Visual Designer

HSR Layout, Bengaluru

About Ambitio: Copilot for Education Abroad

At Ambitio, we're building India's first AI-powered global admissions platform that helps students get into their dream schools. Our mission is to democratize access to quality global education by making the admissions process 10x easier through personalised AI guidance. We combine advanced AI technology with alumni mentorship to help students build stronger profiles and craft compelling applications.

We're a founding team of IIT BHU alumni who have experienced firsthand the challenges of global higher education admissions. More than 100,000+ users have explored our platform and have received admits from top institutions like Stanford, Oxford, NYU, Cornell, Columbia and other leading universities. We're backed by notable investors including BLinC Invest, First Cheque and We Founder Circle.

About the Role

In a world drowning in content, design is the first argument.

As a Visual Designer at Ambitio, your work will be the reason a student pauses mid-scroll, a parent leans in, and a brand stands apart from everything else in the feed. You're not here to make things look good. You're here to make ideas land.

We're looking for a designer who is fluent in AI tools - not threatened by them. Someone who uses Midjourney, Firefly, or equivalent tools the way a great writer uses a thesaurus: to move faster and think bigger, never as a substitute for judgment. You'll design across social, brand, and campaign contexts, bringing visual coherence and genuine craft to everything Ambitio puts into the world.

Strong fundamentals. AI-augmented workflow. If you've read this far and you mean it- start your video introduction with the word "Landed." Don't explain it. Just start with it. We'll know you belong here.

Real taste. If that's you - this is the role you've been waiting for.

Key Responsibilities

Visual Design & Brand

Design across formats : social creatives, carousels, email templates, landing page visuals, presentations, and brand collateral.
Maintain and evolve Ambitio's visual identity ensuring consistency across every touchpoint without making everything look identical.
Develop design systems, templates, and style guides that help the team scale visual output without ever sacrificing quality.

AI-Augmented Creative Workflow

Use AI image generation and editing tools Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Canva AI, and others as a core, confident part of your creative process.
Rapidly prototype visual concepts, mood boards, and campaign directions using AI as a thinking accelerant, not a shortcut.
Stay ahead of how AI is reshaping design workflows and bring those practices into the team before they become obvious.

Campaign & Content Design

Collaborate with copywriters and video editors to create cohesive campaign visuals where every element earns its place.
Design for social-first contexts you think in thumb-stops before you think in aesthetics.
Contribute to creative briefs, not just receive them. Your perspective shapes the work before it's assigned, not after.

What Makes You a Great Fit?

This makes you a fit

0 to 2 years of visual design experience -agency, in-house, freelance, or a strong independent practice (Interns are welcome to apply). The quality of what you've made matters more than where you made it.
Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite - Illustrator and Photoshop at minimum.
Active, confident use of at least one AI design or image generation tool in your current workflow.
A portfolio that shows both range and restraint - you know when to add, and you know when to strip back.

This sets you apart

Your portfolio doesn't look like everyone else's on Behance. You have a point of view that's distinctly yours.
You've designed for education, consumer, or aspirational lifestyle brands; you know how to make something feel premium without feeling cold.
"It just looks good" is not an answer you're comfortable giving. You can articulate every decision visually, strategically, and in terms of the person it's meant to reach.
You follow design, art direction, and visual culture - not just the trends, but the thinking behind them.

Why Join Us?

Full creative latitude - not creative input No design-by-committee. No nine rounds of "can you make the logo bigger." You'll own the visual direction and be trusted to call it. Your judgment is the process.
Your AI fluency is a feature here, not a footnote. We actively want designers who use AI tools with skill and intention. You won't need to hide your workflow or justify it to a sceptical manager; we'll build around it.
You'll see your work in the world, fast. High output, short feedback loops, real visibility. If you've been stuck in slow approval cycles — this will feel like exhaling.

Hiring Process

Portfolio Review: Show us your best work. Bonus if you include a piece where AI tools played a meaningful role; walk us through how and why.
R1: Your process, your tools, your influences, and the design decisions you're most proud of.
R2: A call with the design lead to see how you'd fit into the creative rhythm here.
R3: A direct conversation with the founding team. We want to understand what drives your creative ambition, how you respond to fast-moving environments, and whether Ambitio is the right room for the next chapter of your growth. Honest, two-way, no script.
Offer: If the vision and craft align, we move fast.

We care a lot about details and thoughtful design decisions. Before filling out the form, make sure you’ve read the JD properly. It’s surprisingly easy for us to tell when someone hasn’t.

Also, please avoid using AI-generated answers for the form. We care far more about honest thinking than polished responses. Small attention-to-detail check: include the word "glint" naturally somewhere in your application.

Name *

Email *

Experience - Internship/Full-time *

Current City *

Phone Number *

Links to portfolio/previous work *

Share Your Best Work *

What excites you about design, and why do you want to work with us? Feel free to talk about your background, interests, or anything that makes you a great fit *

Share one piece of visual work you're most proud of. Why this one? What was the brief, what decisions did you make, and what would you do differently today? (Make sure the link is public) *

Notice Period *

By when can you join us? *

Mention: University - Bachelor's Degree *

Mention: University - Master's Degree

Show us something you designed or redesigned where you made a strong creative call. What did you change, why did you change it, and what was the outcome? *

Outside of your portfolio, share something you made just for yourself- no brief, no client, no deadline. What made you make it? *

Name 3 brands, campaigns, or visual identities from any industry - that you think have exceptional taste. What specifically makes each one work? *

What's a brand or social media presence you think is doing genuinely original visual work right now? What would you steal from it? *

What's one brand identity or campaign you think looks bad or feels off? What's broken about it, and what would you fix first? *

Give us a specific example of a piece where an AI tool changed the output. Walk us through what you used, how you used it, and what the result looked like with and without it. *

Which AI tools are currently part of your visual design workflow? (Midjourney, Firefly, Canva AI, other) *

Where do you think AI tools make visual design worse, not better? What do they still get wrong? *

Spend some time on our social media presence and tell us: one thing that's visually working, one thing that feels inconsistent or off-brand, one creative direction you'd explore if you joined, and one small visual detail most people wouldn't notice but you did. (We care about sharp, specific observations, not surface-level feedback.) *

What's a social media account - brand, creator, or campaign whose visual consistency you genuinely admire? What makes it hold together across formats? *

Design for social lives and dies on a 6-inch screen. What's the most important visual principle you apply when designing for mobile-first contexts? *

What's something beautiful outside of design : architecture, fashion, film, photography, nature, packaging, interiors, anything that shapes how you think visually? Share examples if you can *

Do you engage with any creative fields outside of visual design? (illustration, photography, film, fashion, music, writing, etc.) How has it shaped how you design? Share links or examples if possible. *

If we handed you a messy campaign brief with very little creative direction, how would you approach it? Walk us through your actual process from blank page to first draft. *

Tell us about a time you received tough feedback on a piece of visual work. What was the feedback, how did you respond, and did it make the work better? *

Have you ever designed something that looked great but didn't work for the audience, the context, or the goal? What did you learn from it? *

If your teammates described your working style in three words, what would they say and would you agree? *

Record a short 40–60 second video introducing yourself, the kind of visual work you love making, and why you want to work at Ambitio specifically. (Not generic. We'll notice) *

Is there anything else you'd like us to know : side projects, random creative obsessions, things you make outside of work, anything that shows us who you are beyond the portfolio? *

Are you willing to relocate to Bangalore? (If residing outside of Bangalore) *

Current CTC *

Expected CTC *

Resume *

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