Associate Art Director, Digital Design & Content - Color

ELC Beauty LLC•New York, NY

11d•$85,000 - $139,600

About The Position

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is a global leader in the manufacturing, marketing, and selling of premium skincare, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products. The company manages a portfolio of prestigious brands sold worldwide. This role focuses on creating elevated, on-brand digital experiences and content across various platforms, including e-commerce, email, social media, and emerging channels. The Associate Art Director will be responsible for designing engaging user experiences, conceptualizing and executing content, and staying abreast of industry trends and new technologies like AI.

Requirements

Exceptional creative taste with a portfolio demonstrating stellar digital design, typography, content creation, and visual storytelling.
5+ years of digital design and/or content creation experience; ecommerce experience strongly preferred.
Strong graphic design foundation with the ability to concept and execute across ecommerce, email, social, and paid media.
Hands-on experience creating short-form video content, including concepting, storyboarding, shooting, and editing.
Strong understanding of social platforms, trends, and platform-native content, particularly TikTok and Instagram.
Passion for photography and making content; experience shooting products, beauty, or social content is a strong plus.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma; video editing and motion capabilities strongly preferred.
Understanding of UX/UI, mobile-first design, email marketing standards, and digital production requirements.
Knowledge of CMS platforms and basic HTML/CSS is a plus.
Knowledge of TikTok Shop, social commerce, UGC, and performance-driven content is a plus.
Experience with AI creative tools – or a strong curiosity and willingness to learn – is highly valued.
Experience within beauty, fashion, luxury, retail, or another design-driven industry preferred.
Strong communicator and presenter who can confidently share ideas while remaining open to feedback and direction.
Curious, collaborative, self-motivated, and low ego, with a genuine desire to learn, experiment, and grow.
Thrives in a fast-paced environment with strong organization, attention to detail, and a solutions-oriented mindset.

Nice To Haves

Ecommerce experience strongly preferred.
Experience shooting products, beauty, or social content is a strong plus.
Video editing and motion capabilities strongly preferred.
Knowledge of CMS platforms and basic HTML/CSS is a plus.
Knowledge of TikTok Shop, social commerce, UGC, and performance-driven content is a plus.
Experience with AI creative tools – or a strong curiosity and willingness to learn – is highly valued.
Experience within beauty, fashion, luxury, retail, or another design-driven industry preferred.

Responsibilities

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, 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.
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.