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El Segundo, CA
Creative Design
Full - Time
13-Nov-2025

Title: AVP- Global Creative

Brand: Urban Decay

Location: El Segundo, CA

 

Overview:

Urban Decay’s mission is simple: bring back makeup that performs—products that last, shades that speak, and finishes that do the most. Urban Decay is passionate about giving a stage to uncensored femininity—defying boring cliches, and standing with those who embrace self-expression, sexuality and fluidity, and everyone’s right to reinvent themselves however they choose.

 

Responsibilities: 

  • Reporting in to Head of US LUXE DMIs
  • Responsible for overseeing all pillars in Global Creative Dept; packaging design, campaigns (concepting w/ agency + internal team post production), video (concepting and post production w/ agency) digital design, social, and events
  • Managing 4 direct reports and multiple freelancers
  • Will manage relationship with Global Zones, identifying creative needs and support
  • Partnering with outside agencies to supplement cross functional needs

 

Key skills:

  • Sharp eye for design and typography
  • Strong video storytelling
  • 3-5 years management experience
  • Follows beauty and Gen Zennial trends
  • Strong portfolio of design work, showing solutions to business problems through a solid knowledge of retail-focused design thinking; Luxury and/or beauty category experience a plus
  • Consumer-centered design principles and practices to work
  • Understanding of design principles. Typography, color and page layout, and a great eye for detail 
  • Experience in artistic direction of photo shoots and able to provide feedback in post-production
  • Ability to communicate concepts through visual comps and/or interactive prototypes 
  • Experience with people management and mentoring a team of designers

 

QUALIFICATION STANDARDS

Education/Experience/ Licenses or Certificates

  • Degree in Graphic Design and/or equivalent experience will be considered
  • Beauty and/or luxury industry experience preferred.
  • Ideally ~10 years in a highly productive creative environment

 

SOFTWARE

  • Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite – particularly Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
  • Expert Mac/System software, basic Mac/PC compatibility troubleshooting
  • Knowledge of Powerpoint, and Microsoft Teams a plus

 

Salary Range: 160k-215k plus bonus

 

 

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