Assistant Art Director

Job Title: Asst. Art Director

📍 On-site- Noida Sector 125 🏢 The Guild (Polygon Media) 🕒 Full-time

About Us:

The Guild is India’s most progressive business-media platform. Backed by Polygon Media, we power brands such as SME Futures, CIO Guild, and Guild Live. Our goal: raise the creative bar to the level of Wired, Fast Company, Monocle, and Netflix Creative Studio —then leap beyond.

The Role

We’re searching for a visionary Asst. Art Director who thinks in storyboards, dreams in color systems, and treats AI as a co-designer. You’ll own our visual identity across web, print, social, events, video, and emerging formats—and build the team, processes, and design culture that make it legendary.

What You’ll Do

🎨 Build the brand

Define and evolve the visual language for all Guild properties.

🚀 Lead design everywhere

Web, social, editorial, motion, events, spatial, OOH—nothing is off-canvas.

🤖 Harness creative AI

Integrate Gen-AI tools (Midjourney, DALL·E, Runway, Sora, Adobe Firefly, etc.) into concepting, style-frames, motion pre-viz, and rapid prototyping.

📽️ Elevate video & motion

Partner with our video team to craft cinematic title cards, lower thirds, and data-driven infographics; guide AI-assisted video editing and VFX workflows.

🛠️ Systemize excellence

Create scalable design systems, asset libraries, and AI prompts that speed up quality, not compromise it.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Mentor & multiply

Coach graphic designers, motion artists, and freelancers; instill a culture of critique and craft.

🔗 Collaborate at altitude

Work hand-in-hand with Editorial, Marketing, Events, and Product to ensure every touchpoint feels unmistakably “The Guild”.

📊 Set the benchmark

Ensure every output is gold-standard—visually striking, strategically on-point, and on time.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: 6–10 yrs leading multi-disciplinary design teams in media, digital publishing, or agency environments.
• Core Tools: Adobe CC (Ps, Ai, Id, Ae), Figma; bonus points for Blender/C4D, Unreal, or 3-D prototyping apps.
• AI Fluency: Proven use of Gen-AI image/video tools for ideation or production; ability to write, refine, and share effective prompt libraries.
• Visual Mastery: Expert eye for typography, color, layout, motion, data-viz & brand systems.
• Storytelling & Strategy: You see the narrative thread behind every pixel and can sell the concept in the boardroom.
• Soft-Power Traits: Tastemaker • Strategic thinker • Detail-obsessive • Feedback-giver • Boundary-pusher • Builder of legacy, not just assets.

Note: We are currently considering applications only from candidates with a strong background in B2B, business media, or enterprise marketing environments. An understanding of B2B creative aesthetics, business storytelling, and content or design crafted for CXOs, decision-makers, and professional audiences is essential for success at The Guild. This is not a consumer-first environment—we’re building for the boardroom, not the living room.

Why Join Us?

🚀 Shape the visual DNA of a next-gen media powerhouse

🧠 Partner with visionary leadership across editorial, events, and tech

🌍 Craft work that looks world-class and reaches senior decision-makers

📸 Play across formats—from glossy print to immersive LED stages

🤝 Experiment with AI first-hand in a culture that funds R&D time

💼 Own a high-visibility mandate with room to scale a team and a brand

Perks

• Competitive salary + performance bonus
• Creative autonomy & zero-red-tape idea testing
• Direct access to C-suite decision-making
• High-growth career track in an ambitious media portfolio

We don’t need someone to fill a seat. We need someone who’ll redraw the entire canvas—pushing pixels, people, and possibilities into the future of design.