Design Director (Branding & Digital)

Landor is looking for a Design Director to join our Mumbai Studio. Could this be you?

We are Landor.

World-leading brand experts,
underpinned by the most expansive strategic & creative capabilities in our category.

We make brands more valuable and less vulnerable.

We build brands differently. We work with our clients to define and solve their business problems through the lens of brand. We strategically join the dots between our design, experience, governance and measurement capabilities, and always connect our brand work to business outcomes.

Landor companies also include amp (sonic branding), bdg (workplace & architectural experts), Deep Local (creative technologists) and ManvsMachine(3D motion design).

We are part of WPP.

What you’ll do:

• Define & Shape Vision - Articulate and champion a bold creative vision rooted in strategic brand building. Shape the brand narrative across the digital experience, and guide the team from concept to pixel-perfect execution across all digital touchpoints - with uncompromising detail and sophistication.

• Bridge Brand & Digital - Fuse deep understanding of brand architecture and identity systems with their dynamic expression in digital interfaces. Translate brand narratives and user needs into intuitive, engaging, commercially effective UI/UX solutions that are both on-brand and experience-led.

• Inspire Creative Excellence - Lead, mentor, and elevate multidisciplinary design teams (brand, UI, motion). Foster a culture of ambition and originality, consistently delivering work that sets new industry standards for brand impact and digital innovation.

• Strategic Client Partnership - Build strong, trusted client relationships. Communicate complex design concepts with clarity and conviction. Lead presentations, workshops, and conversations that secure alignment and buy-in for transformative brand and digital initiatives.

• Architect Digital Systems - Create robust design systems and brand guidelines that ensure coherence, adaptability, and future-proof flexibility across digital ecosystems. Ensure every component reflects the core identity while maintaining both visual and functional integrity.

• Future-Proofing & Team Development - Push the team into new creative and technological territories. Bring emerging tools, methods, and digital paradigms into the work to continually elevate brand identity. Mentor designers, nurture curiosity and experimentation, and shape a learning culture ready for the next wave of brand evolution.

What you’ll need:

• Strategic & Comprehensive Brand-to-Digital Expertise: Possessing multipe years leading creative teams within top-tier branding agencies, design consultancies, or in-house studios, demonstrated through a portfolio that narrates a compelling story of impact, innovation, and mastery across comprehensive brand building, identity systems, exceptional design craft, and advanced digital UI/UX. This includes deep expertise in brand strategy, visual identity creation, holistic identity systems, and brand guidelines, seamlessly applied across web, mobile, and emerging digital platforms, showcasing the ability to shape brands from strategic concept to final digital delivery.

• Influential Leadership & User-Centric Communication: Proven leadership and creative influence, with a history of building, mentoring, and inspiring high-performing teams across both brand and digital disciplines. This is complemented by exceptional communication, presentation, and client engagement skills, enabling the articulation of complex ideas, expression of design's strategic value, and persuasion of senior stakeholders. A profound understanding of user-centered design principles, information architecture, interaction design, and usability best practices, all viewed through a strong brand lens, underpins this leadership.

• Technological Acumen & Future-Forward Mindset: Fluency in industry-standard design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite) and prototyping software, coupled with a commitment to staying at the forefront of technological and design innovation. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's degree in Design, Fine Arts, or a related field (Master’s preferred) and possess a restless curiosity, an appetite for experimentation, and an unwavering commitment to excellence, which profoundly impacts both team and client thinking, driven by a belief in the power of brand to shape the future.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week.

Landor, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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