Illustrator (3-Month Contract) | Onsite - Noida, India | Open to India-based Candidates Only

On-site
- NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh, India

Illustrator wanted: 3-month contract, onsite in Noida. Bring your realistic illustration skills to live projects and sharpen your craft alongside a working creative team.

Job description

Illustrator (3-Month Contract) | Onsite - Noida, India

Position Type: 3-month contract

Utilization: 40 hours per week anticipated

Location: Onsite, Noida, India

Target Start Date: August 3, 2026

If you can bring real anatomy, lighting, and rendering skill to a page, and you're just as comfortable extending that work into animation-ready assets, we want to see your portfolio. This is a hands-on, studio-based role where you'll work directly with our creative team on live projects, get feedback in real time, and sharpen your craft alongside people doing the work every day. AI-assisted tools are already part of how we work, and we're looking for illustrators who use them to move faster and think bigger, not as a replacement for their own judgment.

What You'll Do

Create realistic illustrations, including characters, backgrounds, and assets, with accurate anatomy, lighting, and shadow work.
Convert complex Photoshop and Illustrator artwork into clean, organized layers, and turn static designs into animation-ready illustrations by extending and refining the artwork.
Adapt and polish existing designs to fit evolving project needs.
Incorporate feedback quickly and hold a consistent quality bar across revisions.
Use AI-assisted tools as part of your everyday workflow, for ideation, faster iteration, and asset creation, while keeping the final creative decisions in your hands.
Stay curious about new tools and techniques as the creative process keeps evolving.

Job requirements

2-3 years of experience in fine arts and digital illustration.
A strong portfolio of realistic artwork (mandatory).
Solid knowledge of anatomy, rendering, and digital layering.
Proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator.
Comfort using AI-assisted creative workflows alongside traditional illustration skills.
Ability to work independently as well as within a team.
BFA or equivalent (preferred).
Based onsite; this is a work-from-office position.

Nice to Have

Traditional sketching and storyboarding skills.
Basic animation or motion graphics experience.
Experience working with a Wacom or other pen tablet.
A strong, realistic style you can point to in your own portfolio.Nice to Have

If this sounds like the kind of work you want to be doing, please use the link below to apply!

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We appreciate your interest in this role and value your time. While some of the information we’re asking for may appear on your resume, your responses to these questions help us quickly understand the unique value you bring to this position.

Please treat these questions as your initial interview — a chance to share real examples, insights, and the impact of your work. Thoughtful, detailed answers help us move qualified candidates like you forward faster and ensure we have a clear picture of your fit for the role.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this important step in our hiring process — we look forward to learning more about you.

This is a contract position, meaning you would be engaged as an independent contractor and not as an employee of any company. Are you willing to work as a freelance, independent contractor?

Yes

This role requires working full-time from our Noida office. Are you currently located in Noida or willing and able to work from our Noida office full time?

Yes

Where are you currently located?

Please share a link to your online portfolio or a folder of your work (Google Drive, Behance, personal site, etc.).

Can you walk us through one of your realistic illustrations and explain how you approached anatomy, lighting, shadows, and rendering to achieve a realistic outcome?

Describe a project where you transformed a static illustration into animation-ready artwork. How did you organize layers, extend artwork, and prepare assets for animators?

How have you used AI tools in your illustration workflow? Please share specific examples of how AI helped improve quality, productivity, ideation, or asset creation while maintaining creative control.

Beyond the example above, how many years have you been doing realistic illustration specifically (versus stylized or cartoon work), and what tools are you most fluent in for that kind of work?

How often has static-to-animation-ready handoff been part of your regular work, and what do you do differently when you know an animator will be picking up your file next?

Where do you personally draw the line between using AI to speed things up versus doing the creative work yourself, and has that line ever been tested by a client or team expectation?

Please share your desired pay rate in INR (specify if hourly or monthly)

Is this rate negotiable?

Yes

If selected, what is your availability to start in this new role?

Please feel free to share a 2-minute video to introduce yourself and why you are interested in and qualified for this role.

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