360 Art Director, Global Creative

Estee Lauder; Blaine (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Estee Lauder is seeking a senior creative leader to shape integrated global campaigns that span every consumer touchpoint. This onsite role in Blaine, MN supports a culture of excellence, collaboration, and design systems that scale.

You will translate strategy into compelling storytelling and drive cohesive output across channels. Expect to mentor teams, maintain high standards in photography and video, and partner with Marketing, Creative, and Production to evolve creative output in a

Qualifications

• 10+ years of senior creativity experience in beauty, luxury, fashion, or consumer brands.
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications or related field.
• Proven record leading integrated campaigns across multiple channels.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development and execution of integrated 360 campaigns across digital, social, ecommerce, CRM, retail, video, and print.
• Translate business objectives and brand strategies into concepts, narratives, and content ecosystems.
• Present concepts and creative frameworks to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Set and maintain design standards across photography, motion, typography, and storytelling.
• Build scalable toolkits and design systems that ensure cohesion across channels.
• Mentor designers and junior talent; manage multiple priorities with attention to detail.

Skills

Leadership

Campaign development

Integrated campaigns

Visual storytelling

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design/Visual Communications

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

Estee Lauder is seeking a senior creative leader to shape integrated global campaigns that show up across every consumer touchpoint. This onsite role in Blaine, MN supports a creative culture focused on high standards, collaboration across teams, and design excellence. If you enjoy translating strategy into compelling stories and building systems that scale, this position offers the platform to influence global creative output.

What you’ll do

• Lead the end-to-end development and execution of integrated 360 campaigns across channels including digital, social, ecommerce, CRM, retail, experiential, video, and print.
• Turn business objectives, consumer insights, and brand strategies into creative concepts, campaign narratives, and content ecosystems.
• Create and present creative concepts, visual frameworks, and storytelling approaches to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Set expectations for excellence in design, photography, motion, typography, and visual storytelling, while maintaining consistency across brand expressions.
• Build scalable creative toolkits, campaign assets, and design systems that support channel-specific optimization without losing cohesion.
• Stay current on cultural trends, consumer behavior, and emerging technologies to continuously evolve creative output.
• Provide creative direction for photography and video shoots, partnering with photographers, directors, stylists, and production teams.
• Maintain creative intent and quality throughout production and post, including review and approval of final assets across all consumer-facing channels.
• Strengthen working relationships across Marketing, Creative, Production, and Creative Ops.
• Collaborate on planning, prioritization, and resource allocation to support key initiatives.
• Mentor designers and junior creative talent, fostering collaboration, innovation, accountability, and creative excellence.
• Manage multiple priorities while delivering strong attention to detail and consistent quality.

What you bring

• 10+ years of experience in creative design, art direction, or integrated campaign development within beauty, luxury, fashion, lifestyle, agency, or consumer brands.
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Fine Arts, or a related field.
• Strong portfolio showing excellence in 360 campaign development, visual storytelling, and content creation.
• Proven ability to lead integrated campaigns across multiple consumer touchpoints.
• Expert conceptual thinking to connect strategic objectives to compelling creative solutions.
• Advanced knowledge of design principles, typography, photography, visual storytelling, and brand systems.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Experience art directing photography and video productions.
• Familiarity with motion graphics, content creation, and emerging creative technologies, including AI-enabled tools.
• Strong presentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, with comfort leading multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Tech stack

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Figma

Success looks like

• A visionary creative thinker who elevates brands through storytelling and design.
• A strategic partner who translates business goals into creative solutions.
• A collaborative leader who inspires teams and builds cross-functional relationships.
• An exceptional communicator who can present, defend, and evolve creative ideas.
• A highly organized, detail-oriented leader comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.