Job Title:  Senior Manager / Director Creative & VM for Lifestyle brands

Division: Luxury Products Division

Location: NY, 10 Hudson Yards; 

Reports To: VP Creative, Store Design & VM (IDC)

Who We Are:

For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.

At L'Oréal Luxe our mission is to provide our consumers the best products and brand experience by making it unique. Our portfolio is composed of 21 brands including major brands, highly aspirational and multi-expert, such as Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani and Youth to the People.

What You Will Do:

You will lead and manage the overall Creative / communications calendar, logistics, and process. This Creative Director will be a part of a dynamic, creative environment where you will interact with cross-functional partners to ensure that BRAND visual standards are met and continuously elevated. The position will create 2D Creative programs & 3D Visual Merchandising elements and will oversee visual expression of the brand in-store. They would be responsible for operational deliverables in the merchandising timeline, streamlining communication and processes throughout the development process.  This would include, but would not be limited to, the following roles and responsibilities:  

Job Duties and Accountabilities

• Box set design production, Pre-press packaging, including mechanical and dies for printing process.
• Printing Ad and collateral, Pre-press, including mechanical and dies for printing process.
• Color proofing and matching.
• Ensure perfect Visual Merchandising execution in NY metro area for the following Distribution: DS, Specialty, FSS, Open sell environments

Create Merchandising Directives and Planograms, work cross functionally with US and DMI Brand.  This includes Store Design, Visual, Creative, Sales Admin, Marketing, Creative Operation and Purchasing.

• Develop understanding of brand direction to ensure in-store execution is on brand.
• New Launch / Hallmark / seasonal displays and key retailer in post store displays: Create and Develop and adapt Visual and collaterals for all distribution mentioned.
• In-case Visual Merchandising program and environment: Partner with Store design to develop visual merchandising concepts. 

Key Challenges, Issues and Complexity

• Will have ownership of the DMI creative relationship for creative / VM- strong ability to co-collaborate with DMI brand partners and provide viable solutions that fit the US market. KEY seasonal Hall mark programs are a priority and require highly creative solutions that meet the brands codes and are continuously elevated.
• Strives to deliver operational excellence; aligned with market specificities to ensure high standard of quality in POS material that meet material sustainability codes
• Ability to work successfully in a strong team environment; contribute ideas, be persuasive/defend design solutions whilst remaining flexible and open to other’s points of view
• Superior organizational skills; handle multiple projects, and ability to adjust to pressing priorities

• Strong 2 D technical and visual merchandising 3D background

Organization Structure and Key Working Relationships 

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• Drive DMI collaboration/ relationship for Creative/ VM on all Lifestyle brands: marketing; sales & planning teams, finance, purchasing and suppliers
• Collaborators; all cross functional partners
• Ownership of the relationship with all collaborators concerning VM métier; consistently update VP & SVP of Luxe creative with a HL of key projects
• Ownership of all communication styles + presentation

Job Dimensions 

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• Operating Budget:  Creative
• Number of direct reports-Consultant designer
• Area(s) of Impact
  • Creative / Visual merchandising

What We Are Looking For:

Required Qualifications:

• 5 - 7 years of graphic design, packaging & Visual Merchandising experience - Self Assisted / Specialty store / Department store VM, beauty experience highly preferred
• Strong 2D / 3D VM technical background use of following program; ADOBE creative suite, Sketchup

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree preferred, Graphic Designer, Industrial Designer, Visual Design, Merchandising,

What’s In It For You:

• Salary Range: $117,300-$164,200
• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
• Hybrid Work Policy (3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home)
• Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)
• Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)
• Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
• Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs

Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

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