STUDIO
CAREERS AT STUDIO IQ

We are building something serious. We need people who take the work seriously.

Craft that matters.
Work that lasts.

Studio iQ is a creative agency in Navi Mumbai building brand identities, digital experiences, animated content, video productions and performance marketing programmes for corporate brands across India. We are a team of forty-eight in-house specialists who believe that the standard of the work is the only thing worth competing on. If that is how you think about your craft, we should talk.

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WHY THIS PLACE

We do not hire to fill seats.
We hire because the work
demands a specific kind of person.

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Studio iQ has been operating for over twelve years. In that time we have grown from a small production studio to a forty-eight-person creative agency with capability across video production, animation, digital marketing, brand identity, web design, graphics and performance marketing. Every discipline we added was added because the work we were already doing demanded it. Not because a business plan said it was the next logical category to enter. That approach has produced a team of specialists who are genuinely excellent at what they do. Because they were hired for their craft, not for their availability.

The work at Studio iQ is used by corporate brands across India. On national television, on digital platforms with millions of viewers, in boardrooms where investment decisions are made, in sales environments where the quality of the presentation determines whether the client signs. That exposure sets a standard. Every piece of work that leaves this studio carries the studio's name. And every person who works here understands that the standard of the work is the only marketing the studio has ever needed.

Studio iQ is based in Navi Mumbai. We are a studio that works together in a shared space. Because the quality of creative work produced by people who are in the same room, looking at the same work, pushing each other toward better solutions, is consistently higher than the quality produced by people working remotely toward the same brief. We invest in the studio environment because the environment is part of the standard.

If you are someone who is driven by the quality of the work. Who finds the gap between what was produced and what could have been produced more motivating than the approval of the work that was. You will find Studio iQ an environment that rewards that quality of thinking. If you are looking for a role where adequate is acceptable, we are not the right studio.

WHAT IT IS LIKE HERE

Six things that define
how Studio iQ works
and who thrives here.

01

The Standard Is the Point

Studio iQ has one competitive advantage and we protect it with everything the studio has. The standard of the work. Every brief that comes in gets the same treatment regardless of the budget: the most rigorous thinking we can bring to the problem and the most considered execution we can produce from that thinking. People who thrive here are people who find that standard energising rather than exhausting. Who are more bothered by work that could have been better than they are relieved by work that got approved.

02

Discipline Depth Over Generalism

Studio iQ is an agency of specialists. People who are genuinely excellent at a specific craft and who are here because that craft is central to what the studio does. We do not ask people to stretch across disciplines they are not built for. We ask them to go deeper in the discipline they are. The people who do the best work here are the ones who care about the details of their craft that most people in the industry have stopped noticing. The kerning, the curve of the animation ease, the pacing of the edit, the line of the copy that almost worked but did not.

03

Direct Feedback. Fast Decisions.

Studio iQ is not a large agency with long approval chains. Work is reviewed directly, feedback is specific, and decisions are made quickly. That means the people who join this studio receive honest feedback on their work from people who have strong opinions about quality. Which produces faster professional growth than environments where feedback is managed rather than given. It also means that people who prefer indirect feedback and lengthy process will find the directness of this environment uncomfortable. We are honest about that upfront.

04

Work That Is Seen

The work produced at Studio iQ is seen. Brand films that play at national conference events. Packaging designs that appear on shelves across India. Websites that receive millions of visitors. Animation productions that air on national television. Performance marketing programmes that generate crores of rupees in attributable revenue for the brands we work with. People who care about the impact of the work they produce. Not just the quality of it in isolation, but the commercial result it creates in the world. Find that connection to outcome particularly motivating here.

05

Collaboration Without Committee

The work at Studio iQ is collaborative in the sense that good work always is. The brand strategist and the designer working from the same understanding of the brief, the animator and the sound designer building toward the same emotional register, the performance marketer and the content team aligned on the same commercial objective. It is not collaborative in the sense of design by committee. Where the strongest creative idea is weakened by a process designed to incorporate every stakeholder's preference. Strong opinions held by people who can defend them with evidence are how good work gets made here.

06

Growth That Is Earned

Studio iQ grows people who demonstrate the standard and the ambition the studio was built on. That means progression here is tied to the quality of the work and the growth of the individual's craft. Not to tenure or title conventions. People who have joined Studio iQ as junior specialists and grown into senior roles and leadership positions have done so because the work they produced made it impossible to hold the conversation any other way. That path is available to everyone who comes here with the right quality of thinking and the willingness to develop it.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

Forty-eight specialists
across every discipline
the work demands.

Studio iQ has forty-eight in-house specialists across film production, performance marketing, media planning, web technology, analytics, 3D and CGI, content strategy, animation, graphic design, brand strategy, social media and account management. The studio was built deliberately. Adding disciplines when the work demanded them and hiring specialists when the craft required genuine depth rather than adequate coverage.

The leadership team includes Shweta Pandit as Founder and Managing Director, Saurabh Patil as Co-Founder and Technology Head, Sonal Navani as Director of Client Success, Poonam Adlinge as Creative Director, and Nikhil Mali as Head of Strategy. Each of them came to this studio with a specific excellence in their discipline and a commitment to the standard the studio is built on. The culture of the studio is an extension of how they think about the work. Directly, seriously, and with genuine pride in what gets produced.

The people who stay at Studio iQ longest are the ones who find that working alongside genuinely excellent colleagues raises their own standard. Who leave each project having learned something from someone who is better at a specific part of the craft than they were when the project started. If that is how you want to grow professionally, the team here will reward that ambition.

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48 specialists. One standard.The work connects every discipline.
OPEN POSITIONS

Current openings at Studio iQ.
Every role is here because
the work genuinely requires it.

We hire when the work demands it and the right person is available. Not on a rolling schedule. Every role listed below is a genuine opening for a specific discipline where the current team needs the depth of capability the role requires. If your discipline is not listed but you believe your work belongs at this studio, scroll to the bottom of this page.

Senior Motion Graphics Designer

ANIMATION
Navi Mumbai - On-SiteApply Now

3D Generalist - Architecture and Product

3D AND CGI
Navi Mumbai - On-SiteApply Now

Performance Marketing Specialist

DIGITAL MARKETING
Navi Mumbai - On-SiteApply Now

Senior Copywriter - Brand and Digital

CONTENT STRATEGY
Navi Mumbai - On-SiteApply Now

UI/UX Designer

WEB AND DIGITAL
Navi Mumbai - On-SiteApply Now

Video Editor - Corporate and Commercial

VIDEO PRODUCTION
Navi Mumbai - On-SiteApply Now

Account Manager - Creative Services

CLIENT SUCCESS
Navi Mumbai - On-SiteApply Now

Do not see your role listed?

If your discipline is not listed but your work belongs at this studio, we want to see it. Send your portfolio and a note about what you do and why you want to do it here.

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HOW WE HIRE

A hiring process built to find
the right person. Not the
most available one.

Studio iQ hires for craft before everything else. The process is designed to understand the quality of your thinking and the standard of your work. Not to test your ability to navigate a multi-stage assessment process. We move quickly when we find the right person and we are honest when we do not.

01

Portfolio and Application Review

Every application to Studio iQ is reviewed against the portfolio first. We are looking for evidence of a specific quality of craft - work that demonstrates genuine skill, a clear point of view about what good looks like in your discipline, and at least one piece that makes us stop and look properly. We review every application personally and respond to every one - because a candidate who took the time to apply deserves to know whether they are moving forward. Applications without a portfolio will not be reviewed. If your best work is not online, tell us where to find it.

02

First Conversation

If your portfolio earns a first conversation, we will schedule a 30 to 45 minute call with the relevant discipline lead at Studio iQ. This is not a formal interview - it is a genuine conversation about your work, how you think about it, what you have made that you are most proud of and why, and what you are looking for in the next stage of your career. We will tell you honestly about the studio, the work, and what the role involves - including the things that are hard about working here, because you should know those before you decide if it is right for you.

03

Work Review or Brief

Depending on the role, the second stage is either a portfolio deep dive - where we go through specific pieces of your work in detail with the creative leadership team - or a brief exercise that gives you a real creative or strategic problem to respond to. Brief exercises at Studio iQ are genuinely interesting problems, not generic tests. We will tell you what we are looking for, give you enough time to do it properly, and give you specific feedback on the response regardless of the outcome. We do not use speculative creative work commercially - brief responses belong to the candidate and are used only for assessment.

04

Studio Visit and Decision

Final stage candidates are invited to visit the studio in Navi Mumbai - to meet the team, see the environment, and make the decision about whether this is the right place as much as we make the decision about whether you are the right person. Most candidates who reach this stage and visit the studio know within an hour whether they want to work here. We make the decision quickly after the visit - typically within two working days - and we give specific feedback to candidates who are not progressing so the visit is valuable regardless of the outcome.

LIFE AT STUDIO IQ

What we offer the people
who join this studio.

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The Studio

Studio iQ operates from a purpose-built creative studio in Navi Mumbai equipped for every discipline the agency practices - from a professional film and photography production environment to high-spec workstations for 3D and animation production, a dedicated performance marketing operations centre, and a design studio built for the kind of deep work that produces good work. The environment is not incidental. It is part of the standard.

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Growth and Development

Studio iQ invests in the professional development of the team through access to tools, training, industry events and the kind of work that stretches the craft. Senior specialists mentor junior ones - not as a programme but as a natural consequence of working together on demanding briefs where the standard of every piece of work is held to the same level. People grow faster at studios where the standard is high and the feedback is honest. Both are present here.

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The Culture

Studio iQ is a studio where people take the work seriously and each other genuinely. The culture is direct - feedback is honest, decisions are made quickly, and credit goes to the work rather than the hierarchy. The studio celebrates work it is proud of and is honest about work it could have done better. People who find that combination of high standard and genuine collegiality energising tend to stay here a long time.

WHAT COMES WITH THE ROLE

Competitive Compensation

Market-rate salaries reviewed annually against performance and market benchmarks - not on request.

Five-Day Working Week

Standard five-day week with reasonable working hours. Deadline periods are intense - the rest of the time is not.

Health Coverage

Comprehensive health insurance covering the employee and immediate family members from the first month of joining.

Professional Development Budget

Annual budget for courses, tools, events and resources that develop the craft - agreed with the line manager at the start of each year.

FROM THE TEAM

What people who work here
say about working here.

“

The quality of the briefs we work on here is unlike anything I experienced before joining. Every project is a real commercial problem for a real brand with real stakes. That makes the work matter in a way that is hard to find elsewhere.

[Team Member Name] - Senior Designer - 4 years

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I joined as a junior animator and I have produced work that has aired on national television, been used in investor presentations for listed companies, and been shared by clients as some of the best work their brands have ever produced. The exposure here is genuinely different.

[Team Member Name] - Motion Designer - 3 years

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The feedback culture at Studio iQ is the thing that has made me grow fastest professionally. It is honest, it is specific, and it is always about making the work better. I have learned more in two years here than in the previous four years of my career combined.

[Team Member Name] - Brand Strategist - 2 years

COMMON QUESTIONS

Everything you want to know
before applying to Studio iQ.

Is Studio iQ open to candidates from outside Navi Mumbai?

Yes. Studio iQ welcomes applications from candidates across India. All roles are based at the studio in Navi Mumbai and are on-site - we do not offer remote or hybrid arrangements for creative and production roles. We understand that relocation is a significant decision and we are happy to discuss relocation support for the right candidate as part of the offer conversation. If you are based outside Mumbai and seriously considering the role, tell us in your application - we will factor that into how we schedule the process.

Do you offer internships or graduate roles?

Yes. Studio iQ takes on a small number of interns each year across design, animation, marketing and production disciplines - typically final-year students or recent graduates with a portfolio that demonstrates genuine craft potential. Internships at Studio iQ are paid, structured, and designed to produce real professional development rather than administrative support. Several of the studio's current permanent team members joined as interns. Internship applications follow the same process as permanent roles - portfolio first, then conversation. If no internship is currently listed send a speculative application with your portfolio and we will assess it when a relevant opportunity arises.

What does a strong portfolio look like for Studio iQ?

A strong portfolio for Studio iQ shows work that demonstrates a genuine standard of craft - not volume, not variety, not credentials, but one or two pieces that make the reviewer stop and look properly. For design and creative roles we are looking for visual intelligence, attention to detail, and evidence of a point of view about what good looks like. For strategy and marketing roles we are looking for work that demonstrates commercial thinking connected to creative output - not just strategy documents or campaign plans, but evidence of how the thinking translated into work that produced real results. For production roles we want to see the best work you have ever made and an honest account of your specific contribution to it.

How long does the hiring process take?

Studio iQ moves quickly when we find the right candidate. From a first conversation to an offer typically takes two to three weeks for most roles - covering the first conversation, the portfolio review or brief exercise, and the studio visit. We do not run month-long hiring processes with multiple assessment rounds. If the work is right and the conversation confirms it, we make a decision. We communicate the timeline clearly at each stage so candidates know what to expect and when - because a candidate managing other processes deserves enough information to do that properly.

Does Studio iQ consider candidates who are currently employed and serving notice periods?

Yes. Studio iQ regularly hires candidates who are in notice periods with their current employer. We respect the professional obligation to serve out a notice period properly and we will hold a role for the right candidate through a reasonable notice period. Tell us your notice period at the application stage so we can factor it into the timeline. We do not expect candidates to compromise their professional obligations to their current employer as part of joining Studio iQ - because that would tell us something about how they might eventually leave Studio iQ.

What is the working culture like day to day?

Studio iQ is a studio that works hard on the work it takes seriously - which is all of the work. The pace is high, the standard is demanding, and the expectation is that every person brings their best to every brief. The culture is direct - feedback is honest, decisions are made without excessive process, and the hierarchy is flat enough that a junior designer can challenge a senior creative direction if the challenge comes from a genuine understanding of what would make the work better. Deadline periods are intense because the work demands them. The rest of the time is productive without being pressurised.

Do you sponsor visas for international candidates?

Studio iQ does not currently sponsor visas for international candidates. All roles are open to Indian citizens and candidates with existing right to work in India. If your situation is different from this, please note it in your application and we will respond honestly about whether we can accommodate it.

How do I apply?

Click the Apply Now link next to the role you are interested in. You will be asked to submit your CV, a link to your portfolio or showreel, and a short note - no more than two hundred words - about why you want to work at Studio iQ specifically rather than at any other studio. That note matters. We are not looking for flattery - we are looking for evidence that you understand what this studio does, what it stands for, and why that is specifically where you want to develop your career. We respond to every application within five working days.

JOIN THE STUDIO

If the work in your portfolio
belongs here, we want
to see it.

Browse the open positions above or send a speculative application if your discipline is not currently listed. We review every portfolio personally and respond to every application within five working days.

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