Digital Designer - 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Estée Lauder Companies

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 35,000 - 52,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

25 Days Annual Leave

Birthday Leave

Holiday Purchase option

Bonus Opportunity

Remotely/Abroad up to two weeks per yr

Summer Fridays

Staff Discount

Mental Health Wellbeing

Job summary

Estee Lauder Companies is seeking an experienced designer for our UK Online Design Team. You will craft digital assets across banners, landing pages, and emails, localising global assets for the UK market while upholding brand standards.

The role requires strong proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud, a solid grasp of responsive design, and the ability to mentor junior designers. Hybrid Working and extensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

In depth professional experience with Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud.
Experience creating content for digital formats (banners, landing pages, emails).
Understanding of responsive web design.
Ability to interpret brand guidelines and design templates.
Background in digital graphic design with typography/layout/grid.
Image manipulation using traditional and AI techniques.
Strong time management and ability to work under pressure.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Mentor junior designers and work independently.
HTML/CSS knowledge.

Responsibilities

Create digital assets for UK brands; localise global assets and design from scratch.
Design hero banners and landing pages.
Design email marketing creatives and edit photos.
Image composition and manipulation for digital formats.
Localise creative for the UK market, maximizing regional impact.
Slice design files for asset output and act as brand guardian.
Collaborate with in-house studio on key projects.
Work with cross-functional teams including UX and stakeholders.

Skills

Brand guidelines

Time management

Communication

Presentation skills

Mentoring juniors

Independent worker

Attention to detail

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud

HTML/CSS

Job description

Description

This is an exciting design position with a well-established Online Design Team at Estee Lauder Companies. The team is responsible for hands-on design and creation of a range of digital assets that support the trading activities of our UK websites across 15 brands. This position would suit an experienced designer looking to hone their craft while working on some of the most prestigious global beauty brands.

Responsibilities

Creation of ready-to-implement digital assets supporting the trading activities of our UK brands; including localising global assets, editing existing creative and designing from scratch
Hero banner design
Landing page design
Email marketing design · Editing and cropping of photographic assets
Image composition and manipulation
Localisation of creative from our global teams to tailor for the UK market, maximising regional effectiveness
Slicing design files to output assets
Act as 'brand guardian' for a handful of our brands - you'll become the subject matter expert within our team for all things design-language when it comes to your brands
Working alongside our in-house creative studio on key collaborative projects

Relationships: Will work closely alongside other digital designers, Senior Digital Designer, scrum master, UX, Business Operations and brand stakeholders.

Qualifications

Essential

In depth professional experience with Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
In depth production design experience creating content for digital formats (banners, landing pages, emails, social content)
Solid understanding of responsive web design
Ability to understand and interpret brand guidelines and design templates
Solid background in digital graphic design with proven understanding of typography, layout and grid structures
Image manipulation experience using both traditional and Firefly AI enhanced techniques
Good time-management skills and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
Good communication and confident presentation skills
Ability to work alongside and mentor junior designers, helping develop their capability
Able to work independently and proactively
Excellent attention to detail
Understanding of HTML / CSS

Desirable

Interest and knowledge of Web Accessibility
Experience of iterating creative based on insights from performance data or A/B testing
Experience of designing for dark mode
Experience of task management in Jira
Interest in luxury and beauty retail
Experience of designing within a corporate environment

Please note this role is not a day rate salary.

Compensation & Benefits