Estée Lauder Companies Executive Director, Regional Brand Creative
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Executive
- Compensation
- $154,000–264,750/year
- Department
- Creative, Design & Styling
- Posted
- Sep 22, 2026
Executive Director, Regional Brand Creative at Estée Lauder Companies in New York. Lead North American creative vision and execution across campaigns, digital, retail, and product launches.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and inspire the Regional Brand Creative team cluster, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, accountability, growth, and positivity
- Establish and uphold the creative vision and quality standards across every North American consumer touchpoint, from paid media to retail and ecommerce
- Concept and lead integrated 360° campaigns from idea through production, post-production, and final delivery
- Provide overall direction for photo and video productions while developing the team's concepting, art direction, and leadership capabilities
- Adapt global campaigns for the North American market and develop regionally relevant design solutions that support business objectives
- Oversee the full scope of North American content creation, ensuring creative excellence and on-brand consistency at scale
- Lead planning across campaigns, high-volume asset delivery, productions, timelines, approvals, and agency partnerships
- Balance multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional quality of execution in a fast-paced environment
- Partner closely with Creative Operations to prioritize work, streamline workflows, and ensure timely delivery of ecommerce and campaign assets
- Stay ahead of trends across beauty, fashion, culture, technology, and design to keep the brand culturally relevant
- Drive creative brainstorming and champion new ideas, platforms, and ways of working
- Develop talent through mentorship, thoughtful design critique, and opportunities for professional growth
Qualifications
- Exceptional creative taste with a portfolio demonstrating stellar design, typography, art direction, photography, and visual storytelling
- Ability to adapt to established brand systems while creating original and compelling design solutions
- Extensive experience leading integrated campaigns within beauty, fashion, luxury, or another design-driven industry
- Proven ability to balance breakthrough brand work with high-volume digital, ecommerce, and CRM asset delivery
- Proven ability to build, mentor, and inspire high-performing creative teams
- Experience concepting and directing event and experiential design
- Strong strategic thinking with the ability to translate business objectives into compelling ideas and meaningful consumer experiences
- Experience leading photo and video productions from concept and casting through on-set art direction and post-production
- Excellent presentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Experience managing agency relationships, creative production, talent, and external partners
- Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma, with proficiency in Microsoft Office
- 10+ years of experience in creative direction and design
Skills
Experience
10+ years in creative direction and design, with extensive experience leading integrated campaigns within beauty, fashion, luxury, or other design-driven industries. Demonstrated expertise in balancing breakthrough creative work with high-volume digital and ecommerce asset delivery. Proven success in leading and mentoring high-performing creative teams, managing photo and video productions, and collaborating with global stakeholders.
Education
Not specified
Workplace
The role is situated in New York, New York, USA.
Compensation
The base compensation for this position ranges from USD 154,000 to USD 264,750 per annum.
Benefits
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, highly competitive bonus program with potential for overachievement based on performance and company results, share incentive plan participation
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