Interim Senior Art Director

Job Summary 

As the Interim Senior Art Director you will be responsible for supporting the Creative Director in the conception, art direction, design, and execution of visual digital materials for ELF Cosmetics. Along with a small team, you will handle multiple projects and deliverables, translating project concepts into compelling visual stories based on marketing and business objectives. In this role you will deliver digital solutions for a diverse range of marketing needs and participate in all activities related to the development of projects and storytelling across all of e.l.f.’s digital platforms, including in store collateral. You should be able to demonstrate a proven track record of taking projects from creative concept to final delivery. A passion for beauty and a strong knowledge of social trends is a plus!

Responsibilities:

- Support the ACD, Digital Design in concept & idea generation of collateral including seasonal campaigns, visual merchandising, emails, paid media, ecomm and social assets

- Manage, nurture and grow a small team of designers and art directors; coaching them to consider the customer journey throughout all customer touchpoints

- Lead story telling through a 360 lense; ensuring brand and message consistency throughout the consumer experience – from digital platforms to in-store experiences

- Collaborate with team members to ensure images and design come together to create the best representation of our brands

- Present creative concepts to internal management; addressing feedback with solution-based creative thinking

- Concept and design in a digital/mobile first mindset

- Develop and maintain a collaborative relationship with ecomm, marketing, social, visual merchandising and other departments whose activities intersect with creative

- Direct the creation of low-fi in house content across photography and video to support social initiatives

- Art Direct on set across campaigns, video, social and ecomm shoots

Skills:

- Aware of trends and new ideas within beauty and social, with ability to interpret those into high performing brand right creative

- Passion for clean beauty and engaged in the social communities that support the clean beauty enthusiast

- A strong eye for typography and design through a digital lense

- Ability to balance business goals with creative vision

- Understanding of technical constraints and digital first design

- Communicate information effectively with relevant members of the team throughout creative lifecycle

- Ability to meet stringent deadlines, quickly managing changing priorities

- Strong knowledge of digital best practices and channel formats (i.e.: Instagram stories vs. display banners).

- Ability to anticipate workload and communicate proactively with team members

- Superior organizational and communications skills

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s Degree

- 7+ years experience in a high volume, deadline-driven environment: fashion and technology industry experience.

- 5+ years of direct digital design and art direction experience in beauty

- Excellent communication, time management and organizational skills, deadline driven.

- Experience working in an in-house environment and/or E-Commerce.

- Comfortable working in a collaborative manner and a highly creative out-of-the-box thinker

- Knowledge of computer programs including: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop

- Experience on collaborating with talent on set

- Understanding of current fashion, beauty, design and digital trends

- Experience working with eCommerce personalization and UX/UI a plus