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.

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

Estée Lauder is seeking an exceptional Executive Director to drive the creative vision, strategy, and execution for global advertising initiatives within our Skincare group. As a key creative leader, this role will be responsible for elevating the Estée Lauder brand through iconic, engaging, and results-driven campaigns across all platforms—print, digital, social, video, and experiential.

The Executive Design Director will bring innovative, insight-led solutions to business challenges while fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and excellence. The ideal candidate is a visionary storyteller, strategic thinker, and proven leader with experience shaping award-winning advertising for skincare brands.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and drive the overarching creative design strategy for Estée Lauder’s global advertising campaigns.

• Champion bold, insight-driven ideas that resonate with target audiences, strengthen brand equity, and set new standards for creative excellence.

• Oversee concept development, visual storytelling, and design execution across all consumer touchpoints, ensuring work is elevated, on-brand, and aligned with business objectives.

• Serve as the design authority for Estée Lauder skincare, ensuring a consistent, aspirational visual identity across all channels.

• Partner with senior leadership, marketing, and product teams to align creative solutions with business goals and brand strategy.

• Lead presentations to executive stakeholders, articulating the creative vision and demonstrating how it solves strategic challenges.

• Collaborate with external agencies, production partners, photographers, and directors to bring groundbreaking campaigns to life.

• Drive the use of emerging trends, design technology, and cultural insights to keep Estée Lauder at the forefront of luxury advertising.

• Build, mentor, and inspire a world-class creative team, including design directors, art directors, and designers.

• Foster a culture of collaboration, growth, and innovation, empowering the team to deliver exceptional work.

• Set and maintain high standards of design execution, creative output, and workflow efficiency.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in luxury skincare advertising with further background in design, art direction, or creative leadership roles.

• Ability to understand and distill scientific skincare components into consumer-facing communications.

• Proven experience leading creative campaigns across global markets and multiple channels (print, digital, social, experiential, and film).

• A strong, strategic thinker who can translate business objectives into compelling creative solutions.

• Exceptional storytelling ability with a strong eye for design, typography, photography, and composition.

• Mastery of design tools (Adobe Creative Suite including Firefly, Figma) and familiarity with production processes.

• Experience managing agency partnerships and large-scale production workflows.

• Visionary leader who inspires teams to achieve creative excellence and deliver on brand and business goals.

• Highly collaborative with exceptional communication and presentation skills—able to influence at all levels of the organization.

• A strategic, results-driven mindset combined with a passion for creative innovation and luxury branding.

Pay Range:

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $149,500.00 to $257,000.00 . 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 as well as participation in the share incentive plan. In addition,

The Estée Lauder Companies offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage, 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 USApplicantAccommodations@Estee.com.

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 (https://www.phila.gov/media/20240326142036/V6-Fireball-Handout-fairchance-E-S.pdf)

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.

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 USApplicantAccommodations@Estee.com.