Art Director - Brand Campaigns (Hybrid NY)

L'Oréal; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) and pension plan

VIP access to internal shop for disc.

Monthly mobile allowance

Learning and development programs

Mentorship programs

Employee resource groups

Wellness programs

Job summary

L'Oréal in New York is seeking an Art Director to own and evolve the brand’s visual identity across campaigns, content, product launches and evergreen initiatives. The role translates strategy and audience insights into distinctive creative concepts and leads execution across channels.

In partnership with senior leadership, you will ensure creative work is grounded, culturally relevant, and of high quality as the brand grows.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in art direction or visual design in beauty, fashion, or visually driven consumer categories.
• Strong portfolio showing concept development, brand stewardship and polished work across campaigns.
• Ability to translate briefs, brand strategy and audience insights into distinctive concepts for channels.
• Experience directing photo and video shoots from concept through final delivery.
• Strong command of composition, typography, color, image-making, layout and visual hierarchy.
• Ability to present creative rationale, give actionable feedback and mentor juniors.
• Strong organization and communication skills for managing multiple projects.
• Familiarity with AI tools to support ideation and development.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the brand’s visual identity across campaigns, content, product launches and evergreen channels.
• Translate brand strategy and product stories into clear, compelling visual narratives.
• Maintain brand standards and visual consistency across platforms and deliverables.
• Lead on-set art direction and oversee production timelines.
• Collaborate with photographers, stylists, producers, editors and retouchers.
• Extend creative concepts across digital, social, paid media, e-commerce, merchandising, retail and print.
• Adapt creative to platform-specific formats and audience needs.
• Stay informed about trends across beauty, fashion, content and culture to inform strategy.

Skills

Art direction

Visual design

Brand stewardship

Creative concept development

Leadership

Mentoring juniors

Cross-functional collaboration

Adaptable to briefs

Education

Bachelor's degree in design/related field

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

L'Oréal in New York is seeking an Art Director to own and evolve the brand’s visual identity across campaigns, content, product launches and evergreen initiatives. The role translates strategy and audience insights into distinctive creative concepts and leads execution across channels.

In partnership with senior leadership, you will ensure creative work is grounded, culturally relevant, and of high quality as the brand grows.