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.

• 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.

• Concept, storyboard, shoot, and edit Lo-Fi content across organic social, paid media, ecommerce, Tik Tok 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.

• 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 Tik Tok 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

• 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,…