Art Director - Beauty

Overview

Imagine shaping the visual identity of a leading company dedicated to helping individuals achieve healthy, beautiful skin. As a visionary Art Director, you’ll be the guardian of our brand’s visual expression, driving consistency, innovation, and market relevance across all channels, with a strong focus on digital and e-commerce.

Your work will directly elevate our global brand presence and connect with consumers worldwide, making a tangible impact on our success. This is an incredible opportunity to bring your creative prowess to a dynamic team, influencing every visual touchpoint and inspiring both internal and external partners. You will be instrumental in crafting compelling narratives that resonate with diverse audiences and define the future aesthetic of the brand.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the Creative Vision: Drive the creative vision and visual expression for all campaigns, ensuring alignment with the brand’s core identity and delivering innovative concepts across diverse audiences, with a strong emphasis on developing digital strategy.
• Execute Breakthrough Digital Creative: Conceptualize and execute modern, disruptive digital creative featuring dynamic storytelling, specifically focusing on the e-commerce ecosystem and mobile platforms.
• Manage End-to-End Production: Oversee the production of high-quality assets for print, digital, and packaging, ensuring seamless execution from concept to delivery across various formats and platforms.
• Direct Visuals: Art direct and manage photoshoots and video shoots, overseeing post-production to craft compelling visual narratives that elevate the brand’s identity.
• Ensure Consistency: Maintain visual and conceptual consistency across multi-channel brand strategies and initiatives, applying them to all interactive platforms and brand touchpoints.
• Collaborate and Partner: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including marketing, business development, e-commerce, social, and creative teams, as well as external vendors and global partners.
• Stay Ahead of Trends: Identify emerging trends and opportunities in the industry, integrating new ideas into the global digital strategy.
• Inspire and Manage Talent: Inspire and manage creative talent, including in-house designers and external agencies, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration.
• Manage Projects: Assist in managing creative budgets, timelines, and workflows to ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope.

What You’ll Bring

Must-Have Qualifications

• Experience: Proven experience (7+ years) in art direction and campaign design, with expertise in print, digital, and packaging production. Experience in both agency and in-house environments is preferred.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or visual communications.
• Portfolio: A strong portfolio showcasing exceptional typography, print design, and production design, with a focus on retail-focused design thinking.
• Core Skills: Strong conceptual abilities and exceptional art direction skills, coupled with a solid knowledge of the digital landscape.
• Technical Proficiency: Solid understanding of design principles, typography, color, and page layout, with an exceptional eye for detail.
• Communication: Ability to communicate concepts effectively through sketches, diagrams, wireframes, visual comps, and interactive prototypes.
• Project Management: Proficiency in managing photoshoots, creative budgets, and timelines.
• Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of consumer behavior in the beauty industry, online functionality, digital marketing, and emerging technology trends.
• Work Style: Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment, managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• UI and UX design experience.
• Experience with people management and mentoring a team of designers.

About Aquent Talent

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match.

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.