The Estée Lauder Companies Digital Designer - 6 month Fixed Term Contract

The Estée Lauder Companies; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A global beauty company in the UK is seeking an experienced designer to join their Online Design Team. This role involves creating digital assets for high-profile beauty brands, including hero banners, landing pages, and email content. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience with Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud, a strong understanding of digital graphic design, and the ability to work independently. This position offers a fast-paced, dynamic work environment that fosters creativity.

Qualifications

• In depth professional experience with Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Solid background in digital graphic design with proven understanding of typography, layout, and grid structures.
• Ability to work independently and proactively.

Responsibilities

• Creation of ready-to-implement digital assets for UK brands.
• Design hero banners, landing pages, and email marketing content.
• Localise global assets for regional effectiveness.

Skills

Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud

Responsive Web Design

Digital Graphic Design

Image Manipulation

Time Management

Communication Skills

Mentoring Junior Designers

Attention to Detail

HTML/CSS Understanding

Tools

Jira

Job 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
• Implementation of designs within the Content Management System
• 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