Creative Lead - Marketing

Quest Global · India

Position Overview:

Position Title: Creative Lead - Marketing

Location: Bengaluru, India

Scope:

At Quest Global, we believe that creativity has the power to change how the world sees our company.

We are seeking a bold, visionary, and highly strategic Creative Lead to elevate Quest Global’s global brand through world-class design, storytelling, campaigns, content, digital experiences, executive communications, and brand platforms.

This is not a production management role, a traditional design leadership role or a role for someone who simply takes briefs and executes them.

We are looking for a creative leader who can challenge conventional thinking, raise the standard of our creative output, and help make Quest Global appear larger, more influential, and more innovative than its size would suggest. The right candidate will understand that great creative is not decoration; it is a business strategy brought to life.

The ideal candidate is equal parts creative director, brand builder, storyteller, mentor, and innovator. They know how to translate complex engineering, technology, and business ideas into compelling visual narratives that connect with customers, employees, investors, partners, and future talent.

You will lead and inspire a talented India-based creative team while working closely with global marketing leaders, corporate and customer brand teams, business vertical teams, communications, digital, social media, executives, agencies, freelancers, vendors, and external partners. Your work will shape how Quest Global shows up in the market, from global campaigns and thought leadership platforms to customer presentations, videos, social content, events, digital assets, executive materials, and brand storytelling.

We are looking for someone who refuses to settle for ordinary creative and brings fresh ideas, pushes for higher standards, and understands how to build a distinctive, memorable, and consistent global brand.

Key Responsibilities:

Creative Vision & Brand Leadership:

• Define and elevate the creative expression of the Quest Global brand across global channels, campaigns, and touchpoints.
• Ensure all creative outputs reflect Quest Global’s brand identity, positioning, values, and storytelling framework while pushing the brand forward.
• Create work that strengthens how customers, prospects, employees, investors, and partners perceive Quest Global.
• Raise the standard of creative thinking across the organization by challenging briefs, asking better questions, and bringing sharper ideas to the table.

Creative Strategy & Storytelling:

• Translate complex engineering, technology, customer success, and business narratives into clear, compelling, and memorable creative concepts.
• Lead the development of brand and campaign assets that clearly communicate Quest Global’s message, mission, and differentiation.
• Develop breakthrough creative ideas for campaigns, presentations, videos, social media, digital experiences, thought leadership, internal communications, events, and customer-facing materials.
• Partner with corporate marketing, customer brand teams, vertical marketing, communications, digital, social media, sales, and business stakeholders to align creative direction with business goals.

Creative Team Leadership:

• Guide and inspire a high-performing India-based creative team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, craftsmanship, accountability, and excellence.
• Provide clear creative direction, mentorship, coaching, and constructive feedback that helps designers and creative talent grow.
• Create an environment where curiosity, experimentation, and constructive challenge are expected and encouraged.
• Balance creative ambition with team capacity, stakeholder needs, business priorities, and tight timelines.

Creative Execution & Operational Excellence:

• Oversee the entire creative lifecycle, from concept through final execution, ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables.
• Manage creative work across digital, print, video, presentation, social, campaign, event, executive, and brand channels.
• Ensure creative outputs adhere to Quest Global brand guidelines while delivering fresh, differentiated, and memorable work.
• Build scalable creative processes that improve briefing, prioritization, review, feedback, and delivery without sacrificing originality or quality.

Creative Innovation & External Partnership:

• Stay ahead of design trends, AI-enabled creative tools, emerging technologies, and new storytelling formats that can improve speed, quality, and creative impact.
• Champion the thoughtful use of AI and automation, including Adobe Firefly and other emerging platforms, while maintaining a high bar for taste, originality, and brand consistency.
• Build strong relationships with agencies, production partners, freelancers, and creative vendors to access specialized capabilities and deliver world-class execution.
• Explore new creative approaches that help Quest Global breakthrough in competitive B2B markets

Key Requirements & Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in a senior creative, design, brand, advertising agency, or in-house creative leadership role.
• Proven success leading creative teams and managing the development of high-quality creative across multiple channels.
• Exceptional design sensibilities with a deep appreciation for visually striking, effective, and memorable creative.
• Strong portfolio across brand, campaign, digital, print, video, social, presentation, and multi-channel formats. Creative concepts and campaign samples will be required as part of the interview process.
• Proven ability to interpret and apply brand guidelines while delivering innovative and differentiated creative solutions.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills, with the ability to inspire teams and confidently present ideas to stakeholders and executives.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, problem-solving, and project management skills, with the ability to operate under tight deadlines.
• Ability to balance creative vision with business objectives, measurable outcomes, stakeholder expectations, and operational discipline.
• Experience working with corporate marketing, customer brand teams, agencies, vendors, freelancers, and cross-functional business stakeholders.
• Experience with AI-enabled creative tools and emerging design technologies preferred. Experience in B2B, technology, engineering services, consulting, software, industrial, or complex enterprise environments preferred.

Core Competencies:

• Bold creative vision combined with strong business judgment.
• Exceptional visual storytelling, design taste, and creative direction.
• Ability to translate complex ideas into simple, powerful creative.
• Strong understanding of brand building, campaign development, and integrated content.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and inspire creative talent.
• Strong stakeholder influence and executive presentation skills.
• Project management discipline with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Curiosity, experimentation, AI fluency, and a passion for emerging creative technologies.

What Will Make You Successful:

• You think like a brand builder, not a production manager.
• You believe creative work should influence perception, not simply fill space.
• You are comfortable challenging briefs and pushing stakeholders toward stronger ideas.
• You can turn ambitious ideas into precise, high-quality execution.
• You inspire creative talent while holding the team to a high standard.
• You bring fresh ideas, challenge conventional thinking, and continuously push for higher standards.
• You care deeply about craft, clarity, consistency, and the pursuit of perfection.
• You are motivated by the opportunity to leave a lasting mark on a global brand.

Our Culture Pillar: The way we work!

We’re always looking for humble geniuses from all backgrounds yearning to be part of something greater than themselves. We seek and nurture people with the potential and passion to solve the world’s hardest problems…people who believe in the infinite ability of the human spirit to do the right thing and want to join a diverse team to create an ever-greater impact for good.

Our humility and hunger to execute ensure that we are a boundary-less organization, helping people to grow as professionals with empathy and integrity. We wholeheartedly believe in the diversity of thought that comes with fostering a culture rooted in respect where everyone belongs, is valued, and feels inspired to share their ideas. Feeling safe to be our authentic selves is what we value most.

We know embracing our unique-to-us differences makes us better, and that solving the world’s hardest engineering problems requires diverse ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds. We shine the brightest when we tap into the many dimensions of our diversity that thrive in each of us and our workplace.