Senior Graphic Designer

Leo Digital Communications; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Leo Digital Communications in Bengaluru invites a Senior Graphic Designer to lead high-impact creative projects across digital and traditional media. You will blend typography, layout, and visual storytelling with AI-powered tools to craft campaigns that elevate brand presence.

Candidates should show strong portfolio, proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, and ability to mentor juniors while delivering on tight deadlines and brand guidelines.

Qualifications

• Strong typography, layout and visual communication skills.
• Proven ability to translate concepts into compelling visuals.
• Experience with AI-powered tools in creative workflows.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Creative Director on campaigns and projects.
• Develop concepts for digital and offline media.
• Create designs across social media, websites, presentations, advertising and print.
• Utilize AI-assisted workflows for concept development and execution.
• Maintain brand guidelines and visual identity across outputs.
• Mentor junior designers and coordinate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Typography

Layout

Visual Communication

Animation

Art Direction

AI Tools

Creative Thinking

Brand Understanding

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe After Effects

HTML/CSS basics

Job description

Job Opening: Senior Graphic Designer

We are looking for a Senior Graphic Designer to join our creative team and work closely with senior creative professionals across a range of ambitious, innovative, and high-impact projects.

The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of typography, layout, visual communication, animation, art direction, and AI-powered creative tools, with the ability to translate ideas into compelling creative outputs across digital and traditional media.

The role will involve contributing to the creative direction of campaigns, mentoring junior designers, exploring AI-driven creative solutions, and maintaining high standards of creative execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Creative Director and senior creative team on campaigns and projects.
• Develop innovative and visually compelling concepts for digital and offline media.
• Contribute ideas and creative inputs during brainstorming and creative strategy meetings.
• Create high-quality designs across social media, websites, presentations, advertising, print, and other communication formats.
• Develop creative concepts using a combination of traditional design skills and AI-assisted workflows.
• Explore AI tools to generate concepts, mood boards, visual references, illustrations, image treatments, backgrounds, and creative variations.
• Use AI to improve creative efficiency while maintaining originality, brand consistency, and design quality.
• Experiment with emerging AI tools for image generation, video, animation, typography, ideation, and creative production.
• Maintain consistency with brand guidelines and visual identity.
• Apply strong knowledge of typography, composition, colour, layout, imagery, and visual hierarchy.
• Support animation and motion-based creative requirements where applicable.
• Review creative outputs and ensure quality before final delivery.
• Collaborate with content, account management, video, web, SEO, and marketing teams.
• Work with client feedback and translate requirements into effective design solutions.
• Take ownership of projects from concept development through final production.
• Stay updated with current design, advertising, digital, and AI creative trends.
• Mentor junior designers and help the team adopt better design and AI-assisted workflows.

Required Design Skill SetAdobe Creative Suite

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe After Effects / Premiere Pro – an advantage
• Basic understanding of HTML/CSS – an advantage

AI & Emerging Creative Tools

Hands-on experience with AI-powered creative tools is highly preferred.

The candidate should be comfortable using AI for:

• Creative ideation and concept development
• AI-generated images and visual exploration
• Image enhancement, retouching and background generation
• Creative variations and adaptations
• AI-assisted video and animation
• Storyboard and mood-board development
• Generating visual references and campaign directions
• Improving design productivity and workflow efficiency

Experience with tools such as Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, ChatGPT, DALL·E, Canva AI, Runway, Kling, or similar AI creative platforms will be an advantage.

Core Skills & Competencies

• Strong creative and visual design capabilities.
• Excellent understanding of typography, layout, colour and composition.
• Strong conceptual and visual-thinking abilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to present and explain creative concepts confidently.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong time-management and organisational skills.
• Ability to work within tight deadlines and under pressure.
• Ability to take constructive feedback and improve creative output.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to combine human creativity with AI-powered tools effectively.
• Curiosity and willingness to experiment with emerging technologies.
• Ability to maintain creative quality while using AI-assisted production.

Typical Activities

The Senior Graphic Designer will be expected to:

• Participate in creative brainstorming and strategy meetings.
• Develop campaign concepts and visual directions.
• Create designs and campaign assets for multiple platforms.
• Use AI tools to explore and accelerate creative concepts.
• Develop AI-assisted mood boards, references and visual treatments.
• Create multiple creative routes and visual variations where required.
• Present creative concepts and recommendations.
• Collaborate with senior creative staff and other internal teams.
• Coordinate with clients and incorporate feedback.
• Guide junior designers on creative execution and AI adoption.
• Ensure projects meet quality, brand and deadline requirements.
• Support the team during campaign execution and production.
• Research emerging design, advertising, technology and AI trends and bring fresh ideas to the team.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience as a Senior Graphic Designer in an agency, advertising, branding, or creative environment.
• Strong and diverse design portfolio demonstrating conceptual and executional ability.
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience working on integrated digital campaigns is preferred.
• Practical experience using AI tools in the creative design process.
• Ability to demonstrate how AI has been used to improve creative concepts, productivity or execution.
• Ability to manage projects from briefing and conceptualisation to final production.
• Ability to balance AI-generated outputs with strong human-led creative direction and brand thinking.
• Proactive approach to learning and adopting new creative technologies.
• Positive attitude and strong collaborative skills.
• Flexibility to work beyond standard hours when project deadlines or campaign requirements demand it.