Creative designer/ Digital Art director

Shape the Future of Creative AI at Needle

At Needle, we’re not just adapting to AI. We’re defining its creative future. As our Graphic Designer, you’ll create exceptional visual systems that delight clients and set the standards our AI can learn from and scale. This is your opportunity to be at the forefront of human-AI creative collaboration, crafting the visual language that merges emotion and precision.

The Task at Hand

️ The Role

The Graphic Designer at Needle operates at the intersection of creativity and innovation. You will translate strategy and storytelling into compelling visual formats that both humans and AI can understand. You’ll produce multiformat assets including digital, social, and editorial content. Every output should reflect brand identity, cultural nuance, and Needle’s creative standards.

You’ll collaborate closely with the Creative Lead, Strategy, and Production teams to shape narratives, support client initiatives, and strengthen brand perception.

Creative Execution & Visual Storytelling

Objectives:

• Produce high-quality visuals aligned with Needle’s creative direction and client goals.
• Translate brand strategy into cohesive visual outputs.

How:

• Create static and motion assets for digital, social, and editorial.
• Adapt concepts into toolkits, key visuals, campaign layouts, decks, and email templates.
• Collaborate with Creative Leads, Copywriters, and Art Directors.
• Stay up to date with design trends, culture, and innovation.

✅ Success Looks Like:

• Visual consistency and polish
• Timely delivery
• Strong internal and client feedback

   

Brand Systems & Design Integrity

Objectives:

• Ensure brand consistency across all deliverables in a way our AI can learn and scale.
• Elevate client visuals across every touchpoint.

How:

• Apply and evolve brand identity systems.
• Visualize audience insights with the Strategy team.
• Build mood boards and reference materials.
• Develop modular templates and reusable components.

✅ Success Looks Like:

• On-brand, repeatable design systems
• Positive client feedback
• Structured outputs ready for AI

   

Collaboration & Workflow Integration

Objectives:

• Work across teams to deliver design that meets brief and timelines.
• Keep communication open and feedback-driven.

How:

• Join briefings and team check-ins.
• Share progress early and often.
• Respond constructively to feedback.
• Organize files clearly in Notion or other internal tools.

✅ Success Looks Like:

• Timely execution
• Clean handoffs
• Strong team feedback

   

Agency Culture

✨ Collective Contribution

Help build our creative culture. Bring inspiration, contribute in critiques, and help push our visual standards forward.

✅ Success Looks Like:

• Active participation in reviews
• Shared ownership of design quality

   

Personal Qualities & Creative Competencies

Responsibility & Craft

• Take pride in your work and own every phase, from concept to delivery.
• Balance speed with detail.

Teamwork & Collaboration

• Be constructive, open, and humble.
• Put the idea before the ego.

Creativity & Future Thinking

• Bring curiosity and cultural awareness to everything you do.
• Push ideas forward with bold storytelling and fresh visuals.

✅ Success Looks Like:

• Memorable, innovative designs
• Steady growth in speed, confidence, and skill

   

️ Qualifications & Tools

• 2+ years of experience in graphic design or visual communication
• A strong portfolio showing digital campaigns, brand systems, and storytelling
• Fluent in Figma, Canva, and motion tools (e.g. After Effects, CapCut)
• Familiar with Adobe Creative Suite
• Interested in AI tools like Midjourney, ChatGPT, or DALL·E
• Passion for culture, systems thinking, and intentional design

   

Work Environment: Freedom with Connection

•  Work from anywhere with strong internet
•  Weekly co-working with the KL team
• ✈️ Annual meetups for in-person collaboration and connection

Why Join Needle?

• Shape how AI and design work together
• Have real creative ownership and impact
• Learn and grow in a fast-moving, curious, low-ego team
• Work where AI enhances your creativity, not replaces it

✨ Join Needle and help redefine creative work. Create what used to be impossible — now made real by you and AI.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Flexible, remote-first work
• ‍‍ 1-day co-working in Kuala Lumpur
• Equity in a fast-growing startup