Pangolin
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About This Job
Pangolin
Location: Kochi, Kerala, India
Work Mode: On-site
Industry: Marketing Services
Job Description
The Honest Version of This Role
You've been doing good design for a few years. You know the tools. You're fast enough. And lately you're wondering if you're being challenged, or if you're just executing the same brief in a different colour palette.
This role is for you if the answer is 'the second one.'
At Pangolin, Creative Leads set the visual standard for our clients. You'll shape how B2B tech brands, some of them genuinely boring products, look and feel in the world. You'll push back on briefs that have the wrong premise. You'll mentor junior designers. And you'll have opinions about why that font choice is wrong for that audience, and you'll be right.
About Pangolin Marketing
We're a B2B marketing agency for tech companies that refuse to be boring. We work in SaaS, climate tech, analytics, and enterprise software. We do brand strategy, campaigns, content, and design for clients who want to own their category, not blend into it.
Our design team works across sales decks, event kits, digital campaigns, eBooks, landing pages, and brand identity. No two weeks look the same.
You'll Fail Here If
You think 'Lead' means others bring you briefs and you execute themYou've never shaped a visual identity from concept to client deliveryYour craft is strong but you can't articulate why your design decisions workYou're still learning to use AI tools (this role requires you to use them and help others use them well)You protect your design process from feedbackYou're looking for a quiet, predictable execution role
What You'll Do
Lead visual direction on flagship client projects: brand refreshes, campaign identities, event systems, product launch kitsOwn quality across the design team's output, you spot what's off before it goes to the clientMentor the junior Visual Storyteller: give structured feedback, run design reviews, build their judgment not just their skillsWork directly with Pangolin's strategy and content teams to ensure design and narrative are integrated, not parallel tracksIntegrate AI tools (Midjourney, Firefly, RunwayML, and what comes next) into team workflows, not solo workflowsPresent and defend creative decisions to clients: calmly, specifically, with evidenceMaintain design system integrity across client accounts (brand guides aren't suggestions)
What We're Looking For
5–8 years of design experience, with at least 3 years in an agency or studio environmentA portfolio demonstrating visual identity work, multi-format campaign systems, and high-complexity collateral (not just polished individual assets)Expert in Adobe Creative Suite and FigmaProficient in AI design tools and able to teach others to use them with judgment (beyond just ChatGPT and Gemini)Experience presenting to clients, comfortable defending decisions, not just describing deliverablesMotion graphics / video design proficiency is a strong advantageExperience mentoring or directing junior designers
What You Get
Design leadership with real scope: you set standards, not just follow themClients who actually care about quality: we don't work with brands that want cheap and fastA seat at the strategy table: design at Pangolin is not a downstream functionMentorship budget and access to training in tools that matterRemote, async-first: your output speaks for itself
How To Apply
Send your portfolio, resume, and a two-line answer to this question: 'What's the most important visual decision you made on a recent project, and why was it the right call?' to drishti@pangolinmarketing.com
We read every portfolio. We don't read generic cover letters.
Click on Apply to know more.