Associate Art Director, Digital Design & Content

New York City, NY (On-site)

$85K/yr – $140K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end digital design for ecommerce experiences including site refreshes, product launches, email campaigns, and multi‑channel content; collaborate with Online, CRM, Social, and cross‑functional teams to translate briefs into authentic, platform‑native creative with scalable impact.

  • Own ecomm design pipeline across web, email, and social
  • Lead multi‑channel content creation and execution
  • Collaborate across teams to ensure cohesive brand storytelling

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Design elevated, on-brand experiences across our ecommerce, including site refreshes, landing pages, product launches, promotional updates, and other digital touchpoints.
  • Concept and design email marketing campaigns, partnering with Online, CRM, Social, and cross-functional teams to create a connected consumer experience.
  • Bring an exceptional eye for typography, layout, imagery, and design craft to every execution.
  • Design with a mobile-first mindset, considering user experience, messaging hierarchy, platform requirements, and consumer behavior.
  • Create scalable design solutions that balance exceptional craft with the speed and efficiency required for a high-volume ecommerce business.
  • Partner with project managers and developers to bring more complex digital experiences from concept through final execution.
  • Concept, storyboard, shoot, and edit Lo-Fi content across organic social, paid media, ecommerce, TikTok Shop, and other emerging platforms.
  • Create engaging short-form video, Reels, product storytelling, UGC-style content, photography, and other platform-native assets.
  • Be comfortable working hands-on with an iPhone, basic lighting and our internal photo studio to create polished, relevant content quickly.
  • Translate briefs, trends, and business needs into simple, compelling content ideas that feel authentic to both the brand and platform.

Requirements

  • Exceptional creative taste with a portfolio demonstrating stellar digital design, typography, content creation, and visual storytelling.
  • 5+ years of digital design and/or content creation experience; ecommerce experience strongly preferred.
  • 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 content, 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; experience shooting products, beauty, or social content is a strong 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.

Benefits

  • The Estée Lauder Companies offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including 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, and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

Salaries

Posted range

$85K/yr – $140K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Design median pay in the United States

$83K/yr

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