Executive Director, Global Image & Social - MAC

New York City, NY (On-site)

$182K/yr – $314K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own global creative direction from concept to delivery, translating the VP’s vision into elevated, brand-defining work across image, campaigns, and social, with leadership of a multidisciplinary team and a structured social programming rhythm.

  • Own and guide creative direction from concept through production
  • Lead cross-functional teams to execute coordinated global campaigns and social storytelling
  • Ensure output is on-brand, culturally relevant, and platform-appropriate

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Creative Leadership
  • Partner closely with the VP, Global Creative to develop and execute global creative concepts across Image, Campaigns, Social, and content ecosystems.
  • Help translate the VP’s creative vision into clear direction for the team, making sure everyone understands the priorities, next steps, and creative expectations.
  • Ensure all creative output feels elevated, ownable to M·A·C, culturally relevant, and consistent across global touchpoints.
  • Provide creative guidance across photography, video, social content, campaign assets, post-production, and final delivery.
  • Push for bold, modern, and brand-defining creative ideas while protecting the integrity of the brand.
  • Social Cadence & Programming
  • Oversee the creative direction and cadence for M·A·C’s global social presence, ensuring social content feels consistent, platform-right, and brand-defining.
  • Help build a clear social programming rhythm across campaign launches, always-on content, evergreen storytelling, artistry, education, trend moments, creator content, and community-driven ideas.
  • Partner with Social, Marketing, PR, Consumer Engagement, Artistry, and regional teams to ensure social storytelling supports both brand priorities and consumer relevance.

Requirements

  • BA or BFA required.
  • 13+ years of experience in a senior creative, image, social, content, or brand leadership role.
  • Minimum 3-4 years of experience directly managing a full creative team, including direct reports, workload management, performance feedback, and team development.
  • Strong background in beauty, fashion, luxury, culture, or a highly image-driven brand environment.
  • Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary creative teams across image, social, video, campaign, and content work.
  • Strong taste level and understanding of modern image-making, social storytelling, creator ecosystems, platform behavior, and emerging social formats.
  • Strong understanding of audience development, social platform behavior, content cadence, and how engagement patterns inform both creative direction and always-on social planning.
  • Experience managing creative from concept through production, post-production, and final delivery.
  • Strong understanding of social cadence, content planning, campaign rollout, and always-on programming.
  • Highly organized, proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple projects at once.
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Estée Lauder Companies

3.8 Glassdoor

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

Salaries

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$182K/yr – $314K/yr

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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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716.7K
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30.2%
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50.3%
Referral
14.5%
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4%
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Current headcount: ~55.2K

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Executive Director, Global Image & Social - MAC

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