Art Director

Huda Beauty; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beauty brand in the United Arab Emirates is seeking an Art Director to translate the founder's visionary aesthetic into a cohesive creative system. This role is highly hands-on and fast-paced, focusing on defining the brand's creative identity. The ideal candidate should have over 8 years of experience in creative roles, strong skills in art direction, and the ability to manage creative pipelines. Competitive benefits include premium health coverage and employee discounts.

Benefits

Monthly “Self Love Days”

Premium Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

Coaching sessions with in-house Success Coach

Employee discounts on products

Quarterly product gifting

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years in creative, branding, or advertising roles, ideally with beauty, fashion, or luxury exposure.
• Strong craft across campaign art direction, photography/video direction, storyboarding, motion, and 3D/retail.
• Experienced in managing creative pipelines and agencies.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the founder to interpret and articulate aesthetic direction.
• Codify the founder’s vision into a formal art-direction system for the organization.
• Translate founder’s vision into creatives for campaigns, visual merchandising, and collaborations.

Skills

Art direction

Photography

Storyboarding

Creative management

Branding

Job description

Who We Are

At Huda Beauty, our vision is to lead creating a democratized beauty industry where power is given back to people to define, create, and enjoy beauty for themselves! Launched by award‑winning beauty powerhouse Huda Kattan in 2013, Huda Beauty is one of the world’s fastest‑growing beauty brands. As a company, we are fueled by purpose and not profit; this allows us to approach things differently so that we can create products, content, and a community like no other. All that has changed since our launch in 2013, but something that will forever remain at the core of Huda Beauty is our focus on business excellence and our unwavering passion for kindness!

Summary

We are looking for an Art Director who can translate a visionary founder’s aesthetic into a clear, operational creative system. You will shape our brand world, design our most important campaigns and retail moments, and ensure cohesive, elevated execution across the business. This role is highly hands‑on, fast‑paced, and central to defining our creative identity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Founder Vision Translation & Creative System – Work closely with the founder to understand, interpret, and articulate aesthetic direction.
• Codify the founder’s vision into a formal art‑direction system (visual, storytelling, sensory cues) used across the organization.
• Build a consistent creative framework that elevates brand expression across all touchpoints.
• Creative Direction for 360 Brand Moments – Translate founder’s vision into creatives for campaigns, visual merchandising, events, and collaborations.
• Develop mood boards, storyboards, shot lists, and narrative concepts that bring the vision to life.
• Oversee photography, video, motion, and set direction, ensuring premium and coherent execution.
• Craft & Pipeline Leadership – Own end‑to‑end creative development for key brand moments, from concept to final delivery.
• Collaborate with internal teams (Creative Director, VM, Founder’s team) to operationalize creative systems and streamline execution.
• Manage external creative partners and agencies, ensuring output aligns with founder direction and brand standards.
• Creative Quality & Consistency – Ensure all brand expressions are elevated, consistent, and reflect the founder’s vision.
• Maintain high standards across visual assets, campaign quality, and retail impact.

Success Factors

• Alignment with founder vision.
• Efficient creative pipeline.
• Elevated campaign and retail impact.
• Strong brand consistency and differentiation.

Benefits

• Monthly “Self Love Days” – at company discretion.
• Premium Medical/Dental/Vision coverage for employee plus dependents.
• Monthly coaching sessions with our in‑house Success Coach.
• Employee discounts on all Huda Beauty products.
• Quarterly product gifting.

EEO Statement

Huda Beauty is committed to building diverse and inclusive teams and upholding an equal employment workplace that is free from discrimination. We hire stellar individuals regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical conditions, disability, or veteran status. If you need reasonable accommodations at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years in creative, branding, or advertising roles, ideally with beauty, fashion, or luxury exposure.
• Strong craft across campaign art direction, photography/video direction, storyboarding, motion, and 3D/retail.
• Experienced in managing creative pipelines and agencies.
• High EQ, adaptable, low ego, and thrives in founder‑led, high‑ownership environments.
• Editorial, modern aesthetics sensibility with strong social culture awareness.