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I’m Dnyaneshwar Kurhade, an Art Director and Senior Graphic Designer based in Mumbai, creating campaign key art, illustration, and visual storytelling for entertainment and OTT brands. I love building strong brand identity systems, crafting typographic and layout languages, and delivering production-ready assets across print, digital, broadcast, and social media. Over the past 13+ years, I’ve led end-to-end creative for marketing campaigns at scale—shaping concepts from illustration to final design—while also directing stop motion and mixed-media work that’s been recognized globally. I regularly use AI-assisted workflows (Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Kling AI, Runway ML, and more) to accelerate ideation and storyboarding, and I mentor teams to keep the creative quality consistently award-winning.…I’m Dnyaneshwar Kurhade, an Art Director and Senior Graphic Designer based in Mumbai, creating campaign key art, illustration, and visual storytelling for entertainment and OTT brands. I love building strong brand identity systems, crafting typographic and layout languages, and delivering production-ready assets across print, digital, broadcast, and social media. Over the past 13+ years, I’ve led end-to-end creative for marketing campaigns at scale—shaping concepts from illustration to final design—while also directing stop motion and mixed-media work that’s been recognized globally. I regularly use AI-assisted workflows (Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Kling AI, Runway ML, and more) to accelerate ideation and storyboarding, and I mentor teams to keep the creative quality consistently award-winning.

DNYANESHWAR KURHADE

Art Director, Illustrator, Graphic Designer, +2

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I’m Dnyaneshwar Kurhade, an Art Director and Senior Graphic Designer based in Mumbai, creating campaign key art, illustration, and visual storytelling for entertainment and OTT brands. I love building strong brand identity systems, crafting typographic and layout languages, and delivering production-ready assets across print, digital, broadcast, and social media. Over the past 13+ years, I’ve led end-to-end creative for marketing campaigns at scale—shaping concepts from illustration to final design—while also directing stop motion and mixed-media work that’s been recognized globally. I regularly use AI-assisted workflows (Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Kling AI, Runway ML, and more) to accelerate ideation and storyboarding, and I mentor teams to keep the creative quality consistently award-winning.…I’m Dnyaneshwar Kurhade, an Art Director and Senior Graphic Designer based in Mumbai, creating campaign key art, illustration, and visual storytelling for entertainment and OTT brands. I love building strong brand identity systems, crafting typographic and layout languages, and delivering production-ready assets across print, digital, broadcast, and social media. Over the past 13+ years, I’ve led end-to-end creative for marketing campaigns at scale—shaping concepts from illustration to final design—while also directing stop motion and mixed-media work that’s been recognized globally. I regularly use AI-assisted workflows (Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Kling AI, Runway ML, and more) to accelerate ideation and storyboarding, and I mentor teams to keep the creative quality consistently award-winning.

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I’m Dnyaneshwar Kurhade, an Art Director and Senior Graphic Designer based in Mumbai, creating campaign key art, illustration, and visual storytelling for entertainment and OTT brands. I love building strong brand identity systems, crafting typographic and layout languages, and delivering production-ready assets across print, digital, broadcast, and social media.

Over the past 13+ years, I’ve led end-to-end creative for marketing campaigns at scale—shaping concepts from illustration to final design—while also directing stop motion and mixed-media work that’s been recognized globally. I regularly use AI-assisted workflows (Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Kling AI, Runway ML, and more) to accelerate ideation and storyboarding, and I mentor teams to keep the creative quality consistently award-winning.

Skills

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Expert

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Expert

Stop Motion Animation

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Charcoal Illustration

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

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Language

English

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Hindi

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Marathi (Marāṭhī)

Fluent

Work Experience

Art Director | Senior Illustrator at Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd., Mumbai

June 24, 2019 - April 9, 2026

Own end-to-end art direction and creative direction for 30+ entertainment marketing campaigns per year across broadcast, OTT, digital, print, and outdoor channels. Define brand identity systems, visual communication frameworks, design systems, and typographic language across the Shemaroo portfolio. Produce campaign key art, packaging design, title design, outdoor campaigns, and broadcast creatives from concept art through final production-ready assets. Direct award-winning stop motion campaigns, charcoal painting key art, and mixed media/hand-crafted illustration recognized by major industry awards. Oversee motion graphics and promo/OTT creatives in collaboration with video, broadcast, and social teams, and integrate AI-assisted workflows (Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Kling AI, Runway ML and others) to reduce concept cycle times by 40%+ while accelerating visual ideation. Mentor and lead junior designers in composition, colour theory, visual narratives, and production craft to r

Senior Illustrator & Creative Lead at Easy Authoring, Mumbai

October 2, 2017 - April 30, 2019

Led visual design and illustration direction for complex digital learning products for global audiences. Created character design systems including expression sheets, style guides, environment design, and colour language for interactive learning platforms. Produced storyboarding, infographic design, concept art, and digital illustration for all modules, maintaining consistent quality across modules. Applied fine arts fundamentals (composition, form, perspective) to strengthen educational illustration clarity and engagement. Built scalable icon and UI illustration styles used across multiple e-learning product lines.

Visual Designer & Illustrator at LearningMate, Mumbai

July 4, 2016 - July 4, 2017

Produced high-volume digital illustration, character design, and storyboarding for international K-12 e-learning clients. Applied consistent visual grammar, layout design, and design systems across diverse multi-module content series. Developed stylistically cohesive visual narratives and hand-crafted illustration sets for global educational publishers.

Designer & Illustrator at Podar International Centre, Mumbai

February 10, 2015 - June 30, 2016

Designed illustrated story books, e-books with GIF animation, educational flashcards, and poster campaigns for primary-age audiences. Applied typography, layout design, and colour theory to produce accessible, visually engaging learning materials for both print and digital use.

Graphic Designer & Illustrator at Saraswati Book Company / Adarsh Vidhyarthi Prkashan, Pune

April 1, 2007 - February 20, 2009

Designed educational book covers, interior illustration, and promotional print campaigns for a leading Indian publisher. Built core expertise in print design, layout design, and production-ready artwork preparation for high-volume publishing outputs.