Lead a team of 70+ India-based creatives responsible for the ideation, execution, and production of high-impact, memorable proposal and sales deliverables.

Aligned with the vision and priorities of US leadership, the team combines world-class creativity, business knowledge,

Role & responsibilities

Leadership and team inspiration

- Inspire and guide an India-based creative team (designers, copywriters, videographers, UI/UX specialists) to achieve and align with the priorities of US creative leadership.
- Coach and oversee professional growth for India-based team leaders and members.
- Create a collaborative, empowering environment that delivers creative excellence and attracts, develops, and retains top-tier creative talent.
- Understand the go-to-market strategies for each business and the development and adoption of best practices across businesses.
- Lead the integration and alignment of USI-based professionals across geographies, including the US and Costa Rica.

Creativity strategy and persuasive communication

- Set the creative vision and strategy, guiding teams in leveraging advanced art, design, and branding principles to deliver engaging visual stories and proposals.
- Champion the use of design thinking methodologies to turn complex business ideas into compelling creative solutions.
- Establish standards for communicating creative visions clearly to diverse audiences (clients, internal stakeholders, etc.).
- Guide teams and professionals to create innovative solutions within the framework of the proposal and other deliverables.

Business acumen and innovation

- Demonstrate and cultivate across teams full expertise and understanding of the end-to-end proposal process.
- Align creative solutions with business objectives and client requirements, maintaining a strong brand identity throughout.
- Respond to evolving industry trends, client expectations, and competitive landscape, and recommend new areas for development and training to enhance the skills, knowledge,



and capabilities of the creative team.
- Champion the integration of AI-powered and other automation tools to streamline and drive efficiencies in the strategic creative process and deliverable production and scale across the broader pipeline

Project management and organizational management

- Provide strategic direction and oversight on creative support for the pursuit pipeline in close collaboration with US leadership.
- Establish frameworks and best practices for resource management, empowering teams to efficiently deliver high-quality outputs.
- Deliver regular utilization and efficiency reports to US and USI leadership.
- Set and uphold standards for accuracy and quality across creative outputs.

Required skills

- Leadership skills with the ability to generate and inspire innovation.
- Executive presence, professional client service manner, ability to adapt and take initiative, and interact with all levels of management.
- Robust client relationship skills and ability to establish trust and sell creative concepts.
- Effective negotiation skills and ability to manage conflicting priorities.
- Strong online portfolio showcasing your innovative work across multiple channels.
- Strong verbal and written English communication skills.
- Strong creative network and connections to industry and creative associations.
- Advanced knowledge in MS Office, UI/UX best practices, digital media and video production tools and methodologies, Adobe Creative Cloud, and other relevant tools/platforms.
- Experience with video production and digital asset creation and management.

Work timing : 2:00 PM - 11:00 PM (IST)

Preferred candidate profile

- Post graduate degree preferred; or equivalent in Fine Arts/ Media/ Visual Communication
- Understanding of Agile methodology and experience in Workfront are preferred
- 10+ years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years of experience as a Creative lead with an agency/firm with at least 5+ years of experience in sales/business development/proposal environment.

📌 Design Manager - Presales & Pursuits Enablement (Bengaluru)
🏢 Mastermind Network
📍 Bengaluru