About YourStory
YourStory is where India's builders are documented.
For 16+ years, we've told 1,50,000+ stories across startups, MSMEs, tech, and innovation, reaching 10M+ people every month in English, Hindi, and Tamil.
We sit at the intersection of influence, entrepreneurship, and culture. Now, we want our design to match that ambition.
Role Overview
We're looking for a
Head of Design to own and elevate the entire design function at YourStory. This is not just a team management role. It's about defining how YourStory looks, feels, and scales across:
- Brand
- Editorial
- Product
- Social
- Events
- Campaigns
You will build systems. Raise the bar. Remove chaos. And create a design language that's consistent, scalable, and unmistakably YourStory.
What You'll Own
Design Vision
- Define and articulate the design strategy for the organization
- Build a unified visual system across platforms
- Lead brand refresh and long-term design system initiatives
- Ensure craft quality across digital, print, product, and motion
Team & Design Operations
- Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary design team
- Set up clear workflows, SLAs, and request management systems
- Build templates, toolkits, and scalable processes
- Create a culture of ownership, taste, and learning
Cross-Functional Impact
- Partner with editorial, product, marketing, video, and business teams
- Translate business objectives into a sharp creative direction
- Balance speed and quality in a high-velocity content environment
- Bring clarity where there's ambiguity
Quality & Consistency
- Be the final bar for brand alignment and craft
- Maintain visual consistency across all touchpoints
- Eliminate ad-hoc design chaos with structure and systems
What We Are Looking For
- 6-8 years of experience in design
- 4+ years in digital (web, social, emerging formats)
- 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 a strong grasp of design, copy, and web best practices
- Experience building design systems and structuring design processes
- Ability to work in a fast-moving environment with multiple stakeholders
- Strong understanding of storytelling, typography, layouts, and visual hierarchy
Nice to Have
- Experience in media or consumer internet
- Motion design, illustration, or creative strategy exposure
- Proven track record of scaling design teams
Why Join Us
This Is a Chance To
- Shape the visual identity of one of India's most influential storytelling platforms
- Build a design system that scales across languages and formats
- Lead with high ownership and real creative freedom
If you care about systems, craft, and storytelling and want to build design that matches India's ambition, we should talk.
Skills: visual design,design,graphic design
