency environment.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• A willingness to experiment, learn, take feedback, and push creative work further.

Benefits

• Brand campaigns and creative concepts
• Social media and digital communication
• Key visuals and campaign assets
• Photoshoots and art direction
• Brand identity and visual communication
• New creative formats, tools, and visual approaches