Graphic Designer (Contract)

Christian Dior Perfumes•New York, NY

About The Position

Parfums Christian Dior is seeking a Graphic Designer (Contract) to support across digital touchpoints. This role requires strong conceptual thinking, exceptional typography and layout skills, and a refined aesthetic aligned with prestige beauty. You will create and adapt assets for retailer.com partners, brand channels, and performance-driven digital placements. The role also supports high-Level, sophisticated retouching needs and maintaining impeccable production standards.

Requirements

3–6 years of professional design experience, ideally within luxury beauty, fashion, skincare, fragrance, or premium consumer brands.
Demonstrated experience producing assets for retailer.com platforms and/or major retail partners.
Strong portfolio showcasing elevated design, campaign adaptation, and digital execution.
Expert-level design fundamentals: typography, layout, grid systems, hierarchy, composition, color theory.
Strong concepting and ability to translate brand strategy into compelling visual design.
High attention to detail and production accuracy.
Ability to design across formats: web, social, email, retail, print, OOH (as needed), and packaging support.
Proficiency in Photoshop retouching workflows (non-destructive editing, masking, compositing, color correction, and the ability to take a raw visual all the way to a final asset).
Ability to elevate product photography to luxury standards while maintaining realism and brand consistency.
Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign (expert proficiency).
Figma for digital layout, collaboration, and handoff.
Understanding of file prep for digital and print (color profiles, resolution, export standards).
Strong time management and ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
Clear communication and comfort receiving and applying feedback.
Collaborative mindset with a proactive, solutions-oriented approach.
Basic motion or video capability (After Effects, Premiere, or similar) for simple animated assets.

Nice To Haves

Experience with luxury beauty retailer ecosystems (e.g., brand shops, PDP optimization, retailer templates/spec sheets).
Familiarity with DAM systems and structured file naming/versioning.
Understanding of accessibility and best practices for digital design.

Responsibilities

Design on-brand creative across digital, print, and retail channels, ensuring consistency with luxury standards and brand guidelines.
Translate campaign concepts into polished executions across multiple formats and platforms.
Maintain a high bar for typography, composition, color, and visual storytelling appropriate for a luxury beauty audience.
Create and resize assets for retailer.com environments (e.g., homepage banners, PDP modules, brand shop pages, emails, promotional tiles, seasonal event creative).
Adapt creative to retailer specifications, templates, and technical requirements while preserving brand integrity.
Collaborate with marketing and e-commerce teams to deliver assets aligned to launch calendars, promotions, and product storytelling.
Perform high-level, sophisticated retouching for product and model imagery as needed (e.g., color correction, cleanup, compositing, texture-aware retouching, reflective packaging refinement, product replacement).
Prepare imagery for multiple outputs (web, social, print) with correct color profiles, resolution, and file formats.
Ensure accurate product color representation and premium finish across all imagery.
Design assets for paid media (static and light motion-ready layouts), organic social, email, and website updates.
Resize video to be ready for social channels
Create modular design systems for efficient scaling across placements and aspect ratios.
Partner with stakeholders to iterate based on performance feedback while maintaining luxury design standards.
Prepare production-ready files with strong attention to detail (bleeds, safe zones, die lines, packaging constraints, preflight checks).
Manage multiple projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines and maintaining organized working files.
Maintain and contribute to brand templates, toolkits, and guidelines.
Work closely with Creative, Marketing, E-commerce, Product Marketing, and external partners to deliver cohesive creative solutions.
Communicate clearly about timelines, specs, and production requirements; proactively flag risks and propose solutions.