Interim, Senior Art Director

About the role

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. is a leading brand in the beauty industry, offering a diverse portfolio including e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, Well People, Naturium, and rhode skin. The company has seen significant growth, achieving net sales of $1 Billion in its fiscal year 25 and maintaining a 29-quarter streak of net sales growth. The company's total compensation philosophy includes competitive pay, benefits, bonuses, equity, flexible work arrangements, and a hybrid work environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead art direction and design execution for e.l.f. Cosmetics and SKIN across 360° channels including visual merchandising, email, paid media, social, elfcosmetics.com, retailer eComm, site enhancements.
• Partner with the Senior Creative Directors to concept and execute campaigns that align with brand strategy, audience insights, and business goals.
• Translate creative briefs, audience insights, and product storytelling into compelling, brand-right visual systems and experiences.
• Own visual consistency, typography, layout, and design quality across varying platforms and formats.
• Demonstrate strengths in creative thinking and provide clear art direction and feedback to designers, supporting their growth while ensuring high creative standards.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Brand Marketing, eCommerce, UX, Social, Visual Merchandising, Integrated Marketing, and external partners from concept through execution.
• Present creative work internally, articulating design rationale and addressing feedback with solution-oriented thinking.
• Design with a mobile-first, digital-first mindset, ensuring assets are optimized for performance and channel best practices.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, maintaining timelines and priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• Stay current on beauty, skincare, clean beauty, fashion, design, and social trends—translating them into relevant, effective creative.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in creative or digital design roles within fast-paced, high-volume environments (beauty, fashion, or lifestyle industries a plus).
• 4+ years of direct experience in art direction, campaign work, visual merchandising, and eCommerce or performance-driven creative. 2+ years of management experience.
• Knowledge of computer programs including: Adobe Photoshop, InDesign & Illustrator, Figma, digital animation software.
• Familiarity in emerging platforms in AI and how they supplement and enhance human creativity.
• Strong typography, layout, and visual storytelling skills across digital formats (email, paid media, social, site).
• Meet stringent deadlines, quickly managing changing priorities.
• Ability to anticipate workload and communicate proactively to Project Manager.
• Ability to balance business objectives with creative vision and brand integrity.
• Excellent communication, presentation, organizational, and time-management skills.
• Collaborative, proactive, and solution-oriented working style working at speed in an evolving workflow.
• Ability to pivot quickly while maintaining high creative standards across different verticals.
• Passion and understanding of skincare, beauty, design and cultural trends.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Pay

$105,000 - $140,000 a year
Total compensation includes base salary, annual company-based performance bonus, and equity. Under e.l.f.’s annual bonus program, employees are eligible to earn up to 200% of their target bonus when company performance exceeds defined goals. In addition, e.l.f. provides a variety of other benefits to employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a retirement savings plan, gender neutral parental leave, and unlimited paid time off. The amount of total compensation (including base salary) offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including geographic location, experience, specific skills, and qualifications.

Benefits

Under e.l.f.’s annual bonus program, employees are eligible to earn up to 200% of their target bonus when company performance exceeds defined goals. In addition, e.l.f. provides a variety of other benefits to employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a retirement savings plan, gender neutral parental leave, and unlimited paid time off.

Schedule

The role is offered on a hybrid schedule, with 3 days in-office and 2 days remote.