Ardena Technologies
Website:
ardenatech.com
Job details:
Graphic Designer Wanted — Originality Over Templates
Ardena is hiring. Read this carefully before you apply.
We're not looking for another designer. We're looking for someone who opens a blank canvas and feels excited, not anxious. Someone who can't remember the last time they touched a Canva template. Someone whose portfolio makes us stop scrolling and send it around the team.
If that sounds like you, keep reading. If not, save us both the time.
Compensation
Up to ₹75,000/month + incentives, depending on experience and what your portfolio shows us.
How to Apply
Send the following to amitash@ardenatech.com, in this order of priority:
- Your CV (top priority)
- Your portfolio link — required. Applications without one won't be opened.
- A short video (5–10 minutes) in which you:
- Introduce yourself
- Walk us through your portfolio
- Tell us why we should hire you
- Confirm on camera that you've read the full job description and understood what's expected
Once all of these requirements are met, share everything over email: amitash@ardenatech.com
A few hard rules
If you don't follow these steps, you will not be shortlisted. No exceptions.
Do not send personal messages on LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, or any other channel. Applications sent outside of email will not be accepted or reviewed.
Please send everything in a single email.
We receive a high volume of applications. We only reply to shortlisted candidates. If you don't hear from us within a week, keep building — and keep us in mind for future roles.
About Ardena
We build brands, campaigns, and content for clients across industries and continents. Our work shows up in feeds, on billboards, in boardroom decks, and in the kind of launches that move numbers. We're fast, we ship, and we care obsessively about craft.
We don't do generic. We don't recycle trends. And we're allergic to "just make it look nice."
The Role
You'll own visual output across:
- Design — static, carousel, reels, motion
- Performance — digital ads, landing pages, conversion-focused creative
- Brand & Print — decks, pitch collateral, print where it still matters
- Product & Web — UI/UX for websites and apps (optional)
- Video — short-form cuts in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve (optional)
You'll sit alongside marketers, writers, strategists, and developers. You'll take briefs, ask sharp questions, and return work that clients screenshot and send to their boss — not versions 1 through 47 of something safe.
What We Actually Need From You
- A real portfolio. Not a Behance page full of mockups. Real work, real clients, real constraints. If it's all template-based Instagram posts or school projects, this isn't the role for you.
- Originality from a blank file. You design from scratch — not from a Pinterest board, not by reskinning a template, not by copying what Apple did last quarter. You can explain every choice you've made.
- Range and fluency. Strong command of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Figma. Comfortable enough in Premiere Pro or DaVinci to cut a reel without outsourcing it.
- Taste. You know why something works and why something doesn't. You've built an eye over time, and you're still building it.
- UI/UX fundamentals. Grids, hierarchy, user flow, accessibility — not buzzwords to you.
- Speed without sloppiness. Deadlines matter. So does the work that lands on them.
What Will Filter You Out
- Portfolios built on templates, stock mockups, or coursework
- "I can learn it" for software we've listed as required
- Treating design as decoration instead of communication
- Needing hand-holding through every brief
- Not following the application steps above
We'd rather hire slowly than hire wrong.
Why Ardena
- Work that actually ships — to real audiences, for global clients, across sectors
- A team that respects design and pushes back on weak briefs
- Room to own projects end-to-end and build a portfolio you're genuinely proud of
- Direct exposure to campaigns for brands, governments, and category leaders
Ready? Show us what you've got — the right way.
Click on Apply to know more.