LOPEZ
Website:
thisislopez.com
Job details:
About Lopez
LOPEZ is a strategic design consultancy based in Gurgaon, working across brand identity, communication, digital platforms, spatial design, experience systems, and wayfinding.
For over three decades, we have partnered with corporations, institutions, governments, and cultural organisations to solve complex problems through clarity, systems thinking, and design rigour.
Our work is rooted in a simple belief: design is not decoration. It is a way to align people, reveal what matters, and build systems that endure.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Creative Director to lead and oversee the creative output of the studio across multiple disciplines and scales.This role will work closely with the Founder and gradually take leadership of the studio’s creative direction and delivery standards across projects.The position requires someone who can move fluidly between strategy and execution, concept and delivery, identity and experience — while maintaining clarity, coherence, and rigour across every touchpoint.The ideal candidate combines strong design judgment with leadership maturity, systems thinking, and the ability to guide multidisciplinary teams through complex projects with consistency and excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
Creative Leadership
- Lead the creative direction of projects across branding, communication, digital, spatial, environmental, and experience design.
- Ensure work remains conceptually strong, culturally relevant, and execution-ready.
- Uphold and evolve Lopez’s standards of clarity, coherence, and craft.
Studio & Team Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and review the work of Design Managers, Designers, and cross-functional teams.
- Build a culture of rigor, responsibility, collaboration, and design excellence.
- Guide teams through critique, refinement, and problem-solving.
Project Oversight & Delivery
- Oversee multiple parallel projects across sectors and scales.
- Ensure projects move from strategy to implementation with consistency and attention to detail.
- Balance creative ambition with timelines, delivery realities, and production constraints.
Systems Thinking
- Lead the development of identity systems and design frameworks that work cohesively across physical, digital, spatial, and communication touchpoints.
- Bring structure and long-term thinking to complex brand ecosystems.
Client Leadership
- Engage with senior stakeholders across corporate, institutional, and government sectors.
- Translate complex business and cultural contexts into clear creative direction.
- Present and defend work with clarity, maturity, and conviction.
Process & Quality
- Strengthen internal review systems and creative processes.
- Ensure high standards of execution across all stages of work.
- Drive consistency in delivery without reducing originality or depth.
Experience & Qualifications
- 10–15 years of experience in a leading design consultancy, branding studio, or integrated creative practice.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence across brand systems, communication, identity, experience, and implementation.
- Proven ability to lead teams and manage large-scale or complex projects from concept through rollout.
- Deep understanding of typography, visual systems, storytelling, and design strategy.
- Ability to work across disciplines and scales without losing clarity or quality.
- Strong presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Degree in Communication Design, Visual Arts, or related discipline from a reputed institution preferred.
Preferred Attributes
- Systems thinker with strong aesthetic judgment.
- Comfortable working across both strategic and executional layers.
- High level of ownership, maturity, and accountability.
- Sensitivity to culture, context, and human behaviour.
- Interest in mentoring and building long-term studio capability.
- Familiarity with spatial, environmental, or experience-led projects is a significant advantage.
What We Offer
- The opportunity to shape work of national and international significance.
- A leadership role within one of India’s most respected independent design consultancies.
- A multidisciplinary studio environment with deep strategic and creative exposure.
- Meaningful autonomy, responsibility, and long-term growth potential.
- Competitive compensation aligned with experience and capability.
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