Graphic Designer

Job Decription

Looking for the most exciting design role in beauty right now? Then look no further! A rare opportunity to join a global team, building the beauty brands of the future. Waldencast is passionate about creating the new frontier of beauty brands, dedicated to making our industry better: more inclusive, more sustainable, more responsible, and ultimately more human. An exciting collective of self-starters, with over 100 years of beauty experience between them, are looking for a Graphic Designer to join the Global team in the London HQ to help create the most eye catching & engaging beauty brands of the future.

This role, is perfect for an enthusiastic and creative designer. The key focus of the role will be to interpret and execute the creative brand vision across a broad range of projects, ranging from print and packaging to digital, social, ecommerce and CRM. The ideal candidate will be a competent graphic designer and also comfortable with video editing techniques. Applicants must have a minimum of 1-2 years commercial experience and an inspirational portfolio displaying their design work and video editing skills. Ideally the candidate will have prior experience working within the beauty category and a strong sense of beauty/ fashion aesthetic.

A dynamic approach will be required as the Designer will be called on to be involved in (and balance the priorities of) a wide range of projects and executions, with timelines ranging from the immediate to the long term.

Waldencast Brands™

• Waldencast creates, nurtures, and scales the next generation of conscious Beauty and Wellness brands to create the next Multi-Billion Global Beauty Holding Group that will rival the incumbents founded in the last century. We believe in the power of conscious entrepreneurship to change the world, or at least to make our industry better: more inclusive, more sustainable, more responsible, and ultimately more human.

• Founded in March 2019, our offices are in New York and London and we have a portfolio of brands in North America, Europe, and Latin America.

Location:

London, UK. London, UK. Full time role with at least 4 days in our central London office.

Responsibilities:

• Support with the development and evolutions of in-house brands

• Designer for a broad range of projects, including social content, stills and video.

• Creation of digital design and assets for use on our website, CRM and social media platforms

• Interpreting & developing packaging/ logos/ brand assets from creative brand briefs, proficient in developing design concepts along multiple routes. Whilst also being comfortable and flexible in managing more prescriptive projects with directive adaptations, amends and iterations.

• Create all company marketing literature, such as PowerPoint presentations

• Create short & long-form animation for social and video

• Manage approvals of product artwork, liaising with third parties

• Protector of brand guidelines: must create and maintain a high visual standard, and assist others in maintaining this standard

• Creation of presentation and mock-ups (both graphic and physical) to present ideas/executions for approval

• Exceptional project management and agility to manage multiple projects in fast paced start up environment managing multiple brands.

• Regularly upskill the team with the latest design inspiration across the fashion and beauty industries.

• Bring fresh ideas and approaches by combining an interest in the category with an enquiring mind

• Work in close collaboration with integrated marketing team, leadership, and functional experts in design and product development.

Requirements:

• 1-2 years in house Graphic Design experience preferable

• Degree level qualification relevant to graphic design

• Adobe Creative Suite (In Design, Illustrator, Photoshop essential)

• Video editing skills (e.g. Premiere Pro and/or After Effects)

• Additional digital skills (e.g. Final Cut, Flash, Dreamweaver, Figma, Adobe XD) would be an asset but not essential

• Accountability to deliver projects on time, on brief and on spec

• Traditional typography and print skills

• A great attention to detail and highly organised

• Basic understanding of UX/UI would be an asset but not essential

• High level of agility and flexibility (on timelines, formats etc) – thrives in a fast paced environment, managing multiple projects across multiple brands at one time

• Highly collaborative team player

• Portfolio that includes; motion assets (video/GIFs/animation), logo design, packaging development, web design templates, digital & social assets. The addition of beauty retouching experience would be an asset but not essential.

Personal Characteristics:

Individuals that are part of Waldencast are as much driven by the strength of the company’s purpose, as it is by sharing our dreamer/maker values: ambition with humility, idealism with practicality, grit with empathy, vision with action.

Leadership:

• Michel Brousset – Founder/CEO of the Waldencast Group, which includes Waldemcast Brands, Waldencast Ventures, and the Waldencast Foundation. Michel has a proven 25-year track record of building and growing sustainably Billion-dollar beauty brands in some of the biggest markets in the world. The highest-ranking beauty executive, outside of a large Beauty Strategic. Previous President of L’Oréal North America, the largest global business with sales of $7B+, CEO/Managing Director of L’Oreal UK & Ireland, and various executive positions with Procter & Gamble in different regions of the world.

• Hind Sebti – Co-Founder / CEO Waldencast Brands, has deep expertise in Beauty built over 18 years building brands and businesses across all categories in various marketing and General Management roles including iconic brands like L’Oreal Paris, Olay, Maybelline, and Redken.

• Ross Nutter - CFO and COO Waldencast Brands, has 15 years of finance and operational experience, supporting beauty brands and businesses across different geographies and sales channels, first at Procter and Gamble, then at Coty where he led the Finance function across developing markets.