About YourStory
YourStory is India's leading digital media platform spotlighting entrepreneurial journeys, innovation, and bold ideas shaping India's future. With 1,50,000+ stories told over 16 years and a reach of 10+ million people every month across English, Hindi, and Tamil, we sit at the centre of India's startup, SME, and tech ecosystem.
We are looking for a Head of Design to lead and elevate the entire design function at YourStory. This role will shape our design vision across brand, product, editorial, events, and social content. You will build strong systems, guide designers, and create a consistent and high quality visual identity across all touchpoints.
Role Overview
The candidate will be coordinating with teams across the organization to understand clients design needs as well the requirements of the internal editorial team and build out their creative strategies accordingly. In each of these projects, you will ensure that outcomes are on a budget, within the brand, and incorporating current design trends.
Key Responsibilities
- Design Leadership
- Define the design vision and strategy for the organisation
- Build and maintain a unified design language and visual system
- Drive creative excellence across brand, digital, print, product, and motion
- Team Management and Growth
- Lead, mentor, and scale a multidisciplinary design team
- Create clear workflows, systems, and SLAs to manage requests efficiently
- Encourage a culture of creativity, ownership, and continuous learning
- Cross Functional Collaboration
- Partner closely with editorial, product, marketing, video, and business teams
- Translate business goals into strong creative direction
- Balance speed and creativity for both planned and high velocity content
- Quality and Consistency
- Ensure every design output aligns with the brand standard
- Improve processes and remove chaos through structured systems
- Review and refine work to maintain a high bar of craft
- Strategic Initiatives
- Lead brand refresh projects and long term design system initiatives
- Strengthen the visual identity of flagship properties and events
- Introduce tools, templates, workflows, and frameworks to improve efficiency
Key Requirements
- 8 to 12 years of experience in design (including 5+ years in digital (web, social, emerging technologies) with at least 3 years in a leadership role
- Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Bachelor's degree in Art, Graphic Design, Product or related fields
- Strong portfolio covering branding, digital design, social media, and product
- Ability to convert abstract ideas into clear visual directions and strong grasp of design, copy, and web best practices
- Experience building design systems and structuring design processes
- Deep understanding of brand development, multichannel marketing, design systems, and digital-first thinking
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Ability to work in a fast moving environment with multiple stakeholders
- Strong understanding of storytelling, typography, layouts, and visual hierarchy
- Proven experience in building and scaling design teams
Nice to Have
- Experience in media, consumer internet, or content driven companies
- Comfort with motion design, illustration, or creative strategy
- Experience implementing scalable workflows for design operations
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to shape the visual identity of one of India's leading storytelling platforms
- High ownership and creative freedom
- Work with a passionate and mission driven team
Skills: graphic design,design,visual design
