Senior Graphic Designer
Thinkster
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Job summary
Thinkster in Bavdhan, Pune is seeking a Senior Graphic Designer who can lead design projects end-to-end, mentor juniors, and collaborate with content, strategy, and marketing teams to craft bold visual identities.
You’ll drive creativity with a strong portfolio, own client presentations, and push for strategic impact while balancing craft with leadership, creating scalable branding systems and engaging campaigns.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, Visual Communication, Fine Arts, or related field.
- 5–7 years of professional experience in a design or creative agency environment.
- Strong portfolio across branding, layout, typography, and digital design.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite — Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, XD / Figma.
Responsibilities
- Lead design projects end-to-end and own the creative direction.
- Mentor junior designers and review their work to grow the team.
- Collaborate closely with copywriters, strategists, and clients.
- Manage multiple design projects with tight deadlines and high quality.
- Prepare and present design concepts to clients with clarity and confidence.
- Stay updated on design trends, tools, and best practices.
- Own the design quality benchmark across projects and push for excellence.
- Partner with the Creative Director on team capacity and direction.
Skills
Education
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Job description
Thinkster Careers · Pune 2026
Looking for a Senior Graphic Designer Job in Pune that actually values craft, ownership, and creative leadership? Thinkster is hiring a Senior Graphic Designer with a sharp eye for aesthetics, strong conceptual thinking, and the ability to translate ideas into visually impactful design — from briefing to final execution.
The ideal candidate is comfortable leading design projects end-to-end, mentoring junior designers, and collaborating directly with content, strategy, and marketing teams in our Bavdhan, Pune studio.
Most senior graphic designer jobs in Pune at this experience level hit a frustrating ceiling. You’re senior enough to lead projects but expected to behave like a mid-level designer in practice. You mentor juniors informally but have no real influence on team direction. You see strategy decisions get made — without you in the room. After 18 months, the title looks senior but the work feels exactly the same as it did at 4 years.
This senior graphic designer job in Pune is built differently. You’ll report directly to the Creative Director, lead design projects end-to-end, mentor a small team of junior and mid-level designers, and have a real voice in creative review sessions. The role is positioned as a stepping stone toward Creative Lead and Art Director tracks — not as a permanent senior-IC seat where you do the same work indefinitely.
We’re a design-led digital marketing agency, which means design isn’t a service we deliver — it’s the core of what makes our work valuable. Senior designers here aren’t on the periphery of creative decisions. They are the creative decisions.
Design Leadership
- Conceptualize and design creative assets for digital, print, and social media platforms
- Develop branding and visual identity systems with consistency across all communication touchpoints
- Lead brainstorming and creative review sessions, contributing innovative ideas and approaches
- Mentor and guide junior designers, reviewing their work and helping them grow creatively
- Prepare and present design concepts to clients with clarity and confidence
Execution & Collaboration
- Collaborate with copywriters, strategists, and clients to deliver compelling campaigns
- Manage multiple design projects with tight deadlines while maintaining quality
- Stay updated on design trends, tools, and best practices to keep creative output fresh
- Own the design quality benchmark across your projects — push back when work isn’t ready
- Partner with the Creative Director on team capacity, hiring, and creative direction
We’re specifically looking for a senior graphic designer with 5–7 years of professional experience in a design or creative agency environment. You’ve already moved past the “still learning the tools” phase years ago. You’ve built a portfolio that holds up. You’ve handled client presentations, juggled multiple projects, and developed an intuition for what design actually needs to do beyond looking good.
If you’re a graphic designer with 5+ years in Pune currently feeling stuck — too senior for execution-only roles, not yet ready for a Creative Director seat — this position fills exactly that gap. It gives you leadership scope, creative ownership, and a clear progression path without forcing you to leave the craft you came into the industry to do.
What You Bring
- 5–7 years of professional experience in a design or creative agency environment
- Strong portfolio across branding, layout, typography, color theory, and digital design
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite — Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, XD / Figma
- Excellent time management, communication, and presentation skills
- Comfort presenting to clients and receiving feedback at senior decision-maker level
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, Visual Communication, Fine Arts, or related field
- Pune-based or willing to relocate — this is a full-time on-site role
Your Working Style
- Conceptual thinker — you bring ideas, not just execution
- Detail-obsessed — your work is refined before it leaves your screen
- Collaborative but opinionated — you take feedback and still defend good design
- Curious and always learning — design trends, tools, and new creative directions
- Comfortable with ownership — you don’t wait to be told what to do next
- Comfortable being judged on the quality of output, not hours logged
Tools you’ll work with daily
Photoshop & Illustrator
InDesign
After Effects
XD / Figma
Motion design tools
Print production workflow
A lot of senior graphic designer jobs in Pune treat the function as pure execution — give us output, hit the deadline, move on. That model caps your growth and dulls the work. We do it differently.
This role is more strategic. You’ll have input into how we approach creative briefs, which directions we push, and how we present ideas to clients. You’ll experiment with visual systems, campaign angles, and design approaches that go beyond “make it look good.” The job is to build creative work that actually does something — not just work that passes a review.
Senior designer jobs in Pune vary enormously depending on the company. Some are essentially individual-contributor seats with a “senior” prefix added for compensation purposes. Others are quasi-management roles where you stop designing within six months. Most graphic designer jobs in Pune at the 5–7 year mark fall into one of those two buckets, and both have real downsides.
This role is built as a hybrid by design — you’ll still be hands‑on (roughly 60% of your time on actual design work) while taking on real leadership scope (mentorship, review, project ownership, creative direction input). That balance is what most senior designers actually want at this stage, but rarely find clearly defined.
A senior graphic designer agency job in Pune is a different experience from design at a product company or an in‑house brand. At an agency, your briefs span industries — D2C brands, B2B SaaS, real estate, education, healthcare. You learn to design across vastly different audiences and brand contexts, which makes you a sharper designer in two years than three years at a single brand can.
You’ll also be designing work you can actually be proud of. Our team handles real branding and rebranding projects, end‑to‑end social media marketing campaigns, and creative strategy that drives real outcomes. When your work lands, it actually goes somewhere — not into a brand portal no one opens.
“A senior designer’s job isn’t to make work faster. It’s to make the team’s work better.”
- – Competitive senior-level salary benchmarked against the Pune agency market
- – Fast career growth — we notice and reward creative leadership
- – Real creative influence — your design judgement shapes the agency’s output
- – Clear path toward Lead Designer, Associate Creative Lead, and Art Director tracks
- – Direct mentorship from the Creative Director
- – Premium tool access — full Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and motion design platform licenses included
- – Modern Bavdhan, Pune studio with a team that actually cares about craft
This senior graphic designer vacancy in Pune isn’t being filled quietly — our creative team, strategy leads, and Creative Director are all involved in the hiring because the right senior designer raises the bar for everyone. Good creative direction brings better briefs. Better briefs lead to stronger work. Stronger work brings more interesting clients. The whole agency benefits when this role is filled well.
So if you’re someone who wants their work to actually move the needle — not just exist in a portfolio — this role is structured for exactly that kind of impact.
Joining as a Senior Graphic Designer at Thinkster isn’t an end‑state — it’s the starting point of a clear creative career track. Strong performers typically progress to Lead Designer within 12–18 months, and to Associate Creative Lead or Art Director roles within 24–36 months. We don’t believe in keeping good designers stuck at the same level indefinitely.
You’ll also build a real skill stack — creative direction, client management, team mentorship, brand strategy, and campaign design — that opens doors well beyond Thinkster if and when you decide to move.
1. Is this senior graphic designer job in Pune remote-friendly?
No — this is a full‑time, on‑site role at our Bavdhan, Pune office. At the senior level, in‑person collaboration on creative reviews, client meetings, and team mentorship makes a real difference in output quality.
2. Is the 5–7 years experience requirement strict?
It’s our preferred range. Designers at 4.5 years with strong leadership exposure are welcome to apply. Senior designers at 8+ years are also welcome if the role’s scope matches what you’re looking for.
3. How much will I be designing vs managing?
Roughly 60% hands‑on design, 40% leadership work (mentorship, reviews, planning, client presentations). The balance shifts based on project phases, but design stays the core of the role.
4. Will I have input on hiring junior designers?
Yes. You’ll be involved in evaluating portfolios, interviewing candidates, and giving input on hiring decisions for the team you’ll be mentoring. The Creative Director makes the final call, but your voice carries real weight.
5. What’s the compensation range?
Competitive senior-level salary benchmarked against the Pune agency market. Final offer depends on your portfolio depth, leadership experience, and interview discussions. We don’t underpay for this seat.
Branding & Rebranding Services The kind of strategic brand work you’ll lead as our Senior Graphic Designer.
Social Media Marketing Services Explore the integrated campaigns and creative work Thinkster produces for clients.
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