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Associate Design Director, Global Experiential & Events Design, MAC

New York,US-NY,United StatesFull-time$88k–$144k2026-09-21 → 2026-11-10

Core

Associate Design Director supporting the Executive Director to develop innovative event and in-store design concepts, renderings, and technical guidelines for MAC's global experiential and retail environments.

Role type

Associate Design Director (Experiential & Events Design)

Builds

3D/2D assets for global in-store distortions, out-of-house events, window displays, and retail environments

Domain

Beauty/Cosmetics retail, Event design, Experiential marketing

Required skills

3D modeling (SketchUp, Rhino), 2D technical drawing (AutoCAD), 3D rendering (Keyshot), Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), concept development, project management, fixture and set design knowledge, hand sketching, fabrication/production process understanding

Preferred skills

Model building/hand crafting, knowledge of fashion/beauty/retail trends, material innovation aptitude

Technologies

SketchUp, Rhino, AutoCAD, Keyshot, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, CadTools, Microsoft Office, Slack, Trello, Google Docs

Responsibilities

Develop concepts and research for event campaigns and in-store distortions; manage design projects from conception to execution; visualize and render professional artwork for window and event concepts; provide strategic guidance to local markets; attend cross-functional meetings; occasionally assist on-site for installations; maintain design asset library

Seniority

Associate Director, hands-on IC