Manager - Growth & Purpose - Creative CoE - ACD - Graphic Design - Hyd/Blr

Summary Position Summary Position Summary Associate Creative Director If you are a marketer, creative communicator, storyteller, or strategist, our unique blend of talent needs one more ingredient: you . Deloitte’s full-service Brand, Marketing & Communications organization is seeking collaborative creatives, skillful strategists, and marketing masterminds to lead our businesses in exciting new directions. We combine world-class creativity and business knowledge, insightful strategic thinking, and Deloitte’s powerful brand equity to create undeniable impact. If you find opportunity where others don’t, thrive in a supportive and diverse team environment, stay ahead of cultural trends and emerging technologies, and challenge the status quo with fresh ideas, we want you in our mix. Together, we transform out-of-the-box concepts into work that feels like marketing magic.

In this role, you’ll contribute to the growth and evolution of the organization in meaningful ways. Every day brings the opportunity to bring big ideas to life. We celebrate inquisitive team players who can anticipate change, adapt quickly, and uncover new opportunities in a fast-moving marketing landscape.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Partner closely with the Creative director, generating your own ideas while inspiring your teams to do the same by overseeing projects, maintaining high level of accuracy, quality, and impact across all deliverables.
• Analyse stakeholder’s expectation, generating your own ideas and execute integrated, cross-channel projects that are creatively brilliant, strategically on point, and seamlessly executed, on time and on budget.
• Continually research marketing trends, strategies, and new technologies to find best-fit tools across all media.
• Manage the creative process and keep things flowing smoothly, continually reviewing and optimizing the creative work your team produces.
• Create distinctive visuals in a variety of media, including print, digital, video, web design, visual identity and style guide creation.
• Manage multiple design projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to quality standards.
• Supervise and mentor a team of designers, providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, set goals, and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Conceptualize and design original artwork/illustrations to accompany articles, reports, and publications—translating ideas into clear visual concepts aligned to brand.
• Create data visualizations (charts/graphs/infographics) and partner with a Data Visualization Lead to review data, refine visual accuracy, and execute final assets.
• Design bespoke InDesign layouts for long-form PDF reports and prepare production-ready files.
• Design PowerPoint layouts and templates for stakeholder teams.
• Train teammates on emerging AI tools to help productivity such as Adobe Express, and Figma.

The successful candidate will possess:

• Strong client management and relationship-building skills along with experience of having worked with clients/stakeholders from the US.
• Ability to work effectively in a team and demonstrate flexibility in varied crisis situations.
• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to gain the trust and confidence of others through their performance and commitment to the larger team goals.
• Traits such as detail-orientation in design, and ability to turn projects around quickly.
• Experience developing and mentoring peers and junior professionals.
• Proficiency in print, and ease in taking on digital projects.
• Collaborative delivery mindset: Partner well with writers, creative leads, and stakeholders; handles feedback well.
• Learning agility: Quickly learns new tools/workflows and applies them on live work.

Skills Required

• Extensive knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (XD, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Firefly), Figma, and MS Office Suite (Word and PowerPoint).
• Experience designing print collateral such as PDF reports, articles, brochures, 1-pagers, event signage, etc.
• Experience in creating social, email & web graphics.
• Data visualization / information design: ability to turn complex data into clear charts, infographics, and frameworks.
• Brand application skills: ability to work within Deloitte and Deloitte Insights branding framework for cohesive visual systems.
• Data-viz tool familiarity (plus): Exposure to advanced charting in Adobe Illustrator.
• Adobe Express experience (plus): Creating quick-turn videos.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Art Direction, Design, Visual Communications or a similar field.
• Strong online portfolio demonstrating innovative work across multiple channels.

Work Experience

• 10+ years of professional design experience, with proven conceptual and executional skills.
• Exposure to Agile or Workfront workflows is a plus.
• AI learning mindset: Willingness to learn and adopt new AI-enabled tools/workflows to improve speed and quality while following brand, confidentiality, and compliance standards.

Work timing

2:00 PM–11:00 PM (IST)

Location

Hyderabad

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Our purpose Deloitte’s purpose is to make an impact that matters for our people, clients, and communities. At Deloitte, purpose is synonymous with how we work every day. It defines who we are. Our purpose comes through in our work with clients that enables impact and value in their organizations, as well as through our own investments, commitments, and actions across areas that help drive positive outcomes for our communities.

Our people and culture Our inclusive culture empowers our people to be who they are, contribute their unique perspectives, and make a difference individually and collectively. It enables us to leverage different ways of thinking, ideas and perspectives, and bring more creativity and innovation to help solve our clients’ most complex challenges. This makes Deloitte one of the most rewarding places to work.

Professional development At Deloitte, professionals have the opportunity to work with some of the best and discover what works best for them. Here, we prioritize professional growth, offering diverse learning and networking opportunities to help accelerate careers and enhance leadership skills. Our state-of-the-art DU: The Leadership Center in India, located in Hyderabad, represents a tangible symbol of our commitment to the holistic growth and development of our people. Explore DU: The Leadership Center in India .

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Requisition code: 326754