Corporate Communications Director, Global Markets

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 21 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 new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last four fiscal years), equity given to every full-time employee as a part of their new hire package, 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.

Position Summary:

With global growth as a priority opportunity for e.l.f. Beauty, the Director of Corporate Communications, Key Markets, will shape the overarching storytelling to influence our corporate reputation as well as lead the communications planning around individual initiatives to our news, business and trade audiences. The role will span across external and internal communications and be focused on strategically distilling events and initiatives from key international markets and weaving them into a comprehensive global narrative.

As a primary liaison to international media outlets, our international marketers and agency partners, the director will build and maintain key media relationships while also our proactively maintaining the editorial calendar and respond to inbound media inquiries. This role will work closely to proactively develop potential news-driving headlines within the ever-changing media landscape.

This role will also be a key stakeholder in building our internal communications stories as we develop our employer brand and engagement with our global team.

As a purpose-led, results-driven and community-oriented company, the ideal candidate for this role will be interested and well-versed in current events, cultural conversations and overall media, social and thought-leadership landscapes.

Responsibilities:

- Development and evolution of key global and international corporate narratives that put e.l.f. at the center of conversation among several key audiences

- Mine e.l.f.’s ethos and always-on initiatives for ongoing newsworthy stories

- Understand and embrace the nuances between local media markets and consumer trends in the context of global storytelling

- Ownership of international contributions corporate communications editorial calendar

- Creation of corporate communications strategies, execution plans and briefing books

- Oversight of content creation to support corporate reputation

- Proactive outreach and organization of media, partners and stakeholders around multiple initiatives simultaneously 

- Adviser to Executive Team and international team on media appearances and thought-leadership stages

Requirements:

- 8-10 years of experience in corporate communications, journalism, public relations

- Keen interest and knowledge of media, culture, business and purpose

- Experience in international markets

- Willingness to travel

- Collaborative leadership approach and eagerness to develop cross-functional, passionate partnerships

- Ability to understand, leverage and connect quantitative and qualitative data

- Strong relationship-building skills in addition to well-established media relationships

- Deep understanding of the corporate and consumer audiences – and where they intersect

- Excellent writer, editor and strategist

- Enjoys working in an agile, dynamic and quick-moving environment and a belief that anything is e.l.f.ing possible

*Writing assignment required

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