Senior Associate - Illustrator & Educational Visual Designer

LEND A HAND INDIA (UK); Pune District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Lend A Hand India invites a Senior Associate - Illustrator & Educational Visual Designer to turn concepts into clear, accurate educational visuals for students, teachers and trainers. The role blends illustration with instructional visual communication and requires collaboration with writers and subject-matter experts.

The candidate will create visuals for print, mobile, LMS and video, develop step-by-step diagrams, infographics and safety visuals, while building reusable visual libraries

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Fine Arts or related field.
• 2–4 years in illustration or educational visual design.
• Advantage if experienced in educational publishing.
• Strong illustration and visual-communication skills.
• Ability to explain processes visually.
• Proficiency with illustration tools.

Responsibilities

• Create illustrations for student resources and teaching materials.
• Develop step-by-step visuals for activities and tools.
• Create diagrams, infographics, icons and graphics.
• Develop safety visuals and correct/incorrect practice illustrations.
• Collaborate with writers and instructional designers on learning goals.
• Ensure visuals adaptable across states and languages.
• Maintain reusable visual libraries and source files.

Skills

Illustration

Visual communication

Instructional visuals

Process diagrams

Step-by-step visuals

Safety visuals

Education

Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma in Fine Arts

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Job description

Senior Associate - Illustrator & Educational Visual Designer

• Date Opened 08/26/2026
• State/Province Maharashtra
• Country India

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Associate - Illustrator &Educational Visual Designer

Location: Pune

Travel: As per the project need

Position Overview:

Toturn concepts, processes and practical knowledge into clear, accurate andreusable educational visuals for students, teachers and trainers.

Thisrole combines illustration with instructional visual communication.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create illustrationsfor student resources, teacher guides, training materials and digitalcontent.
• Develop step-by-stepvisuals for practical activities, processes, tools and equipment.
• Create diagrams,process maps, infographics, icons and instructional graphics.
• Develop safety visualsand correct/incorrect practice illustrations.
• Work with writers andinstructional designers to understand the learning purpose of eachvisual.
• Work with technicalexperts to ensure processes, tools and practices are accuratelyrepresented.
• Develop editable visualassets that can be adapted across states and languages.
• Design visuals suitablefor print, mobile, LMS, presentations and video.
• Represent students,teachers, practitioners and different forms of work respectfully andwithout stereotypes.
• Maintain reusablevisual libraries, source files and consistency across resource families.
• Revise visuals based ontechnical review and user feedback.

About Lend A Hand India: Lend A HandIndia (LAHI) is a leadingnational Think Tank/NGO with over 20 years ofexperience in strengthening India’s skill and vocationaleducation ecosystem. LAHI works closely with 20+ State and UTgovernments through long-term partnerships, providingtechnical advisory and Project Management Unit (PMU)support to drive systemic reforms. In Uttar Pradesh,LAHI partners with the Directorate of Training (DTE)and the State Council for Vocational Training (SCVT)to support large-scale improvements in ITIs, skilleducation curriculum, assessments, certification, andpolicy implementation .

Our Mission

EquipSchool Students to Maximise Their Potential Through SkillEducation

Our Approach

• Partnership withcentral-state governments to define, and scalepolicy
• Building of Centresof Excellence that act as lighthouses for innovation
• Resourceorganisation for the skilling ecosystem

OurKnowledge in Action

Through the design& execution of innovative models from trainingcentres, innovation hubs to mobile outreach initiatives,LAHI’s innovative knowledge resource drives bothgrassroots learning and systemic transformation acrossIndia. With 250+ LAHI staff embedded in state educationsystems across 20+ states, we provide technical andproject management support, enabling governments to translatepolicy into action.

Our Reach

LAHI’s currentscale of work includes -

• 20+ States and UTs
• 15000+ Schools
• 15 Lakh+ Students
• 250+ Team Members

Requirements

Educational Background:

• Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma in Fine Arts, Applied Arts, Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Animation or a related field.
  
• 2–4 years of experience in illustration, educational visual design, graphic design or a related field.
  
• Certification/coursework in Illustration, Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Animation or Digital Design would be an advantage.
  
• Candidates with experience in educational publishing, learning resources or instructional design would be preferred.
  
• Strong illustration andvisual-communication skills.
  
• Ability to explainprocesses and concepts visually—not only create decorative illustrations.
  
• Good understanding ofinformation hierarchy and instructional graphics.
  
• Ability to illustratetools, actions and practical sequences accurately.
  
• Proficiency withrelevant professional illustration/design tools.
  
• Comfortable workingclosely with writers, instructional designers and technical experts.
  
• Experience witheducational publishing, children's learning resources or instructionaldesign would be an advantage.

Portfolioshould preferably include examples of instructional illustrations,step-by-step processes, diagrams or educational information graphics, inaddition to general illustration work.

• Strong illustration and visualcommunication skills
• Ability to create instructionalvisuals, diagrams, infographics and step-by-step illustrations
• Strong understanding ofinformation hierarchy and educational visual design
• Proficiency in professionaldesign and illustration tools such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign
• Ability to accurately represent tools, processes, practical activities and safety practices.

Personal Attributes:

• Creative and visuallyoriented.
• Detail-oriented andaccuracy-focused.
• Learner-centricand empathetic
• Adaptable and solution-oriented.
• Strong ownership and commitment to quality.