Senior Associate - Illustrator & Educational Visual Designer

Job Title: Senior Associate - Illustrator & Educational Visual Designer

Location: Pune

To turn concepts, processes and practical knowledge into clear, accurate and reusable educational visuals for students, teachers and trainers.

This role combines illustration with instructional visual communication.

• Create illustrations for student resources, teacher guides, training materials and digital content.
  
• Develop step-by-step visuals for practical activities, processes, tools and equipment.
  
• Create diagrams, process maps, infographics, icons and instructional graphics.
  
• Develop safety visuals and correct/incorrect practice illustrations.
  
• Work with writers and instructional designers to understand the learning purpose of each visual.
  
• Work with technical experts to ensure processes, tools and practices are accurately represented.
  
• Develop editable visual assets that can be adapted across states and languages.
  
• Design visuals suitable for print, mobile, LMS, presentations and video.
  
• Represent students, teachers, practitioners and different forms of work respectfully and without stereotypes.
  
• Maintain reusable visual libraries, source files and consistency across resource families.
  
• Revise visuals based on technical review and user feedback.
  
  

About Lend A Hand India : Lend A Hand India (LAHI) is a leading national Think Tank/NGO with over 20 years of experience in strengthening India’s skill and vocational education ecosystem. LAHI works closely with 20+ State and UT governments through long-term partnerships, providing technical advisory and Project Management Unit (PMU) support to drive systemic reforms.

Our Approach

• Direct implementation in schools
  
• Partnership with central-state governments to define, and scale policy
  
• Building of Centres of Excellence that act as lighthouses for innovation
  
• Resource organisation for the skilling ecosystem
  

Through the design & execution of innovative models from training centres, innovation hubs to mobile outreach initiatives, LAHI’s innovative knowledge resource drives both grassroots learning and systemic transformation across India. With 250+ LAHI staff embedded in state education systems across 20+ states, we provide technical and project management support, enabling governments to translate policy into action.

LAHI’s current scale of work includes -

• 20+ States and UTs
  
• 15000+ Schools
  
• 15 Lakh+ Students
  
• 250+ Team Members
  

Requirements

Educational Background:

• Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma in Fine Arts, Applied Arts, Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Animation or a related field.
  
• 2–4 years of experience in illustration, educational visual design, graphic design or a related field.
  
• Certification/coursework in Illustration, Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Animation or Digital Design would be an advantage.
  
• Candidates with experience in educational publishing, learning resources or instructional design would be preferred.
  
• Strong illustration and visual-communication skills.
  
• Ability to explain processes and concepts visually—not only create decorative illustrations.
  
• Good understanding of information hierarchy and instructional graphics.
  
• Ability to illustrate tools, actions and practical sequences accurately.
  
• Proficiency with relevant professional illustration/design tools.
  
• Comfortable working closely with writers, instructional designers and technical experts.
  
• Experience with educational publishing, children's learning resources or instructional design would be an advantage.
  

Portfolio :

Portfolio should preferably include examples of instructional illustrations, step-by-step processes, diagrams or educational information graphics, in addition to general illustration work.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong illustration and visual communication skills
  
• Ability to create instructional visuals, diagrams, infographics and step-by-step illustrations
  
• Strong understanding of information hierarchy and educational visual design
  
• Proficiency in professional design and illustration tools such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign
  
• Ability to accurately represent tools, processes, practical activities and safety practices.
  

• Creative and visually oriented.
  
• Detail-oriented and accuracy-focused.
  
• Learner-centric and empathetic
  
• Adaptable and solution-oriented.
  
• Strong ownership and commitment to quality.