Job Type: Full Time

Function: Marketing

Address: 160 Bloor Street East 11th Floor Toronto ON

Working Model: Hybrid

Vacancy Status: This position is for an existing open vacancy

Belong to Something Beautiful

At Sephora Canada beauty is about feeling seen valued and empowered individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others celebrating diversity and inclusivity unlocking your potential and making a difference every day. Together we belong to something beautiful.

As Creative Director you will be an integral member of the Marketing department with a mandate to lead and continue building a creative team that develops breakthrough creative content and design work with expertise in beauty and retail. You understand how to use brand strategy to connect concepts to a brands platform to develop creative work that is consistently on brand and will position Sephora as the prestige leader in beauty retail and create effective marketing communications to achieve business goals across channels and platforms. Youre strategic persuasive and a compelling presenter. You pride yourself on staying current on the latest trends in marketing beauty and lifestyle and have a portfolio including a breadth of work demonstrating both integrated & channel specific creative expertise with particular strength in retail digital social and experiences.

Reporting into the SVP of Marketing your work will span the spectrum of concepting campaigns and content inspiring and coaching your team working collaboratively across all functions to grow the Sephora Canada business through creative opportunities innovating the creative and production process and working with strategic partners on creative solutions.

Whether youre building our exciting in-store experiences supporting our digital initiatives planning our loyalty program campaigns writing copy or designing integrated multi-channel campaigns you are constantly finding ways to underscore our brand promise and cement our place as the industry leader in Canada. The pace is fast the learning is constant but as part of a team thats driven the possibilities are endless.

What Youll Do:

- Connect creative across disciplines be the voice of the brands expression to shape internal and external work to drive breakthrough and consistency
- Inspire the internal Creative Team to build breakthrough best in class content that stands out in the market





- Advocate for creativity and the power of best-in-class content as a key tool to build the brand and achieve business objectives

- Think strategically to bring holistic campaigns to life while working hands-on to deliver assets
- Manage and motivate a team of 5 creatives from entry-level to senior freelance talent and production partners
- Develop positioning creative and content strategies for Sephora programs and campaigns preserving Sephora brand standards and tone of voice
- Build relationships and work collaboratively with key cross-functional partners across the organization at the Director/VP level in Canada North America and Global
- Delegate/assign work including monitoring team bandwidth and finding synergies where possible

- Champion an integrated model where campaigns are developed in parallel with internal and external creative agency partners; inform and consult on brand standards for work from agency partners

What Youll Bring:

- A combination of vision and pragmatism: you have an ability to see the big creative opportunity and know what it takes to get work created
- Player/coach leadership style. You can identify guide and bring out the best in creativity while also helping to execute
- A curious mindset you seek inspiration in culture and consumer
- A robust understanding of production and how great creative gets executed
- 10-15 years of professional work experience in conceptual creative/content development and/or a related field as either a Copywriter or Art Director
- A strong visual eye and sense of design direction

- 5 years of experience leading a creative team as either an Associate Creative Director or Creative Director
- Proven track record of success leading both small and large creative programs across a variety of channels and tactics
- Strong background in integrated creative executions
- Familiarity with retail channel ecosystem across owned and paid channels
- Understanding of Figma Adobe Creative Cloud: InDesign Illustrator Photoshop & emerging AI tools




- Understanding of UX and Responsive Design an asset
- Bachelors degree or diploma in a related creative field
- Full Service In-House or External Agency experience an asset
- Experience in beauty and/or retail considered an asset
- Comfort using digital and AI-enabled tools responsibly in your day-to-day work

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What Youll Get:

- Caring Community. Youll collaborate with teammates who are equally passionate about innovating doing the right things and driving the industry forward together united in beauty.
- Fulfilling Path. Your career glow-up starts here with access to opportunities that will challenge stretch and develop your skills. Youll have access to the global community of luxury group LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) for endless career opportunities.
- Meaningful Work. As you make an impact on beauty youll feel and see the positive change (consumer industry and social) your individual voice is a part of.

Rewards as Unique as You Are:

Eligibility requirements apply to certain benefits and may vary depending on job classification and length of employment.

- Wealth. Were passionate about pay equity and transparency. The compensation ranges between CAD$153000 - $176600 plus bonus RRSP matching. The final pay offered will depend on various factors including but not limited to the actual qualifications and experience of the individual and any additional non-discriminatory legitimate business factors relevant to the position and/or location.
- Health. Choose a healthcare plan to fit you and your familys needs with medical dental vision life and disability coverage. Access to our program to support your mental financial physical and social well-being.
- Balance. Youll be trusted to find the perfect blend of work/life balance that actually works for you with a hybrid work schedule vacation and flex days and maternity/paternity leave.
- Growth. A career glow-up is built into every role with access to training and development programs and resources throughout the year.
- Perks. Think youve tried it all Enjoy a 30% discount on all merchandise/services opportunities for gratis and flash sale discounts on LVMH brands.
- Support. Tap into volunteer and donation matching Employee Assistance Program and free mental health resources with 24/7 access to Dialogue.

Required Experience:

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