Associate Art Director, Digital Design & Content - EL/Aerin

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.

Description

Responsibilities

Digital Design & Ecommerce

• Design elevated, on-brand experiences across our ecommerce, including site refreshes, landing pages, product launches, promotional updates, and other digital touchpoints.
• Concept and design email marketing campaigns, partnering with Online, CRM, Social, and cross-functional teams to create a connected consumer experience.
• Bring an exceptional eye for typography, layout, imagery, and design craft to every execution.
• Design with a mobile-first mindset, considering user experience, messaging hierarchy, platform requirements, and consumer behavior.
• Create scalable design solutions that balance exceptional craft with the speed and efficiency required for a high-volume ecommerce business.
• Partner with project managers and developers to bring more complex digital experiences from concept through final execution.

Content Creation

• Concept, storyboard, shoot, and edit Lo-Fi content across organic social, paid media, ecommerce, TikTok Shop, and other emerging platforms.
• Create engaging short-form video, Reels, product storytelling, UGC-style content, photography, and other platform-native assets.
• Be comfortable working hands-on with an iPhone, basic lighting and our internal photo studio to create polished, relevant content quickly.
• Translate briefs, trends, and business needs into simple, compelling content ideas that feel authentic to both the brand and platform.
• Partner with Social, Marketing, Online, and other creative teams to develop content that works cohesively across channels.

Innovation & Ways of Working

• Stay deeply connected to beauty, fashion, design, social culture, ecommerce, and emerging content trends.
• Understand how consumers discover and shop beauty across platforms, with knowledge of TikTok Shop and social commerce strongly preferred.
• Explore AI and emerging creative tools to enhance ideation, content creation, design, and workflow efficiency.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines independently while remaining flexible, responsive, and collaborative.
• Present concepts and design work clearly, take direction thoughtfully, and contribute positively to creative critique and team collaboration.

Qualifications

Qualifications

· Exceptional creative taste with a portfolio demonstrating excellent graphic design, typography, layout, and visual storytelling.

· 5+ years of design experience within beauty, fashion, luxury, agency, retail, or another design-driven industry.

· Strong hands-on design skills with experience across digital, ecommerce, social, CRM, and campaign work.

· Ability to both concept original ideas and execute within established brand guidelines and design systems.

· Exceptional typography and attention to detail are a must.

· Strong presentation skills with the ability to articulate design thinking and confidently present work.

· Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma required.

· Experience creating mood boards, storyboards, shoot concepts, or photo/video creative decks is a plus; on-set art direction experience is welcome but not required.

· Motion, video editing, photography, Lo-Fi content creation, and AI-assisted creative experience are a plus.

· Strong communication, organization, and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.

· Curious, collaborative, positive, low ego, and eager to learn and grow.

· Passionate about beauty, design, culture, and creating exceptional work at every scale.

Pay Range:

The anticipated base salary range for this position is **$85,000.00 to $139,600.00.**Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic location. …