Senior Illustrator
HybridBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Summary
Own illustration projects from initial brief and visual research through concept development to final production, translating complex health and behavioural concepts into clear, culturally relevant visual stories for diverse audiences. Conduct visual and contextual research across different regions of India to accurately represent people, environments, clothing, objects, behaviours, and cultural nuances. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including designers, public health experts, writers, medical experts, filmmakers, and behavioural researchers to create medically accurate and engaging visual communication. Conceptualise and develop characters, scenes, environments, expressions, and other visual elements for print, digital, animation, and multimedia projects while exploring different illustration styles and mediums based on project needs. Build and maintain illustration systems, character libraries, and reusable assets to improve consistency and scalability across projects. Participate in field visits, user testing, and visual validation to understand how illustrations are interpreted by intended audiences and iterate based on learnings.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional illustration experience
- A strong and diverse portfolio demonstrating illustration craft, character design, environments, visual storytelling, and multiple illustration styles across print and/or digital media
- Excellent drawing fundamentals, including a strong understanding of human anatomy, proportion, perspective, composition, colour, expressions, and visual hierarchy
- Strong ability to interpret a brief and develop an appropriate visual direction rather than relying solely on a predefined illustration style
- Ability to represent diverse people, cultures, environments, and lived experiences with sensitivity and attention to detail
- Strong visual research skills and an ability to distinguish between references, assumptions, and culturally accurate representation
- Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and relevant digital illustration tools
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while communicating effectively with multidisciplinary stakeholders
- Experience reviewing illustration work and providing clear, constructive creative feedback
- Strong organisation and time-management skills with the ability to maintain consistency across large volumes of illustrations
- Genuine curiosity about designing for diverse audiences, particularly people with low literacy and communities in rural or resource-constrained settings
- Interest in human-centred design, healthcare, and using illustration to create meaningful social impact
- Willingness to travel to the field for contextual research, observation, testing, and validation
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with character development, storyboarding, sequential storytelling, and/or illustration for animation
- Familiarity with AI-assisted creative tools and an understanding of how to use them responsibly within an illustration workflow
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