Art Director Job at Milk Makeup in New York

Welcome to the MILK MAKEUP FAM: At Milk Makeup, we’re all about cool clean beauty fueled by creativity. Born out of Milk, a creative hub in downtown New York City, innovation, self-expression, and community are at the heart of everything we do. We believe beauty isn’t about how you do your makeup, it’s what you do in it—and how you Live Your Look—that matters. Who YOU are: Community connector : You’re always thinking about how to improve your and your community’s future. You’re passionate about building a global community where everyone can feel seen and inspired in beauty. Courageous but chill: Wherever you come from, you’re driven by the hardworking New York spirit that Milk embodies. You’re flexible and ready to get the job done, but you’re humble and make moves thoughtfully. You strive for quality, have fun doing it, and always have the greater good of the brand in mind. Fearlessly innovative: You’re not afraid to take calculated risks and enjoy problem solving. You’re down to disrupt the status quo and innovate in order to raise the bar. You value a forward-thinking space that encourages you to lead change, never follow. Champion of self-expression: You’re creative at heart and are always genuinely you. You live your look and want to grow with people who celebrate individuality. Inclusive + mindful: You believe an open mind is always the best place to start and value active listening. You embrace differences and help foster a safe working environment for yourself and your peers. The ROLE: milk makeup is looking for an Art Director responsible for building and maintaining Milk Makeup’s visual brand expression. Supports Creative Director in high-level concept development and execution of 360 marketing campaigns and programs, from concept to launch and sustain execution across media. What YOU’ll do: Brand Builder: Partner with the Creative Director to define and evolve Milk Makeup’s visual identity and brand expression. Lead the development of campaign visuals, design systems, and brand assets, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints including digital, video, retail, print, and experiential. Own and evolve the brand’s visual codes—including typography, color, layout, graphic systems, and art direction. Art Direction & Execution: Lead art direction across campaigns and brand initiatives, including concepting, shot development, and on-set direction. Oversee the creation of launch assets, campaign graphics, retail materials, and experiential design elements. Ensure all creative output meets the highest standards of craft and aligns with brand guidelines. Design Leader: Lead and guide the development of graphic design across all brand touchpoints. Work closely with designers to ensure strong execution across layout, typography, imagery, and production. Maintain and evolve brand systems to support scalability and consistency. Strategic Thinker: Partners with the Creative Director to develop 360 creative strategy to support business goals. Understands both marketing and creative needs to provide solutions that support brand positioning. Ensure strong integration between art direction, design, and overall brand storytelling across channels including in-store, print collateral, event materials, OOH, site, email, paid media, social, and video. Creative Collaborator: Partners closely with Editorial, Marketing, Social, and Visual Merchandising teams to develop creative concepts for robust 360 client experience. Work in close collaboration with the Director, Video & Motion to ensure alignment between design and motion creative. Partner with Production and Creative Operations to define executional approaches and ensure high-quality delivery. Cross-functional Partner: Build strong relationships across Brand and Product Marketing, Ecomm, Social, Influencer, Retail Marketing, and Education teams. Ensure creative work aligns with strategic objectives while maintaining brand integrity. External Partner: Partners with external creative partners Including but not limited to photographers, retouchers, illustrators, CGI artists, and type designers. Manages agency relationships to ensure work is aligned with brand and agency is leveraged in an effective manner. Inspirational Mentor: Actively work with junior members of the team to make sure that all executions are of the highest quality and adhere to the brand. Helps to educate team in creative expertise and knowledge including art direction, photography, design, and typography. Skilled Presenter: Represents creative team in a variety of settings: large/small groups, direct reports, managers, formal presentations. We’d like YOU to have: 5-6+ years of creative experience. College degree; BA or BFA preferred in Graphic Design or Communication Design, or related creative field Passion for art direction, design, typography, photography, and brand storytelling Strong eye for composition, layout, and visual systems Experience leading photoshoots and on-set art direction Strong understanding of beauty, fashion, and culturally relevant industry talent. Knowledge and experience in social space. Understanding of design, typography and layout principles, graphics, digital/social best practices. Proficient knowledge of programs: Figma, Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop. After Effects, and Premiere, a plus Understanding of video concepting, pre-production, and on-set direction. Editing, and motion graphics, a plus. Strong relationship-building skills; ability to work with a variety of people in various disciplines. Team player: Enjoys working with others and collaborating with a positive attitude. Excellent communication and presentation skills Excellent presentation skills at both team and leadership levels. Solid organizational skills, detail-oriented; time management skills, ability to juggle priorities. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, particularly within social and digital content cycles, with flexibility to adapt quickly and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines. Self-motivated with a strong drive to push creative work forward Passion for Milk Makeup, beauty culture, and innovative brand storytelling Some travel may be required. Why you’ll love being part of MILK MAKEUP: Flexible time off: We provide a generous PTO program, paid company holidays, summer fridays, and more. Health + wellbeing support: We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, a wellbeing reimbursement, wellbeing speaker series, and a 6% 401k company match. Family accommodations: We offer a generous parental leave program of up to 20 weeks of 100% paid leave to care for and bond with your child. Employee care: We offer employees 100% paid leave for up to 12 weeks following their own illness. Professional growth + development: We have a comprehensive program to support your growth at Milk Makeup, lunch + learns, DEI led training sessions, and a learning and development program. Hybrid work model: We provide flexibility to support individual work styles, balance business needs, and ensure we live our values. We have a strong (and chill!) office culture in Soho with a dog-friendly environment and a well-stocked kitchen of snacks and drinks. MMU swag: We want you to get familiar with our new drops and re-up on any of your fave products. #J-18808-Ljbffr In Summary: Milk makeup is looking for an Art Director responsible for building and maintaining Milk Makeup’s visual brand expression . You’re passionate about building a global community where everyone can feel seen and inspired in beauty . The ROLE: Lead and guide the development of graphic design across all brand touchpoints . En Español: Bienvenidos al Milk Makeup FAM: en Milk makeup, estamos hablando de una belleza fresca y limpia alimentada por la creatividad. Nacido de Milk, un centro creativo del centro de Nueva York, la innovación, la autoexpresión y la comunidad están en el corazón de todo lo que hacemos. Creemos que la belleza no se trata de cómo haces tu maquillaje, es lo que haces dentro de ella y cómo vives Tu miradaque importa. Usted abraza las diferencias y ayuda a fomentar un entorno de trabajo seguro para usted mismo y sus compañeros. El ROLE: Makeup Milk está buscando un Director Artístico responsable de construir y mantener la expresión visual de su marca. Apoya al Director Creativo en el desarrollo de conceptos de alto nivel y ejecución de 360 campañas y programas de marketing, desde el concepto hasta el lanzamiento y mantenimiento del cumplimiento en todos los medios de comunicación. Lo que Ud. hará: Brand Builder: Colaborar con el director creativo para definir y evolucionar la identidad visual y la expresión de su propia marca. Dirigir el desarrollo del diseño visual de campaña, sistemas de diseño y activos de marca, asegurando consistencia a través de todos los puntos incluidos digital, video, imágenes fuertes, impresión y experiencia. Propiciar y desarrollar los códigos de marcas incluyendo tipografía, color, asegurar estándares de producción creativos, sistemas gráficos y arte. Dirección & Ejecución Artística: Liderazgo direccional y dirección ejecutiva de las campañes de diseños de imagen, así como guiar a todas las iniciativas de creación y desarrollo de productos de la marca. Mantener y evolucionar los sistemas de marca para apoyar la escalabilidad y consistencia. Pensador Estratégico: Socios con el Director Creativo para desarrollar una estrategia creativa 360 para respaldar las metas del negocio. Entiende las necesidades tanto de marketing como creativas para proporcionar soluciones que soporten el posicionamiento de la marca. Asegurar una fuerte integración entre la dirección artística, el diseño y la narración general de marcas a través de canales incluyendo en tienda, garantía impresa, materiales de eventos, OOH, sitio, correo electrónico, medios pagados, sociales y video. Colaborador creativo: Partners estrechamente con equipos editoriales, marketing, social e comercialización visual para crear conceptos creativos para una experiencia cliente robusta 360. Gerencia las relaciones de la agencia para garantizar que el trabajo se alinee con la marca y la agencias son aprovechadas de manera efectiva. Mentor inspirador: Trabaja activamente con los miembros menores del equipo para asegurarse de que todas las ejecuciones sean de la más alta calidad y se adhieran a la marca. Ayuda a educar al equipo en experiencia creativa y conocimientos incluyendo dirección artística, fotografía, diseño y tipografía. Presentador calificado: Representa al equipo creativo en una variedad de entornos: grandes/pequeños grupos, informes directos, gerentes, presentaciones formales. Queremos que TÚ tengas: 5-6+ años de experiencia creadora. Grado universitario; BA o BFA preferido en Diseño gráfico o Diseño de Comunicación, o principios relacionados pasión creativa para la dirección artístico, diseña, tipografía, fotografías y narración de marcas Con un fuerte ojo para composición, disposición y sistemas visuales Experiencia visual y conocimiento pre-proyecto sobre la dirección de la belleza y la producción de imágenes, mejor comprensión de los efectos sociales e imagen, así como mejores prácticas profesionales en el campo del diseño de la industria de la moda y el diseño fotográfico. Capacidad para trabajar en un entorno de ritmo rápido, especialmente dentro de los ciclos de contenido social y digital, con flexibilidad para adaptarse rápidamente y entregar trabajo de alta calidad bajo plazos ajustados. Jugador del equipo: Disfruta trabajando con otros y colaborando con una actitud positiva. Excelentes habilidades de comunicación y presentación Excelente habilidades para presentar tanto a nivel de equipo como de liderazgo. Habilidades organizativas sólidas, orientadas al detalle; habilidades en la gestión del tiempo, capacidad de hacer malabarismos con prioridades. La capacidad de trabajar en una atmósfera acelerada, particularmente dentro de ciclos sociales y digitales de contenidos, con Flexibilidad para adaptación rápida y entrega de trabajo de gran calidad bajo fechas cerradas. Auto-motivado con un fuerte impulso hacia el trabajo creativo Passión por Maquillaje de leche, cultura de belleza e innovadores viajes de marca pueden ser requeridas. Algunos ofrecen beneficios que les encantarán formar parte de MILKEUP: Fible tiempo de desarrollo dental 401 Tenemos una fuerte (y fría!) cultura de oficina en Soho con un entorno amigable para perros y una cocina bien provista de refrigerios y bebidas.