**This role is for one of Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 400000 - Rs 700000 (ie INR 4 - 7 LPA)** Min Experience: 1+ years

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

JobType: full-time

This role is for a Mumbai-based design studio working across healthcare, homes and hospitality. Its work gets published and wins awards, and it is now looking for a creative maverick to own how that work is told.

The studio is opening the seat that owns it: you shape the communication that carries the studio's design into the world, producing the work yourself and directing a junior who produces alongside you, with the Principal stepping in only to steer and approve. Graphic judgement is the heart of the role.

Requirements Key Responsibilities

- Design Communication: Develop compelling project narratives, visual imagery, diagrams, presentations, and other communication materials that effectively showcase the studio's architectural and design work
- Graphic Design & Art Direction: Establish and maintain high visual standards across all outputs. Execute design work independently where required and provide clear graphic direction to the junior team member
- Social Media Management: Plan, create, schedule, publish, and review content across the studio's social media channels, ensuring a consistent and engaging brand presence
- Presentation & Portfolio Design: Create and maintain presentation decks, portfolio layouts, pitch materials, and reusable templates aligned with the studio's visual identity
- Team Coordination: Guide the junior team member, review deliverables, and ensure quality, consistency, and timely execution
- Content Collaboration: Coordinate with Lead Architects and project teams to source drawings, project details, images, and other relevant information
- Publications & Awards:



Prepare and refine communication materials for design publications, award submissions, press coverage, and other external opportunities
- Archive Management: Organise and maintain the studio's project archive and image library, ensuring assets are accessible, accurate, and ready for publication

First 90-Day Expectations Month 1: Understand and Plan

- Understand the studio's projects, communication style, and visual language
- Audit existing content, social media channels, and project archives
- Develop a first-quarter content plan in consultation with the Principal

Month 2: Create and Establish

- Begin producing and publishing content consistently
- Establish templates and a cohesive visual communication system
- Set graphic direction for the junior team member and review their work

Month 3: Take Ownership

- Independently manage the day-to-day design communication function
- Maintain a consistent publishing schedule and high-quality visual output
- Support hiring and business development through clear, compelling studio presentations and materials

Required Skills & Qualifications

- 4-6 years of experience in design communication, content development, or graphic design within a design-led organisation or practice
- Strong graphic design skills, with the ability to execute creative work and direct others
- Experience developing visual content from architectural, interior design, or related creative projects, supported by a relevant portfolio




- Practical experience managing social media for a brand, studio, or professional practice
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, along with presentation design tools
- Ability to guide a junior team member, provide constructive feedback, and maintain quality standards
- Strong communication, coordination, and organisational skills, with the ability to take ownership and work independently
- A degree or background in Communication Design, Graphic Design, Architecture with a solid graphic design practice, or an equivalent field
- Willingness to work full-time from the studio in Mumbai

Good-to-Have Skills

- Background in architecture or interior design
- Strong writing, storytelling, and editorial skills
- Experience creating video or motion-based content
- Familiarity with content planning, brand communication, and visual storytelling

Who May Not Be the Right Fit

- Candidates with a content strategy background but limited graphic design skills or unwillingness to own visual direction
- Pure graphic designers who lack an understanding of architectural or design-led work
- Candidates seeking hybrid or remote arrangements, as this is an in-studio role
- Individuals who require constant direction instead of independently managing responsibilities
- Candidates whose compensation expectations fall outside the stated range

Compensation & Work Arrangement

- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Work Mode: Work from office
- Working Days: Monday to Friday
- Working Hours: 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Key Skills Must-have: Graphic Design, Design Communication, Adobe InDesign. Good-to-have: Social Media Management, Content Development, Presentation Design.

📌 Design Communication Executive (Mumbai)
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