Design Director

Director - Design

DEPARTMENT: Creative

PRIMARY LOCATION: Mumbai

JOB SUMMARY:

As a key member of our dynamic creative studio, you will join the talented team to produce high-quality work that challenges our clients. Your role involves guiding the team in delivering creative solutions across projects, fostering strong client relationships, and spearheading projects from ideation to completion.

As one of our senior creatives, you will shape our creative culture by demonstrating ambition and leadership. You will serve as a knowledge hub for core accounts, making critical creative decisions and confidently presenting ideas to clients.

REPORTING: Head of Design

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Working alongside Head of design, client service, and production leads to surpass client expectations and deliver top-notch creative work.

Displaying creative leadership abilities by motivating and empowering fellow team members.

Uncovering and articulating strategic insights for creative briefs and solutions, fostering high-quality creative thinking, and effectively communicating these to both the team and clients.

Taking ownership of the successful outcome of all assigned creative projects.

Serving as a prominent figure within the creative team, establishing and upholding creative standards, and serving as a positive role model to empower the team to produce exceptional work.

Offering a comprehensive approach to the team's creative process and encouraging them to consider the ramifications of their ideas.

Confidently presenting creative concepts and persuasively pitching them to clients in high-level presentations.

Collaborating with our Creative Services Manager to ensure efficient allocation of creative resources.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS:

12+ years of experience in a senior design role within a media agency or similar environment, with a focus on corporate branding and packaging design.

Proven track record of leading successful corporate branding and packaging design projects, with a portfolio that showcases your creative prowess.

Bachelors or Masters degree in Design, Visual Arts, or a related field is required.

Proficiency in design software such as Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Figma, etc.

Demonstrates professionalism, confidence, and composure in high-pressure situations.

Possesses strong organizational skills and an adaptable mindset to accommodate evolving project requirements.

Has a keen attention to detail.

Takes initiative and actively contributes ideas.

Presents confidently in high-level client meetings, presentations, and pitches.

Displays curiosity and encourages it within the team.

Receives and provides feedback positively, while also guiding junior team members.

Maintains a passion for learning new skills and encourages team members to do the same.

Earns high trust and respect from both clients and colleagues.

Exhibits strong leadership skills, fostering a collaborative and supportive environment, contributing to the success of Conran Design Mumbai by sharing knowledge and assisting others as needed.

About Conran Design Mumbai

At Conran Design Mumbai, we design better brands that positively transform how people think, feel, and experience the world. We collaborate with our clients to develop and activate meaningful brands and communications that matter. From research and insight-driven consultancy to effective and impactful delivery, we’re specialists in strategy, communications, design and activation.

Founded in 1957 by Sir Terence Conran, Conran Design Mumbai is Havas’ flagship brand and design consultancy. With studios in London, Paris, Mumbai and New York, its team of 250 strategists and creatives work across brand strategy, brand design, experience design, and communications and engagement, using thoughtful design to inspire progress for their clients.

Our India practice has won numerous awards including a silver as Campaign South Asia Agency of the year, and is a proud partner to diverse brands such as Zydus Lifesciences Ltd., Nestle, The Coca-Cola Company, mCaffeine, Hyphen, LT Foods, Tata Cliq, Reliance Jewels, Shazé, PayU, Usha Martin, Adani Capital and more.

With teams based in the UK, US and India, we are also an integrated part of one of the world’s largest communications networks: Havas, owned by Vivendi. For more information, visit & follow Conran Design Mumbai on social media.

About Havas India

Havas India gathers the expertise of 21 agencies, specialised divisions and strategic alliances across 3 verticals:

Havas Media Network – Havas Media, PivotRoots (integrated digital), Arena Media, Havas Market (e-commerce), Havas Play (sports, entertainment & content), Havas Programmatic Hub (programmatic trading desk), Havas Analytics (data & analytics), Socialyse (pure play social media); strategic alliances: Havas Media Tribes (out-of-home), Havas Play Gameplan (sports marketing) and KlugKlug (influencer tech stack)

Havas Creative Network – Havas Worldwide India (creative), Havas People India (talent communications & employer branding), Havas CX India (customer experience), Think Design (UX/UI), Shobiz (experiential marketing), Shobiz Exhibits (exhibitions) Conran Design Mumbai (branding & design), PR Pundit Havas Red (PR), and Prose on Pixels (content-at-scale)

Havas Health & You – Havas Life Sorento (health & wellness communications)

With its unique Village model, it is an integrated network present across 3 Villages in Mumbai, Gurgaon and Bengaluru, and regional offices in Kolkata, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai, with over 2000+ professionals and associates.

As one of India’s fastest growing and agile networks, Havas India has bagged multiple new clients across verticals and won several prestigious awards over the last 2 years including the group being Great Place To Work® Certified™ twice in a row (Nov 2022 - Nov 2023 & Dec 2023 – Dec 2024), consistently being featured in the top 3 at R3 New Business League rankings, and winning at Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year awards, e4m Indian Marketing Awards 2023, ABBY One Show 2023, Campaign Women Leading Change awards, and more. Our CSR programs, DE&I initiatives, and being actively involved in various industry associations is what keeps us invested as a network that has a clear mission of making a meaningful difference to brands, businesses and people.

For more information, visit and follow Havas India on social media.