Director, Global Creative, TOM FORD BEAUTY
About The Position
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. POSITION OVERVIEW The Director, Global Creative will lead campaign concepting, photoshoots, and execution across Fragrance and Beauty 360 campaigns. The individual will develop and deliver assets (video, imagery etc.) on a global basis and work closely with local markets to ensure that brand guidelines are adhered to. The candidate should be a thought leader and is expected to contribute new and innovative ideas and technologies on a consistent basis to the group.
Requirements
- Candidate should have 8+ years of experience with strong background and proven record in current concepting arena.
- Strong leadership and managerial skills with a concentration in the and fashion industry.
- Deep understanding of the luxury space.
- Strong fashion background
- Knowledgeable of photographers / directors / stylists / across still life, beauty, fashion
- Agency or Brand Experience required.
- Innovative-Willingness to experiment with new concepts and approaches. Comes up with creative solutions to difficult problems. Ability to source new vendors, technology, and platforms.
- Needs to thrive in a fast-paced environment, oversee multiple projects, have attention to detail and work well with cross functional teams.
- Strong communication -Clearly communicates expectations. Can relate to a range of people spanning business to creative to technical discipline.
- Strong leadership skills
- B.A. Degree in Design or comparable required
Responsibilities
- Provide Art Direction for in-house global 360 campaigns
- Follow-through from concept, to shoot, to execution of global 360 campaigns
- Support with concepting, prepare shoot briefs, attend shoots (globally), and follow through with post-production.
- Work across fragrance, makeup, and skincare categories.
- Create assets during Tom Ford fashion show 2x year as well as other various press events.
- Full in-house development of the creative for global campaigns
- Propose teams to collaborate with (photographer, director, dop, styling, hair, makeup)
- Propose talent for campaigns (models + celebrities)
- Edit and approve photos from brand events.
- Manage a small team of designers and freelancers to support campaign development and execution.
- Partner with cross functional teams to deliver a creative that follows the brief.
- Work with agency partners to delegate work for special projects.
- Partner with regions to help develop localized creative.
- Co-leads the development of digital style guidelines and visual standards.
- Direct asset guidelines across all touch points (digital, print, OOH, instore) for all regions (NOAM, UK, EMEA, LATAM, TR, China, APAC)
- Understand brand DNA and conveys this appropriately online.
- Provide design strategy and feedback to global markets on local programs for digital, instore, PR events, and OOH campaigns.
- Develop and/or manage the agency responsible for producing assets (banners, microsites, Facebook widgets, mobile concepts etc.) for global digital marketing programs.
- Deliver scalable creative solutions that drive results.
Benefits
- In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with the possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.
- In addition, The Estée Lauder Companies offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance), wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education-related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others.
- Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
