- Location
- Mumbai Maharashtra India
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Mid-Level
- Department
- Creative, Design & Styling
- Posted
- Oct 27, 2026
About Estée Lauder Companies
The Estée Lauder Companies is a global leader in prestige beauty, founded in 1946 by Estée and Joseph Lauder and built on an enduring belief in creativity, high-touch service, and entrepreneurial spirit. As an employer, the Group offers talent the scale of an international house with the energy of distinctive brands across skincare, makeup, fragrance, and hair care. Its culture values innovation, inclusion, learning, and responsible growth, inviting professionals to shape consumer experiences from laboratory to counter, digital platform to boardroom. Employees join a purpose-led organization where heritage, artistry, and scientific excellence meet to define the future of luxury beauty.
The Creative Designer reports to the Creative Manager and develops locally relevant concepts and visual storytelling across campaigns, social, digital, packaging and retail, personally designing, editing and animating creative. The role spans art direction, visual merchandising, short-form video, motion graphics, generative AI and scalable design systems.
Role & Responsibilities
- Develop original concepts, visual territories and key visuals that bring brand stories to life with local relevance.
- Contribute art direction for photography and creative treatments, applying a strong eye for composition, typography and brand identity.
- Create graphics, packaging concepts, mock-ups and retail or visual merchandising applications that deliver a connected brand experience.
- Edit short-form video and create motion graphics and animation to strengthen the story.
- Explore image and video concepts using generative tools alongside design, retouching and editing to deliver polished creative.
- Build original assets and design systems, providing external partners with clear direction to adapt work consistently at scale.
- Translate brand direction into concepts and visual storytelling across campaigns, social, digital, packaging and retail, personally designing, editing and animating the work.
Qualifications
- A portfolio demonstrating original ideas, strong design craft, and proven video-editing and animation skills.
- Hands-on proficiency in design, image-editing, video and motion tools, alongside practical generative AI experience.
- Ability to develop packaging, retail and visual merchandising concepts through compelling mock-ups.
- Confidence presenting ideas, responding to direction and delivering polished work independently.
- A CV and portfolio featuring original design, motion or video samples, packaging or retail concepts, and examples of an AI-assisted creative process.
Skills
Experience
5+ years in multidisciplinary design, graphic or motion design, art direction or a related creative discipline.
Workplace
This position is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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Culture
The Estée Lauder Companies fosters a collaborative, inclusive workplace where creativity, entrepreneurial thinking, and a passion for prestige beauty are deeply valued. As a global house of distinctive brands, it offers employees an environment that encourages innovation, professional growth, and a shared commitment to excellence and consumer inspiration.
About Cerulean
Cerulean is the definitive career portal for the global luxury industry. We match exceptional professionals with exclusive opportunities at the world's most prestigious brands. From haute couture and fine watchmaking to prestige beauty, hospitality, and boutique retail, Cerulean centralises luxury employment to help you find the career for which you were destined.
Frequently Asked Questions
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