360 Program Manager, Creative Operations - Haircare Cluster
Date: Nov 6, 2026
Location: Blaine, MN, US
Company: ELC Beauty LLC
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.
Description
Principal Objective:
The Haircare Cluster is looking for a 360 Project Manager to join their MN team. This 360 Project Manager is focused on Aveda global campaigns—project managing from beginning to end, encompassing concepting, design and execution. They are a problem solver that knows every detail of a project, from a strategic standpoint to the specific details of project management: timeline, scope and resourcing. Reporting to the Director, Creative Operations of Aveda and Bumble and bumble, this individual is responsible for establishing, facilitating and maintaining workflow and communication between Creative, Marketing and Online teams.
Accountabilities:
- Lead end-to-end comprehensive program management of creative campaigns for 360 product launches.
- Lead process documentation and evolution with the Director, Creative Operations
- Evolve creative concepts into timelines and clear sets of deliverables to be deployed to local markets.
- Create clear weekly priority lists with actionable next steps for the creative department for all projects under the project managers purview
- Manage weekly resource allocations for interdisciplinary teams of designers and copywriters assigned to his/her projects
- Oversee each phase of the internal and external routing and approval process: including the approval of concepts, video storyboards, pre- and post-shoot 360 assets, layouts and regional variants.
- Keep projects on track through clear project plans in Wrike, issue tracking and status reports.
- Proactively communicate project issues and resolution to internal stakeholders and Creative Ops team
- Lead or participate in various cross functional meetings, including Creative Reviews, Marketing Reviews, Legal Review, Resource Allocations—effectively setting up the presentation of creative work, capturing recaps, and circulating notes and actionable next steps
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- 5+ years experience in project management for an in-house creative team or agency.
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
- Strong partner to creative and internal stakeholders
- Proactive and positive approach, presents solutions and strives to solves problems
- S/he is comfortable presenting creative work to senior leadership and running high level meetings
- Has a flexible attitude and can work in ambiguous situations
- Is used to being the point person for internal or external clients
- Is a natural leader with excellent communication skills
- Loves solving problems and managing conflicts
- Has a deep understanding of creative project management, workflow and infrastructure
- Has experience using Wrike, Float, Monday or other project management tools to develop project plans, assign tasks and report of program status
Pay Range:
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $78,800.00 to $129,450.00. Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with the possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.
In addition, The Estée Lauder Companies offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance), wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education-related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
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It is Company's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. The Company will endeavor to provide a reasonable accommodation consistent with the law to otherwise qualified employees and prospective employees with a disability and to employees and prospective employees with needs related to their religious observance or practices. Should you wish to apply for this position or any other position with the Company and you believe you require assistance to complete an application or participate in an interview, please contact USApplicantAccommodations@Estee.com.
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