EMEA Communications Lead (Fixed-Term Contract)

The Estée Lauder Companies; Neuilly-sur-Seine; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Estée Lauder Companies is seeking a Communications Manager to coordinate the regional planning for EMEA, leading editorial calendar, toolkits, and ensuring compliant deployment across markets for The Ordinary and other DECIEM brands.

You will translate global strategies into regionally relevant frameworks, manage workflows and approvals, and consolidate reporting for continuous improvement. This role is a fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave, with travel across EMEA.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of equivalent work experience in Communications/PR
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Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, planning, and implementation of EMEA regional communications campaigns and initiatives.
• Translate global strategies into EMEA storytelling frameworks, messaging hierarchies, and communications angles for local market activation.
• Own the regional editorial calendar; identify seasonal, cultural, and trend-driven opportunities for proactive and reactive storytelling.
• Act as a coordination hub between global, regional, and local teams to ensure alignment, timing, and consistent narrative.
• Own the creation of regional toolkits (narratives, messaging, press materials, influencer guidance) and rollout materials for market activation.
• Oversee adaptation of global assets for EMEA use; ensure consistency, quality, and compliance.
• Create and adapt press and communications assets for the region in partnership with Design and Brand.
• Maintain a central repository (SharePoint) for toolkits, assets, and playbooks and drive adoption across markets.
• Manage timelines, workflows, and approval processes across internal stakeholders and global partners.
• Consolidate and disseminate learnings, success cases, and strategic guidance across clusters.
• Manage regional reporting, consolidating and analyzing performance, learnings, and market feedback into dashboards, and recommend optimizations.
• Support issues/crisis protocols and escalation paths in partnership with leadership and Legal; maintain readiness materials.

Skills

English fluency

Stakeholder management

People leadership

Project management

Cross-market coordination

Tools

SharePoint

Job description

The Estée Lauder Companies is seeking a Communications Manager to coordinate the regional planning for EMEA, leading editorial calendar, toolkits, and ensuring compliant deployment across markets for The Ordinary and other DECIEM brands.

You will translate global strategies into regionally relevant frameworks, manage workflows and approvals, and consolidate reporting for continuous improvement. This role is a fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave, with travel across EMEA.