Executive Director, Data & AI, Creative & Content Automation

New York, USA (On-site)

$177K/yr – $305K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Own a global Marketing & Creative Data & AI product line focused on brand, creativity, and content intelligence.

  • Own the product vision and roadmap for creative data and AI initiatives.
  • Must-have: 10–12+ years in marketing analytics, creative operations, brand strategy, content intelligence, or AI product leadership.
  • Standout: lead a global team of Product Managers, Creative Analytics Specialists, and BI analysts.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the Marketing & Creative Data & AI product vision and roadmap, focused on brand development, creative excellence, content intelligence, and pre-activation marketing insights.
  • Serve as the primary Data & AI partner to Marketing SVPs, Creative leadership, Brand teams, Consumer Engagement, and Creative Operations.
  • Maintain expertise across marketing and creative systems including:
  • Creative asset management (DAM)
  • Creative workflow and production systems
  • Brand and content performance analytics
  • Generative AI for creative ideation, copywriting, and asset adaptation
  • Brand health, sentiment, and cultural trend analytics
  • Translate creative and marketing strategies into clear OKRs, adoption targets, and brand impact metrics.
  • Deliver creative and pre-activation marketing capabilities such as:
  • Creative Intelligence: performance insights for assets, visual codes, narrative themes, and brand equity drivers
  • Generative AI for Creative: concepting tools, asset variation, copy generation, localization, and production acceleration
  • Content Performance Analytics: what creative elements resonate, when, and with whom
  • Campaign Planning Intelligence: insights to inform campaign strategy
  • Brand Health & Cultural Trend Analytics: measurement of brand relevance, sentiment, and cultural fit
  • Creative Workflow Analytics: production efficiency, asset reuse, quality measures, cycle-time optimization
  • Manage global product roadmaps, prioritizing capabilities that drive creative and brand impact.
  • Lead a team of Product Managers, Creative Analytics Specialists, and BI analysts
  • Partner with Data Science and Engineering to deliver scalable creative-focused AI products.
  • Establish KPIs such as creative effectiveness, cost savings, asset reuse, content ROI, and brand equity lift.

Requirements

  • 10–12+ years in marketing analytics, creative operations, brand strategy, content intelligence, or AI product leadership.
  • Proven track record enabling creative teams through data and AI.
  • Experience delivering global products across diverse brand and creative environments.
  • Experience with DAMs, creative workflow platforms, content taxonomies, and asset-level analytics.
  • Technical fluency across modern data platforms, cloud architectures, integration frameworks, and automation technologies.
  • Experience building and leading global teams and driving cross-functional digital or AI transformation initiatives.
  • Proficiency in Agile and product-centric delivery methodologies.
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The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

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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 outstanding 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.To explore our current job openings, go to www.elcompanies.com

Founded in 2007
New York, New York, USA
55K employees (6,397 in marketing)
72% recommend to a friend
72% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
716.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.2%
Direct
50.3%
Referral
14.5%
Social
4%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~55.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3,910 (7% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
6.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Total Funding
$5.2B
Last Raise
$2.5B
Post IPO Equity, 10 months ago

Funding History

  • May 2025
    Post IPO Equity
  • Jun 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $2.5B
  • Feb 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $650M

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