Creative Designer (Junior-Mid Level) - Cosmetics & Beauty

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$80K/yr – $85K/yrIntern/New Grad3+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Industrial Color is seeking a designer to create cosmetics brand visuals across digital and print assets for social, retail, and campaigns. The role requires 3-5 years of cosmetics design, strong Adobe Creative Suite skills, and a portfolio of campaigns, with a hybrid in-office/remote arrangement. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, FSA/HSA, and employee discounts.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Design high-impact digital and print assets for social media, email campaigns, POS, packaging, and marketing campaigns.
  • Translate briefs into creative, trend-conscious visuals that reflect a modern cosmetics brand voice.
  • Ensure consistency and visual cohesion across all consumer touchpoints.
  • Create above-the-line (ATL) campaigns such as editorial spreads, billboards, and high-visibility marketing assets.
  • Support below-the-line (BTL) materials like in-store signage, promotional graphics, product launches, and event visuals.
  • Keep the brand's voice bold, playful, and aspirational across channels.
  • Partner with Creative Directors, Marketing, and Product teams to elevate ideas with strategic design thinking.
  • Participate in creative sessions, mood boards, and brainstorms that push visual innovation.
  • Advocate for design clarity and cosmetics brand best practices across campaigns.
  • Prepare digital and print files with meticulous attention to typography, color, hierarchy, and layout.

Requirements

  • 3-5 years of design experience in cosmetics, makeup, or beauty brands (wellness/skincare a plus).
  • Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
  • Strong foundation in typography, layout, color, and brand identity, specifically for cosmetics.
  • Portfolio showcasing digital and print campaigns for cosmetics or beauty brands.
  • Able to commute to El Segundo, CA three days a week, with flexibility to work remotely two days a week.

Preferred

  • Experience with retail graphics, product launches, or brand campaigns is highly preferred.
  • wellness/skincare a plus

Benefits

  • This is a hybrid role requiring flexibility to work in-office and remotely. Evening or weekend work may occasionally be required during major projects.
  • We offer a competitive benefits package including major medical, dental and vision insurance, FSA, HSA, and employee discounts.
  • Industrial Color is a division of CoCreativ, a family of integrated creative production companies. Industrial Color partners with top brands, agencies, and creative professionals providing a full range of essential production services.
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Industrial Color

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Industrial Color has been connecting brands with people since 1991. From concept to launch, we collaborate with our clients to cultivate their vision and expand their creative capacity to engage with their audience in a meaningful way.With 250,000 sq. ft. of studio space across New York and Los Angeles, we provide purpose-driven creative direction, photography, video, post-production, retouching, CGI, AR/VR, and eCommerce production for some of the world’s most iconic brands.With expertise spanning across established and emerging media, our agency’s unique end-to-end capabilities enable us to function as an extension of your team to drive growth, elevate your brand identity, and bring fresh, relevant ideas to life.

Founded in 1991
New York, New York, USA
127 employees (70 in marketing)
39% recommend to a friend
45% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.6%
Direct
46.8%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.2%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~127

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (9% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1