Associate Art Director, Digital Design & Content

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Bonus program

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is seeking an Associate Art Director, Digital Design & Content to bring the Estee Lauder brand to life across ecommerce, email, social, and paid media.

This hands-on role blends high-volume digital design with fast content creation, from crafting site experiences to shooting and editing Lo‑Fi content. You’ll obsess over typography, design craft, and mobile-first experiences, while collaborating across teams to produce engaging Reels, TikToks, and product

Qualifications

• 5+ years of digital design and/or content creation experience.
• Strong eye for typography, layout, imagery, and design craft.
• Experience designing for ecommerce, email, social, and paid media.

Responsibilities

• Design elevated, on-brand experiences across ecommerce, emails, and digital touchpoints.
• Concept and design email campaigns with cross-functional teams.
• Storyboard, shoot, and edit Lo-Fi content for social and ecommerce.
• Translate briefs into compelling content ideas that fit brand and platform.

Skills

Digital design

Content creation

Video editing

Typography

UX/UI

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

HTML/CSS

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

HTML/CSS

Job description

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.

Position Summary

The Associate Art Director, Digital Design & Content is a hands‑on creative responsible for bringing the Estée Lauder brand to life across ecommerce, email, social, paid media, and emerging digital platforms. This role balances high-volume digital design with fast-moving content creation – from designing elevated site and email experiences to concepting, shooting, and editing Lo‑Fi content. This is an opportunity for a multidisciplinary designer and content creator with exceptional taste, a modern aesthetic, and a passion for beauty and digital culture. We're looking for someone who loves to make things – someone equally excited to obsess over typography and design a beautiful site experience as they are to pick up an iPhone, get behind the camera, and create an engaging Reel or TikTok. This person is curious, collaborative, resourceful, hungry to learn, and excited to experiment with new tools, technologies, and ways of creating content.

Responsibilities

Digital Design & Ecommerce

• Design elevated, on‑brand experiences across our ecommerce, including site refreshes, landing pages, product launches, promotional updates, and other digital touchpoints.
• Concept and design email marketing campaigns, partnering with Online, CRM, Social, and cross‑functional teams to create a connected consumer experience.
• Bring an exceptional eye for typography, layout, imagery, and design craft to every execution.
• Design with a mobile‑first mindset, considering user experience, messaging hierarchy, platform requirements, and consumer behavior.
• Create scalable design solutions that balance exceptional craft with the speed and efficiency required for a high‑volume ecommerce business.
• Partner with project managers and developers to bring more complex digital experiences from concept through final execution.

Content Creation

• Concept, storyboard, shoot, and edit Lo‑Fi content across organic social, paid media, ecommerce, TikTok Shop, and other emerging platforms.
• Create engaging short‑form video, Reels, product storytelling, UGC‑style content, photography, and other platform‑native assets.
• Be comfortable working hands‑on with an iPhone, basic lighting and our internal photo studio to create polished, relevant content quickly.
• Translate briefs, trends, and business needs into simple, compelling content ideas that feel authentic to both the brand and platform.
• Partner with Social, Marketing, Online, and other creative teams to develop content that works cohesively across channels.

Innovation & Ways of Working

• Stay deeply connected to beauty, fashion, design, social culture, ecommerce, and emerging content trends.
• Understand how consumers discover and shop beauty across platforms, with knowledge of TikTok Shop and social commerce strongly preferred.
• Explore AI and emerging creative tools to enhance ideation, content creation, design, and workflow efficiency.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines independently while remaining flexible, responsive, and collaborative.
• Present concepts and design work clearly, take direction thoughtfully, and contribute positively to creative critique and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Exceptional creative taste with a portfolio demonstrating stellar digital design, typography, content creation, and visual storytelling.
• 5+ years of digital design and/or content creation experience; ecommerce experience strongly preferred.
• Strong graphic design foundation with the ability to concept and execute across ecommerce, email, social, and paid media.
• Hands‑on experience creating short‑form video content, including concepting, storyboarding, shooting, and editing.
• Strong understanding of social platforms, trends, and platform‑native content, particularly TikTok and Instagram.
• Passion for photography and making content; experience shooting products, beauty, or social content is a strong plus.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma; video editing and motion capabilities strongly preferred.
• Understanding of UX/UI, mobile‑first design, email marketing standards, and digital production requirements.
• Knowledge of CMS platforms and basic HTML/CSS is a plus.
• Knowledge of TikTok Shop, social commerce, UGC, and performance‑driven content is a plus.
• Experience with AI creative tools – or a strong curiosity and willingness to learn – is highly valued.
• Experience within beauty, fashion, luxury, retail, or another design‑driven industry preferred.
• Strong communicator and presenter who can confidently share ideas while remaining open to feedback and direction.
• Curious, collaborative, self‑motivated, and low ego, with a genuine desire to learn, experiment, and grow.
• Thrives in a fast‑paced environment with strong organization, attention to detail, and a solutions‑oriented mindset.

Pay Range

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $85,000.00 to $139,600.00. Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with the possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.

In addition, The Estée Lauder Companies offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance), wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education‑related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is Company's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. The Company will endeavor to provide a reasonable accommodation consistent with the law to otherwise qualified employees and prospective employees with a disability and to employees and prospective employees with needs related to their religious observance or practices. Should you wish to apply for this position or any other position with the Company and you believe you require assistance to complete an application or participate in an interview, please contact [e-mail].

Michigan Applicants:

Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for employment must notify the company in writing of the need for an accommodation within 182 days after the date the person with a disability knew or reasonably should have known that an accommodation was needed.

Philadelphia Applicants:

Philadelphia's Fair Chance Hiring Law

Rhode Island Applicants:

The company is subject to chapters 29-38 of title 28 of the general laws of Rhode Island and is therefore covered by the state's workers' compensation law.