Manager, Arts & Graphic

WeWork Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

WeWork India is seeking a highly creative Art & Graphics Designer to lead art curation, murals, wallpaper patterns, and dimensional installations for our spaces. You’ll manage in-house artists and designers, oversee on-site installation, and collaborate with vendors and project managers to realize design concepts.

WeWork Design teams combine designers, engineers and architects to create exceptional flexible workspaces.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and understanding of art and design principles.
• 7-8 years of experience in the professional graphic design/art field.
• Clear communicator and efficient designer.
• Strong interest in interior design, art, and installation design.
• Clearly demonstrate leadership characteristics.
• Ambitious outside-of-the-box thinker willing to reach beyond their comfort zone.
• Very proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign). Proficient in After Effects, too.
• Comfortable translating design into physical installation work for workspaces.
• Able to reference past WeWork projects and the overall brand aesthetic while creating work for new WeWork spaces.

Responsibilities

• Reports to the Head of Art & Graphics and studio director while managing and working with the associates, Leads, Studio Director and Interior Designers to execute the overall design intent for each space.
• Stay up to date with contemporary art, graphic, and interior design trends.
• Be an engaged member of both the Art and interior design teams. Bring fresh ideas to meetings and be willing to go the extra mile to help team members.
• Manage personal and the team’s workflow and schedule efficiently and consistently, all the while being on top of all the wework product verticals like WPS, MO, BAU and customisation.
• Collaborate in the design of environmental art & graphics with multiple department leaders, clients, and project stakeholders.
• Assist in the installation of graphic and art projects — whether that be hand painting, assisting team members, coordinating with vendor queries or finding the right vendor or local artist.
• Day-to-day management and follow-ups of key deliverables with designers.

Skills

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

After Effects

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

About us

WeWork India is one of India’s leading flexible workspace operators – ‘Great Place To Work’certified (Nov 2024 – Nov 2025), aimed at creating flexible workspace solutions for company of all sizes.

Since its inception in India in 2016, WeWork India has expanded across 68 operational centres in Chennai, New Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, and Hyderabad. WeWork India meets distinct workspace needs, for various businesses. WeWork India strives to provide customised and curated solutions for various office space needs through its products and solutions. At WeWork India, we’re driven by collaboration, creativity, and a shared vision to redefine the future of work.

If you're looking to be part of a dynamic, fast-growing organisation that valuestalent and fosters growth, join us and build your future with WeWork India.

For more information, please visit our website https://wework.co.in/

About The Role

You will be assisting in the design and production of everything from Art Curation to hand-painted murals, to custom wallpaper patterns, new Art prints/paintings, and dimensional installations, etc.

This will also involve managing a team of in-house artists/designers in their day-to-day deliverables. Part of the work will be installation-based, apart from the design bit. Strong hands-on art and design skills are required — i.e. painting, drawing, or other means of creating design in physical spaces, using tools, ladders, etc. You will assist in managing relationships with designers on the team, vendors, manufacturers and project managers, ensuring the ordering and organisation of materials and samples, and interfacing with freelancers and artists. You must also have experience in traditional graphic design as well as a good knowledge of the local history in terms of cultural references, textiles and regional crafts. An eye for design research is crucial too.

WeWork Design is a team composed of experienced and talented designers, engineers and architects. We are dedicated to creating exceptional flexible workspaces where our members will work better together. With locations on almost all continents, this is a great opportunity to be part of one of the fastest-growing startups in the world.

Responsibilities

• Reports to the Head of Art & Graphics and studio director while managing and working with the associates, Leads, Studio Director and Interior Designers to execute the overall design intent for each space.
• Stay up to date with contemporary art, graphic, and interior design trends.
• Be an engaged member of both the Art and interior design teams. Bring fresh ideas to meetings and be willing to go the extra mile to help team members.
• Manage personal and the team’s workflow and schedule efficiently and consistently, all the while being on top of all the wework product verticals like WPS, MO, BAU and customisation.
• Collaborate in the design of environmental art & graphics with multiple department leaders, clients, and project stakeholders.
• Assist in the installation of graphic and art projects — whether that be hand painting, assisting team members, coordinating with vendor queries or finding the right vendor or local artist.
• Day-to-day management and follow-ups of key deliverables with designers.

Basic Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and understanding of art and design principles.
• 7-8 years of experience in the professional graphic design/art field.
• Clear communicator and efficient designer.
• Strong interest in interior design, art, and installation design.
• Clearly demonstrate leadership characteristics.
• Ambitious outside-of-the-box thinker willing to reach beyond their comfort zone.
• A MUST: Very proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (especially Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign). Proficient in After Effects, too.
• Comfortable translating design into physical installation work for workspaces.
• Able to reference past WeWork projects and the overall brand aesthetic while creating work for new WeWork spaces.

Who You Are

• Creative, adventurous, hungry, ready to roll your sleeves up to get dirty.
• Passionate about collaborating and rolling out the absolute best work.
• Proficient Orator and can handle presenting and talking to third parties with ease.
• You have impeccable taste in all things design, art and tech.
• An interest in interior design, installation graphics, and large-scale art.
• Gets happy and excited that no two days are the same.
• Loves working with numerous people day-to-day.
• Ability to self-manage timelines and is a great communicator.

Equal Opportunity Employer

WeWork India is an Equal Opportunity and Aff…

We expect all employees to embody our values and all aspects of employment including the decisions to hire and promote, are based on merit, competence, performance and business needs.

Our total rewards philosophy is aimed at providing compensation that is competitive, performance linked and helps us attract and retain the talent we need to drive our business forward and serve our members. As part of WeWork India, our commitment to you is that you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters collaboration, flexibility and inclusion.