Executive Director, ELC Global Communications, Creative Studio & Digital Properties
Listed on 2026-02-06
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Creative Arts/Media
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Management
Executive Director, ELC Global Communications, Creative Studio & Digital Properties
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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
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Position Overview
ELC Global Communications is seeking an Executive Director to oversee and unify the Creative Studio and Digital Properties, including the company’s intranet and external website. This leader will be responsible for setting and executing the company’s overall visual identity and digital experience strategy, ensuring consistency, creativity, and impact across all platforms.
The ideal candidate is a highly strategic and inspirational leader who thrives at the intersection of design, brand storytelling, and digital innovation. They will define and elevate the company’s visual tone, guide an agile and talented team, and personally contribute to projects when needed. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can balance big-picture vision with day-to-day execution.
Key Responsibilities- Creative Leadership
- Define and champion the company’s creative vision and aesthetic tone across all touchpoints, from internal communications and presentations to external campaigns and digital platforms, ensuring a unified, inspiring, and distinctive company brand identity.
- Serve as the steward of the company’s visual language, creating and maintaining design systems, guidelines, and standards that can flex across channels while preserving company brand integrity.
- Inspire, mentor, and guide the Creative Team to produce work that is visually compelling and strategically aligned with business objectives, elevating the brand in every execution.
- Act as a hands-on creative partner, contributing ideas, concepts, and design direction when needed to ensure excellence in the final product.
- Foster a culture of innovation and experimentation, encouraging the team to explore new design approaches, tools, and technologies to keep the company’s creative output modern and impactful.
- Partner closely with key stakeholders (Marketing, Brands, HR, Executive Team) to ensure creative solutions are aligned with company priorities, messaging, and tone of voice.
- Advocate for creativity at the executive level, positioning design as a driver of business value and employee engagement.
- Digital Experience Leadership
- Lead the company’s digital ecosystem (intranet and external website), ensuring each platform is engaging, intuitive, and aligned with the brand.
- Define digital design and user experience standards, incorporating best practices in UX, UI, accessibility, and responsive design.
- Act as the bridge between creativity and technology, working across Global Communications, IT, Marketing, HR, and vendors to deliver platforms that are both functional and inspiring.
- Continuously optimize and evolve digital properties using analytics, user feedback, and new technologies.
- Oversee digital content strategy and governance, ensuring consistency, clarity, and alignment with business goals.
- Champion opportunities to modernize and innovate the company’s digital presence while reinforcing the brand’s creative vision.
- Team Leadership & Management
- Lead, develop, and inspire a team of high-performing creative and digital professionals, fostering collaboration, growth, and accountability.
- Create a culture of creativity, innovation, and excellence, while driving operational efficiency and clarity.
- 12+ years of professional experience in…
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