Interim, Editorial Director for e.l.f. SKIN & Well People

About the Company

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face and paw. Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, pioneering clean beauty brand Well People, Keys Soulcare, a groundbreaking lifestyle beauty brand created with Alicia Keys and Naturium, high-performance, biocompatible, clinically-effective and accessible skincare.

In our Fiscal year 24, we had net sales of $1 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 24 consecutive quarters of net sales growth. We are the #2 mass cosmetics brand in the US and are the fastest growing mass cosmetics brand among the top 5. Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last four fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry.

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Position Summary

The Editorial Director is responsible for writing engaging, scroll-stopping and informative copy across all community touchpoints of the e.l.f. SKIN brand: packaging, Visual Merchandising, ecomm and beyond. Reporting to the AVP, Brand Voice, the Editorial Director will collaborate closely with the design team to concept campaigns for product launches and collaborations.  

• Write in the e.l.f. brand voice across all marketing communications and community touchpoints
• Manage, mentor and edit the Senior Copywriter, e.l.f. SKIN
• Concept and write copy for seasonal 360 campaigns, providing original ideas and creative input
• Develop and write creative copy for projects, including but not limited to packaging, store signage, email, social media and other marketing communications
• Manage and apply stakeholder feedback to deliver on brief
• Collaborate with the project management team and cross-functional partners to ensure deadlines are met
• Proofread and cross-check work against briefs and stakeholder feedback

• Excellent creative concepting skills and knowledge of cultural trends (in and outside of beauty)
• Knowledge of beauty; skincare and makeup products, ingredients, usage and trends
• High engagement in beauty on social media to follow trends
• Able to follow and translate multiple product toolkits (knowledge of beauty products important)
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Ability to meet deadlines, quickly managing changing priorities
• Ability to anticipate workload and communicate proactively to project management
• Bachelor’s Degree
• 10+ years of experience in a high volume, deadline-driven environment
• 10+ years of brand voice copy experience
• Excellent communication, time management and organizational skills.
• Experience working cross-functionally with different teams across an organization
• Comfortable working in a collaborative manner
• General knowledge of computer programs including: InDesign, Excel
• Working in a project management tools (i.e. Wrike, ISM/portals)

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at the supervisors’ discretion.

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