Creative Designer

📍 5th Floor, DLF Two Horizon Centre, Sector 43, Gurugram

💰 ₹5–8 LPA (based on portfolio + experience)

🕒 Start: June/July | 4-week notice max

🔗 Learn more + Apply: https://bit.ly/4fOYKNA

Design flows that convert. Not slides that impress.

Who we are

Upthrust Design Studio builds interfaces, landing pages, and product experiences that actually work. For startups. For enterprises. For creative brands. For D2C companies. For anyone who takes design seriously.

We hire people who can diagnose a broken user flow and then make it work better. Not people who make things pretty and call it done.

What this role actually is

Upthrust is looking for a Creative Designer who refuses to stay in one lane. This is not a role for someone who does only UI, only branding, or only illustration - it's for someone who moves fluidly between all of them and understands how each discipline makes the others stronger.

You'll own the visual identity of projects from end to end - shaping user experiences, building brand systems, creating original illustrations, and contributing to brand strategy. The ability to think and work across disciplines isn't a bonus here, it's the whole point.

The best design studios in the world (Metalab, IDEO, Ramotion, Frog) all hire the same way. They don't look for taste. They look for judgment. They want people who show their process, not just pretty final screens. That's exactly what we're looking for.

This is not a make-it-pretty role. It's a make-it-work role. And if it looks beautiful while working? Even better.

What you must bring

These are non-negotiables:

• A portfolio that spans disciplines - product screens, brand work, illustrations, and presentations. Single-discipline portfolios won't fit this role
• 2–3 years working across UI/UX, brand, illustration, or product design - not just one of them
• The ability to switch creative modes without losing quality
• Strong Figma skills for both UI/UX and visual design/identity
• Real experience building a brand system, not just applying one someone else made
• Illustration ability - you can create from scratch, not just remix templates
• An understanding of how product interfaces should actually work
• Brand strategy awareness - you connect visual decisions to positioning and audience
• A design thinking mindset - you ask "why" before "how"
• Proven use of AI tools in your workflow - not just awareness, actual shipped work
• Clear, confident communication - you can present and defend your creative decisions

Good to have (will make you stand out)

• Motion graphics - bringing interfaces to life with micro-interactions and transitions
• Adobe After Effects - prototyping animations, explainer loops, motion concepts
• Interaction prototyping - you think about how things move, not just how they look
• Illustration skills - custom icons, visual storytelling, brand-specific artwork from scratch
• Basic front-end understanding - you know what's buildable and what's a fantasy

We're AI-native. Not AI-curious.

This is a hard requirement. We will not teach AI to this person.

You must already be using:

• Claude + Claude Cowork - UX logic, copy critique, design decision pressure-testing
• Figma AI (Make, First Draft, Rename Layers, Add Interactions) - daily
• Nano Banana - AI-assisted design feedback and UX audits
• ChatGPT - user research synthesis, persona refinement, copy rewriting
• Google AI Studio or equivalent - prototype-to-code validation

If you're learning these tools now, this role isn't for you yet. But keep going. Come back when they're part of how you think.

Tools we use

Design: Figma (Figma AI, Dev Mode, Variables), Adobe After Effects, paper.design, Stitch, Midjourney

AI: Claude, Claude Cowork, Claude Artifacts, ChatGPT, Nano Banana, Google AI Studio / Lovable / Bolt

Ops: Notion, Slack, Hotjar, Clarity, GA4, Google Workspace

We pay you for your assignment.

Most companies ask you to do free work during interviews. We don't believe in that.

After your discovery call, we send you a real UI/UX brief. You do the work. Submit it. That submission becomes the foundation of your entire interview.

🥇 1st Place: ₹10,000

🥈 2nd Place: ₹7,000

🥉 3rd Place: ₹5,000

Every candidate who submits is eligible. Top 3 get paid regardless of whether they join us or not. You did great work? You deserve to be compensated for it.

AI allowed for research and structuring. You defend every decision live.

What we believe (and what we reward)

• 🧪 First-principles thinking - we don't worship "best practices." We test, measure, and decide.
• 🤝 Trust + ownership - earn it, and you'll get real responsibility fast.
• 🔥 Optimism with bite - long-term believers who still handle today like it matters.
• 😄 Joy + fun - serious about outcomes, not about ourselves.

One non-negotiable: Quality. Not "good for the timeline." Not "good for the client call." High quality.

If you thrive on problems more than polish, and you want a team that works hard and laughs harder - we're waiting for you.

🚀 Read more and apply here (8-10 mins):https://bit.ly/4fOYKNA