Creative Specialist- Design (Dubai)

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. seeks a hands-on Creative Specialist – Design in Dubai. You will translate brand direction into compelling concepts and visual storytelling across campaigns, social, digital, packaging and retail, personally designing, editing and animating the work.

You’ll shape visuals with art direction, create packaging concepts, and develop design systems that scale across markets, combining strong craft with generative AI tools. Arabic proficiency is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in multidisciplinary design, graphic or motion design.
• Portfolio showing original ideas with strong design craft and video/editing.
• Hands-on proficiency in design, image editing, video and motion tools, plus AI experience.
• Ability to develop packaging, retail and VM concepts with mock-ups.
• Confidence presenting ideas and delivering polished work independently.
• Proficiency in Arabic is required.

Responsibilities

• Build the idea: Develop original concepts and visuals with local relevance.
• Shape the visual expression with art direction for photography and brand identity.
• Design across touchpoints: graphics, packaging concepts, mock-ups and VM.
• Make it move: edit short-form video and create motion graphics.
• Expand possibilities with AI: use generative tools to polish design assets.
• Set the standard for rollout: create assets and design systems for scale.

Skills

Multidisciplinary design experience

Video editing & animation

Generative AI in design

Packaging & retail concepts

Presentation skills

Arabic language proficiency

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Premiere Pro

Job description

Description

Creative Specialist – Design

Dubai based

Make global beauty brands resonate locally.

We’re looking for a hands-on, multidisciplinary creative who combines original thinking with exceptional design craft to create work that connects with local consumers.

Reporting to the Creative Manager, you’ll translate brand direction into compelling concepts and visual storytelling across campaigns, social, digital, packaging and retail—personally designing, editing and animating the work.

What You’ll Do

• Build the idea: Develop original concepts, visual territories and key visuals that bring brand stories to life with local relevance.
• Shape the visual expression: Contribute art direction for photography and creative treatments, with a strong eye for composition, typography and brand identity.
• Design across touchpoints: Create graphics, packaging concepts, mock-ups and retail or visual merchandising applications that make the brand experience feel connected.
• Make it move: Personally edit short-form video and create motion graphics and animation that strengthen the story.
• Expand possibilities with AI: Explore image and video concepts, combining generative tools with design, retouching and editing to deliver polished creative.
• Set the standard for rollout: Build original assets and design systems, giving external partners clear direction to adapt the work consistently at scale.

Qualifications

What you’ll bring

• 5+ years’ experience in multidisciplinary design, graphic or motion design, art direction or a related creative discipline.
• A portfolio showing 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.
• The ability to develop packaging, retail and VM concepts through compelling mock-ups.
• Confidence presenting ideas, responding to direction and delivering polished work independently.
• Proficiency in Arabic is required

You’ll thrive here if you love both shaping the idea and making the work yourself.