Art Director

About the Role

We are looking for a highly conceptual and hands-on Art Director from the beauty industry who is strong in creative ideation, visual storytelling, and campaign development. This role is not only focused on design execution, but on building strong concepts from scratch — translating brand objectives into compelling moodboards, storyboards, campaign directions, and production-ready creative executions.

We need someone who genuinely understands beauty aesthetics with strong creative concepts, social-first campaigns, and how to collaborate closely with production teams to bring ideas into impactful visuals.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop strong creative concepts, campaign directions, moodboards, and storyboards for beauty campaigns and product launches
• Translate marketing briefs into compelling visual storytelling and production-ready creative directions
• Lead or collaborate closely with Production, Photographer, Videographer, Stylist, MUA, and Creative team from pre-production until final execution
• Direct photoshoots and video shoots including visual references, styling direction, composition, talent direction, and overall artistic execution
• Ensure all creative outputs align with brand identity, beauty aesthetics, and current market trends
• Supervise and review final creative assets across digital, social media, and marketing channels
• Work closely with Social Media & Marketing team to develop social-first beauty content and campaigns
• Stay updated with beauty, fashion, social media, and creative trends to continuously bring fresh and relevant ideas

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of experience as Art Director, preferably from beauty, skincare, cosmetics, or personal care industry
• Strong portfolio showcasing concepting, campaign direction, moodboard, storyboard, photoshoot, and video production projects
• Strong sense of visual aesthetics, storytelling, styling, composition, and beauty branding
• Experienced working closely with production houses and cross-functional creative teams
• Able to lead projects independently while collaborating effectively throughout the production process
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and presentation tools
• Understand social media trends, especially TikTok & Instagram beauty content
• Detail-oriented, communicative, execution-driven, and has strong creative ownership