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Graphic Designer (Scientific)
Cactus Communications • Mumbai, Maharashtra • via LinkedIn
20 hours ago
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Overview
Please note - We are a remote-first organization so you can work from anywhere in India.
This is a contractual opportunity. As a remote position, the candidate must have basic hardware for their remote workspace, including a working desktop or laptop computer reliable WIFI.
About Editage- Digital Media Solutions
We are Editage Digital Media Solutions, the strategic communication and amplification brand of Cactus Communications (www.cactusglobal.com) , conceived to provide author-centric bespoke services to enhance research impact throughout and beyond the project life cycles. We use nuanced understanding of digital communication to aid government agencies, publishers, journals, and academic societies with the repurposing and marketing of traditionally published scientific content to both niche and lay audiences.
As a Scientific Graphic Designer, your role will be to create specialized scientific graphical abstracts, medical illustrations, and scientific infographics. This will entail reading and interpreting complex research manuscripts and translating scientific studies into visually compelling graphical representations. Additionally, you will need to understand client briefs, instructions, and preferences and craft storyboards and rough sketches to convey the visual narrative of research studies that align with the client’s brief.
Responsibilities
• Develop visually engaging graphical abstracts that succinctly represent the essence of a scientific study.
• Read and comprehend scientific manuscripts to extract key visual elements and concepts.
• Develop storyboards that outline the visual narrative, ensuring alignment with the scientific content and client objectives.
• Generate rough sketches to illustrate the initial visual concepts, collaborating closely with researchers, writers, and clients to refine and finalize the visual representation.
• Reviewing your peers and freelancers’ outputs to ensure they meet client expectations and are delivery-ready.
Qualifications And Prerequisites
Eligibility criteria
• Graduate/PhD degree in STEM fields (especially Biology/Biotechnology/Medicine/Chemistry/Physics/Engineering)
• 5-6 years of experience in scientific graphic designing, communicating science and complex research into visually engaging output.
• Advanced skills in Adobe Design Suite (Illustrator and Photoshop). Creating 3D designs in Blender is an added advantage.
Technical skills:
• Experience in scientific graphic designing, medical illustrations, journal cover designs, and graphical abstract.
• Basic scientific knowledge and aptitude towards science communication.
• An understanding of the scientific publishing & science communication landscape.
• Advanced skills in Adobe Design Suite (Illustrator and Photoshop).
Communication skills:
• Good written/verbal English-language skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with scientific content experts.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholder teams on-the-job (e.g. content team) to ensure smooth execution.
• Ability to review your peers and freelancers’ output and provide timely and constructive feedback.
Organization skills:
• Ability to work with autonomy, manage time, prioritize tasks, and coordinate to deliver as per project requirements.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and multi-task.
Customer focus:
• Strong customer focus and ability to think from a customer’s perspective when working on deliverables, identifying solutions, or implementing quality measures.
Additional Information
CACTUS is a company powered by its inclusive community spirit. We're a melting pot of perspectives, breaking down barriers between different styles of thought to democratise access to scientific knowledge.
At CACTUS, there's opportunity for growth around every corner. You are encouraged to experiment, challenge yourself, stretch your capabilities, and take risks. If you are interested in building products that move innovation forward, then a career with us will sound like your jam. At CACTUS, you’ll discover the true extent of what’s possible through AI, have the autonomy to shape your career, embrace an accelerate-from-anywhere lifestyle, and make an impact.
At the heart of everything are our researchers - we help enable their success, and every move we make is about creating a positive impact in the world of science.
Together we,
Power research. Empower people.
About CACTUS
Cactus Communications is a science communication and technology company. We specialize in AI products and solutions that improve how research gets funded, published, communicated, and discovered. We offer editorial, translation, education, and training solutions for researchers; strategic and tactical scientific content solutions to global life science organizations; AI-powered scholarly publishing products for journals and researchers; and solutions for science dissemination and engagement with peers, public, and policymakers for wider research outreach. We have offices in London, Princeton, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, and Mumbai; a global workforce of over 3,000 experts; and customers from over 1+0 countries.
Awards and Recognition
• Cactus Communications has consistently ranked among the top 20 on the global list of the Top 100 Companies for Telecommute Jobs since 2016.
• Recognised as ‘Employers of the Future’ two years in a row in 2026 and 2026, in a study by LeadUp Universe, Fortune India and Work Universe
• Recognised as One of India’s Top 100 best Workplaces for Women by Great Place To Work® in 2026
• Winner of ‘Best Innovation Leveraging AI Services’ at AWS AI Conclave 2026
• Recognized as one of the Best Companies for Millennials 201+ by Times Ascent and Learning & Organisation Development Roundtable
• Emerged as one of India’s Top 10 Safe Workplaces for Women in a survey conducted by Rainmaker in 201+
• Ranked #1 among India’s Great Mid-Size Workplaces by Great Place to Work® Institute in 2017
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Graphic Designer |Scientific position is now open for candidates interested in the Work from home Jobs sector. This role in Mumbai offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Work from home Jobs is a plus.
