Abhinav Pahade

About

I'm Abhinav Pahade. I'm a brand designer based in Brooklyn, New York, recently graduated from The New School with a Master's in Strategic Design and Management. I'm a creative person who has come to accept that his creative side is stronger, and that strategy is something to be designed. I have over 5 years of experience building brand identities, art directing campaigns, and designing packaging systems from brief through production — for brands like Fenty Beauty, Hindustan Unilever (OZiva), and actor Bhumi Pednekar's BackBay, amongst others. Last year, my team won a Gold at White Square International Festival 2025 for a brand identity built entirely from scratch: strategy, design, packaging, and a 2.5-minute film I creatively directed. Along the way, I've also had the chance to handle music curation and supervision — it came up on the Fenty campaign, and it's a skill I'm glad I have. I'm comfortable working with start-up founders, C-suite executives, multinational agency teams, industrialists, and celebrities on brands across Lifestyle, Beauty, FMCG, Textiles, and Media. My background in architecture taught me to think in systems before surfaces — and it sharpens my sense of visual scale, balance, and texture. I continue to explore that sensibility through my photography. I'm looking for Art Director / Senior Designer roles at leading creative agencies and in-house brand teams in New York. Portfolio: abhinavpahade.com Photography: instagram.com/abhinavpahade

Experience

• Brand Designer · Clarity

  2025-01-05 – 2025-01-08

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