Creative Specialist - Design Mumbai

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in Mumbai, India is seeking a hands‑on Creative Specialist – Design who blends original thinking with craft to craft local narratives for global beauty brands.

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. You’ll report to the Creative Manager and shape the visual expression with strong typography, color and brand

Qualifications

• 5+ years of multidisciplinary design experience.
• Portfolio with original ideas and video/editing/animation skills.
• Proficiency in design, image editing, video and motion tools plus AI experience.
• Ability to develop packaging, retail and VM concepts with mock‑ups.
• Confident in presenting ideas and delivering polished work independently.

Responsibilities

• Develop original concepts, visual territories and key visuals with local relevance.
• Provide art direction for photography and treatments with strong composition and brand identity.
• Create graphics, packaging concepts, mock-ups and retail/visual merchandising applications.
• Edit short-form video and create motion graphics to strengthen the story.
• Explore generative AI for image and video concepts.
• Build original assets and design systems for scalable rollout across partners.

Skills

Multidisciplinary design

Graphic design

Motion design

Art direction

Video editing

Animation

Generative AI

Packaging concepts

Retail/VM concepts

Portfolio presentation

Job description

Job Description

Creative Specialist – Design

Mumbai, India

Make global beauty brands resonate locally.

We are 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 will 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.

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.

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