Senior Graphic Designer

Senior Graphic Designer — NxtWave Academy (POD Lead)

Location : Remote / Hyderabad (hybrid)

Reporting to : Design Manager / Head of Creative

About NxtWave Academy NxtWave Academy empowers learners to build career-ready skills through focused upskilling programs. As we rebrand and scale our learning POD model, we need a Senior Graphic Designer who will be the single-point POC for all design requirements within the POD — owning end-to-end design execution, brand stewardship, and cross-functional collaboration.

Role overview

We’re looking for a Senior Graphic Designer who can operate independently and lead the visual output of a product / marketing POD. You will be the One Point of Contact (POC) for all design needs — turning briefs into strategic, on-brand, and conversion-focused creative across digital and print. You should have deep craft knowledge, a robust design thinking process, strong presentation skills, and the ability to articulate design rationale clearly to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design for the POD : concept, exploration, execution, handoff, and QA.
• Act as the primary POC for internal stakeholders (content, marketing, sales, product) and external vendors.
• Interpret business goals and user needs into creative solutions that drive engagement and conversions.
• Produce high-quality assets across formats : social ads, landing pages, email templates, banners, thumbnails, presentations, infographics, motion / short animations, and brand collateral.
• Maintain and evolve brand guidelines to ensure consistent visual language across touchpoints.
• Create and document design rationale for key deliverables — explain choices in hierarchy, typography, color, layout, and user intent.
• Mentor and review work of junior / mid designers — give actionable feedback and help raise craft standards.
• Manage timelines, prioritize requests, and balance multiple ad-hoc and planned items under tight deadlines.
• Collaborate with performance marketing to A / B test creative and iterate based on data.
• Keep up with design trends (Gen-Z aesthetics, motion, micro-interactions) and propose fresh visual directions.

Must-have skills & experience

Nice-to-have

Portfolio requirements (apply only if you can provide these)

Interview process

KPIs & success metrics (first 6 months)

4 / 5) from repeated feedback loops.