Associate Art Director, Digital Design & Content

Estee Lauder is looking for a hands-on Associate Art Director to help bring the brand to life across ecommerce, email, social, paid media, and emerging digital platforms. This role blends fast-moving content creation with high-volume digital design, with space to bring craft, typography, and storytelling into every execution.

What you’ll be doing

• Design elevated, on-brand ecommerce experiences across site refreshes, landing pages, product launches, promotional updates, and other digital touchpoints.
• Concept and design email marketing campaigns in partnership with Online, CRM, Social, and cross-functional teams to support a connected consumer experience.
• Apply an exceptional eye for typography, layout, imagery, and design craft across every deliverable.
• Work with a mobile-first mindset, shaping user experience, messaging hierarchy, platform requirements, and consumer behavior.
• Create scalable design solutions that maintain strong craft while meeting the speed and efficiency needed for a high-volume ecommerce business.
• Partner with project managers and developers to move complex digital experiences from concept through final execution.
• Concept, storyboard, shoot, and edit Lo-Fi content for organic social, paid media, ecommerce, TikTok Shop, and other emerging platforms.
• Produce platform-native assets including short-form video, Reels, product storytelling, UGC-style content, photography, and related creative.
• Work hands-on with an iPhone, basic lighting, and the internal photo studio to create polished content quickly.
• Translate briefs, trends, and business needs into simple, compelling, authentic content ideas for both brand and platform.
• Collaborate with Social, Marketing, Online, and other creative teams so content works cohesively across channels.
• Stay closely connected to beauty, fashion, design, social culture, ecommerce, and emerging content trends.
• Bring strong knowledge of how consumers discover and shop beauty across platforms, with TikTok Shop and social commerce preferred.
• Explore AI and emerging creative tools to enhance ideation, content creation, design, and workflow efficiency.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines independently while staying flexible, responsive, and collaborative.
• Present concepts and design work clearly, take direction thoughtfully, and contribute positively to creative critique and team collaboration.

What you bring

• Exceptional creative taste with a portfolio showing strong digital design, typography, content creation, and visual storytelling.
• 5+ years of digital design and/or content creation experience, with ecommerce experience strongly preferred.
• A 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, 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, with experience shooting products, beauty, or social content a 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 strong curiosity and willingness to learn, is highly valued.
• Experience in beauty, fashion, luxury, retail, or another design-driven industry preferred.
• Confident communication and presentation skills, open to feedback and direction.
• Curious, collaborative, self-motivated, and low ego with a genuine desire to learn, experiment, and grow.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with strong organization, attention to detail, and a solutions-oriented mindset.

Salary and location

• Location: New York, NY (onsite)
• Base salary range: USD $85,000 to $139,600 per year

Benefits

• 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

Tools you’ll use

• Adobe Creative Suite, Figma
• HTML/CSS, CMS
• iPhone
• TikTok Shop, TikTok, Instagram, Reels
• AI