Website:
mercaze.com
Job details:
Also known as: Chief of Making Product Look Good
WHO WE ARE
Mercaze is a premium men's innerwear brand from Mumbai. We make the first thing a man puts on in the morning, and we think it deserves better design than a sad cardboard box and a stock photo of abs.
THE BRIEF (PUN INTENDED)
We need a designer who can do it all: stills, video, animation, AI, packaging. You will be the eyes of the brand. If it has pixels or gets printed, it goes through you.
Build your own team. Lead the department. This role is open at two levels. If you are early in your career, you join as our designer. If you are experienced, you join to create your own creative team, lead it, and head the creative function at Mercaze as the brand scales. Pay is set to match.
CREATE AND LEAD YOUR OWN TEAM
You start as a team of one, and that is not where you stay. As an experienced hire, you will:
- Create your own team, choosing who you hire: designers, video editors, animators
- Lead that team day to day as its head
- Run the creative function as a department of your own
- Be part of Mercaze's scaling journey, with a say in how the brand grows
Today you are the designer. Soon you are the one hiring them.
WHAT YOU WILL ACTUALLY DO
- Design scroll-stopping creatives for social, ads, the website, and emailers
- Edit reels, product films, and ad cuts that make people watch twice
- Make animated videos, from explainers to motion-heavy ads
- Use AI studios to generate raw images and video as the brief demands, then polish them into finished work
- Create packaging and print artwork people feel bad throwing away
- Retouch product and campaign photos (yes, you will become an expert on waistbands)
- Resize one idea into 14 formats without losing your mind or the brand
- Turn "can we make it pop?" into something that actually pops
- Hire and build your own creative team as the workload grows (senior level)
- Lead that team and run the creative department: set direction, brief the work, and sign it off (senior level)
YOU ARE OUR PERSON IF YOU
- Have 1+ years of design experience, ideally with a fashion or consumer brand
- Are fluent in Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and After Effects (Figma or Canva is a bonus)
- Are comfortable with AI image and video tools and can prompt your way to a usable output
- Have a portfolio with static, video, and animation work
- Have strong opinions about fonts and can defend them politely
- Know what works on Instagram and what dies at 12 views
- Can juggle deadlines without dropping quality
FOR THE SENIOR LEVEL, YOU ALSO
- Have 4+ years of experience
- Have collaborated/briefed, managed, or mentored other designers, editors, or freelancers
- Can set creative direction, not only execute it
EXTRA POINTS FOR
- Product photography or shoot direction experience
- Basic 3D or mock-up skills
- Being able to say "boxer brief" in a meeting with a straight face
SALARY
- Designer (1–3 years): ₹15000 – ₹35000 per month
- Senior / Creative Lead (4+ years): ₹40000 – ₹80000 per month
The number is decided by your experience and portfolio, not by a fixed budget. If your work justifies the top of the range, that is what we will offer.
WHAT ELSE YOU GET
- Real ownership of how a growing brand looks
- A small team, fast approvals, and work that ships
- Never having to explain what your company sells twice
HOW TO APPLY
Apply on LinkedIn or email your CV and portfolio to careers@mercaze.com with the subject line "I make underwear look good". No portfolio, no reply. We are a visual bunch.
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