Estée Lauder Companies Regional Creative Director

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.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and inspire the Regional Brand Creative team, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, accountability, and growth
• Establish and uphold creative vision and quality standards across all North American consumer touchpoints
• Concept and lead integrated 360° campaigns from ideation through production, post-production, and delivery
• Direct photo and video productions while developing the team's art direction and concepting capabilities
• Champion exceptional craft, thoughtful design, and strong typography through constructive creative feedback
• Adapt global campaigns for North America and develop regionally relevant design solutions aligned with business objectives
• Collaborate with VP Regional Creative, Marketing, Online, Consumer Engagement, Global Creative, and agency partners to deliver on-brand work
• Serve as the North American steward of brand guidelines, ensuring consistency while evolving brand expression for the regional market
• Oversee the full scope of North American content creation across campaigns, ecommerce, retail, and product launches
• Lead planning across campaigns, productions, timelines, approvals, and agency partnerships
• Balance multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional quality in a fast-paced environment
• Anticipate challenges, solve problems proactively, and identify opportunities to improve processes and increase efficiency
• Stay ahead of trends across beauty, fashion, culture, technology, and design to maintain cultural relevance
• Drive creative brainstorming and champion new ideas, platforms, and ways of working
• Foster an inclusive culture of creativity, curiosity, and accountability
• Develop talent through mentorship, design critique, and growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Exceptional creative taste with 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 ability to translate business objectives into compelling ideas and consumer experiences
• Experience leading photo and video productions from concept through 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; proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Passion for exploring AI as a tool to improve workflows and innovation
• Collaborative, low-ego approach with commitment to developing both people and exceptional work
• Deep appreciation for beauty, culture, design, and consumer trends
• Resilience, adaptability, and solutions-oriented mindset in fast-paced environments
• 10+ years of experience in creative direction and design

Skills

Experience

10+ years of professional experience in creative direction and design, preferably within beauty, fashion, luxury, or comparable design-driven industries. Demonstrated experience concepting and directing integrated campaigns across multiple media channels, leading photography and video productions, and managing high-volume creative asset delivery alongside strategic brand work. Proven experience building and mentoring creative teams in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.

Education

Not specified

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

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.

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