Team Leadership Role : Senior Graphic Designer

Company Name - Be Neude

Location : Gurugram

Full-Time

About Be Neude :

Be Neude is a beauty and skincare brand built on our technology platform: the science of _ milk one of the most clinically validated skincare ingredients, rarely explored at depth in the Indian market. We're growing quick across D2C and major marketplaces (Nykaa, Amazon, Myntra, Blinkit, Zepto + more) and seeking to add a Senior Graphic Designer to our team.

The Role :

Be Neude is looking for a Senior Graphic Designer to own the visual language of the brand across every touchpoint social, e-commerce, packaging, campaigns, and retail. This is a hands-on creative leadership role: part maker, part manager, part taste-maker. You'll set the visual bar for the brand, manage a team of four (junior designers and video editors), and be the final check on everything before it goes out into the world.

What Youll Do :

Creative Ownership

- Own the end-to-end visual identity of Be Neude guard and evolve brand guidelines across packaging, digital, social, retail, and campaign design.
- Set art direction for photo and video shoots, campaigns, product launches, and seasonal content.
- Be the final creative gatekeeper: review and approve all design and video output before it ships.
- Translate brand strategy and marketing briefs into sharp, distinctive visual concepts not just "on brief," but genuinely good.

Team Leadership :

- Manage, mentor, and grow a team of 4 (junior graphic designers + video editors).
- Run crits and reviews that raise the bar give feedback that's specific, kind, and makes the work better.
- Plan team workload, timelines, and priorities across multiple concurrent projects (product drops, campaigns, always-on social, packaging cycles).




- Identify skill gaps and coach junior team members on both craft and creative judgment.

Cross-functional Collaboration :

- Partner closely with Marketing, Brand, Product, and E-commerce teams to align design output with business goals.
- Manage external vendors/freelancers/agencies as needed for overflow or specialized work (illustration, 3D, photography).
- Present creative concepts and rationale to leadership with confidence and clarity.
- Push the brands visual output ahead of category trends.

What We're Looking For :

- 5-8 years of graphic design experience, with at least 2-3 years in a design lead / senior designer role managing people or a creative workflow.
- Prior experience in beauty, personal care, D2C, fashion, or lifestyle brands strongly preferred categories where aesthetic sensibility and premium visual storytelling are core to the product experience.
- Experience working across both digital-first and packaging/print design (many beauty designers are one or the other we need someone comfortable in both).
- A track record of managing or mentoring a team (even informally, e.g. leading a pod within an agency or in-house team).
- Experience overseeing video/motion output even if not a video editor themselves enough fluency to give sharp creative direction on cuts, pacing, and edits.

Core craft

- Expert-level Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign (non-negotiable).
- Strong typography, layout,



and color sensibility.
- Working knowledge of Premiere Pro / After Effects enough to direct and QC video/motion work, not necessarily to edit yourself.
- Familiarity with Figma for digital/web/social templated design systems.
- Understanding of print production and packaging design specs (dielines, CMYK, finishes) is a strong plus given the category.

Taste & judgment

- A discernible point of view on design can articulate why something works, not just that it does.
- Sharp visual instincts for what's on-trend in beauty/lifestyle without chasing every trend.
- Ability to balance brand consistency with creative freshness knows when to break the guidelines and when to hold the line.
- A portfolio that shows range: campaign work, social content, packaging, and (ideally) some video/motion direction.

Leadership & operations

- Comfortable giving and receiving direct creative feedback.
- Strong project management instincts can juggle multiple briefs, deadlines, and stakeholders without dropping quality.
- Clear communicator who can defend creative decisions to non-design stakeholders (marketing, founders, leadership).

Nice to Have

- Prior experience working with D2C / Beauty & Personal Care brands
- Basic photography/videography direction experience (shoot planning, mood boards, on-set art direction).
- 3D or AI-tooling design experience (e.g., for product renders or rapid concepting).

What to Include when You Apply

- Portfolio (mandatory) please share a link. We're specifically looking for range: campaign concepts, social/digital content, packaging, and any team/leadership work you can speak to.
- A short note on one piece of work you led that you're proudest of, and why.

📌 Senior Graphic Designer (Gurugram)
🏢 Be Neude
📍 Gurugram