ILIA Beauty
Design Director
ILIA Beauty, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
We are seeking a seasoned Design Director to join our Creative team in Los Angeles.
Maximise your chances of a successful application to this job by ensuring your CV and skills are a good match.This will be our brand steward with a passion for design and a brand's manifestation in physical form.
The ideal candidate will oversee the brand's visual and design strategy across physical platforms ensuring the identity is cohesive and impactful. This includes leading brand design efforts for packaging, production, experiential, and retail environments and giving guidance on design systems for campaigns and product launches.
They will have a strong understanding of branding, editorial design, typography, packaging, retail and experiential design, and be able to work independently and alongside other designers, and internal partners. They will have practical experience creating and delegating brand guidelines, concept decks and strategic input briefs and be comfortable engaging with executive stakeholders. They will also come with the taste level needed to push the brand forward in surprising, out of the box ways in lockstep with the VP of Creative.
This role is
hybrid
for candidates based in
Los Angeles, CA
and reports to the VP, Creative.
Responsibilities:
Develop, in partnership with VP of Creative, the next iteration of ILIA in the design, retail, experiential and packaging space.
Lead and inspire a team of designers and production designers to build and maintain our new brand world—Senior Production Designer, Packaging Art Director, Senior Visual Merchandise Designer, Tactile Freelance Designers.
Develop, design, and execute in-store design concepts for specific assortments and retailers, and delegate production design work.
Ensure the level of excellence in all creative work designed and executed.
Present to, and collaborate directly with, VP of Creative, Project Management team, Product Development team, Sales, and CMO.
Maintain brand strategy, identity, and consistency.
Uphold brand consistency across all media, crafting design guidelines and creatively addressing layout challenges.
Ensure consistency of brand and creative across digital customer touch points in collaboration with the art direction team.
Be able to go on site to do press checks.
Closely partner upstream during strategic development with Marketing, Product Development, Sales, Project Management, and Creative counterparts to ensure cross-functional alignment.
Proactively identify opportunities to tap into or incorporate the latest trends in pop culture, creativity, production approaches & techniques, and broader inspirations, innovations, and interruptions.
Identify areas of opportunity to bring in outside partners/vendors to create innovative brand experiences. Be that liaison between brand and vendor.
Minimum Requirements:
10+ years of experience in comprehensive design, preferably in the beauty industry.
Has a strong understanding of packaging design and the processes from high level concept to DTO.
Has a strong understanding of print design, paper, sustainable materials, and color.
Expertise with tools like Figma, SketchUp, and Adobe Creative Suite.
Excellent communication, presentation skills, and ability to manage multiple high-stakes projects simultaneously.
Deep understanding of beauty trends, digital best practices, and the production process.
Proven leadership in managing a design team.
A strong portfolio showcasing diverse conceptual and execution skills.
A little black book of vendors and outside partners to tap into as needed.
What we would like to offer...
Salary: $145,000-180,000*
Bonus Opportunity
Health Benefits - 100% employer-paid medical, dental & vision coverage
Flex Time Off - No cap on personal time off and paid company holidays
Seasonal Flex Days - Flexible scheduling to enjoy extra time under the sun during the Spring & Summer season
Parental Leave - Up to 18 weeks paid parental leave
401(k) - Save for your future with a 401(k) with a company match
Flexibility & Wellness Stipends - Monthly stipends to support remote work & self-care
Hybrid Work Model - Find your flow, working from home or from one of our offices
ILIA Products - Quarterly stipend to replenish your favorite products and try new ones
*This is the anticipated salary range for this position. The actual salary offered will carefully consider a few factors including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
About ILIA
ILIA makes clean skin-centric beauty. We see skincare and makeup as one and believe that skin should look like skin. With transparency as our guide and color as our vehicle, we challenge the conventions of clean beauty to create something radically new, through safe, groundbreaking formulas that protect + revive the skin. Headquartered in Laguna Beach, California, ILIA brings together a strong group of innovative thinkers, rule-breakers and creative problem solvers. We pave the way forward as the leading clean makeup brand in what is being called the Clean Beauty Revolution. Fast paced growth provides constant learning, collaborative teamwork, and the desire to be the best at what you do. We celebrate taking risks and doing what hasn’t been done before.
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Maximise your chances of a successful application to this job by ensuring your CV and skills are a good match.This will be our brand steward with a passion for design and a brand's manifestation in physical form.
The ideal candidate will oversee the brand's visual and design strategy across physical platforms ensuring the identity is cohesive and impactful. This includes leading brand design efforts for packaging, production, experiential, and retail environments and giving guidance on design systems for campaigns and product launches.
They will have a strong understanding of branding, editorial design, typography, packaging, retail and experiential design, and be able to work independently and alongside other designers, and internal partners. They will have practical experience creating and delegating brand guidelines, concept decks and strategic input briefs and be comfortable engaging with executive stakeholders. They will also come with the taste level needed to push the brand forward in surprising, out of the box ways in lockstep with the VP of Creative.
This role is
hybrid
for candidates based in
Los Angeles, CA
and reports to the VP, Creative.
Responsibilities:
Develop, in partnership with VP of Creative, the next iteration of ILIA in the design, retail, experiential and packaging space.
Lead and inspire a team of designers and production designers to build and maintain our new brand world—Senior Production Designer, Packaging Art Director, Senior Visual Merchandise Designer, Tactile Freelance Designers.
Develop, design, and execute in-store design concepts for specific assortments and retailers, and delegate production design work.
Ensure the level of excellence in all creative work designed and executed.
Present to, and collaborate directly with, VP of Creative, Project Management team, Product Development team, Sales, and CMO.
Maintain brand strategy, identity, and consistency.
Uphold brand consistency across all media, crafting design guidelines and creatively addressing layout challenges.
Ensure consistency of brand and creative across digital customer touch points in collaboration with the art direction team.
Be able to go on site to do press checks.
Closely partner upstream during strategic development with Marketing, Product Development, Sales, Project Management, and Creative counterparts to ensure cross-functional alignment.
Proactively identify opportunities to tap into or incorporate the latest trends in pop culture, creativity, production approaches & techniques, and broader inspirations, innovations, and interruptions.
Identify areas of opportunity to bring in outside partners/vendors to create innovative brand experiences. Be that liaison between brand and vendor.
Minimum Requirements:
10+ years of experience in comprehensive design, preferably in the beauty industry.
Has a strong understanding of packaging design and the processes from high level concept to DTO.
Has a strong understanding of print design, paper, sustainable materials, and color.
Expertise with tools like Figma, SketchUp, and Adobe Creative Suite.
Excellent communication, presentation skills, and ability to manage multiple high-stakes projects simultaneously.
Deep understanding of beauty trends, digital best practices, and the production process.
Proven leadership in managing a design team.
A strong portfolio showcasing diverse conceptual and execution skills.
A little black book of vendors and outside partners to tap into as needed.
What we would like to offer...
Salary: $145,000-180,000*
Bonus Opportunity
Health Benefits - 100% employer-paid medical, dental & vision coverage
Flex Time Off - No cap on personal time off and paid company holidays
Seasonal Flex Days - Flexible scheduling to enjoy extra time under the sun during the Spring & Summer season
Parental Leave - Up to 18 weeks paid parental leave
401(k) - Save for your future with a 401(k) with a company match
Flexibility & Wellness Stipends - Monthly stipends to support remote work & self-care
Hybrid Work Model - Find your flow, working from home or from one of our offices
ILIA Products - Quarterly stipend to replenish your favorite products and try new ones
*This is the anticipated salary range for this position. The actual salary offered will carefully consider a few factors including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
About ILIA
ILIA makes clean skin-centric beauty. We see skincare and makeup as one and believe that skin should look like skin. With transparency as our guide and color as our vehicle, we challenge the conventions of clean beauty to create something radically new, through safe, groundbreaking formulas that protect + revive the skin. Headquartered in Laguna Beach, California, ILIA brings together a strong group of innovative thinkers, rule-breakers and creative problem solvers. We pave the way forward as the leading clean makeup brand in what is being called the Clean Beauty Revolution. Fast paced growth provides constant learning, collaborative teamwork, and the desire to be the best at what you do. We celebrate taking risks and doing what hasn’t been done before.
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