Art and Design (Creative) Director
Apply NowCompany: Symrise
Location: Teterboro, NJ 07608
Description:
About us
Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.
Its sales of 4.9 billion in the 2024 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.
Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.
Symrise - always inspiring more...
Your role
Position Summary
The Symrise Creative Marketing Team, Fine Fragrance is seeking a full-time Art and Design Director with strong expertise in graphic design, trend analysis, and conceptual storytelling. The ideal candidate is a highly collaborative self-starter with deep roots in luxury brand storytelling and a passion for the beauty and fine fragrance industry.
This role is essential in bringing marketing and fragrance concepts to life, serving as a key selling tool for our clients. In addition to supporting sales, evaluation, and marketing, the Art and Design Director will play a vital role in shaping Symrise branding, developing creative assets that enhance fragrance storytelling, and elevating internal presentations and event experiences.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
About you
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Our offer
Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in the focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.
Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.
If you feel that you fit the above criteria, then please apply by using our online application system. Your application will be treated confidentially.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.
Its sales of 4.9 billion in the 2024 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.
Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.
Symrise - always inspiring more...
Your role
Position Summary
The Symrise Creative Marketing Team, Fine Fragrance is seeking a full-time Art and Design Director with strong expertise in graphic design, trend analysis, and conceptual storytelling. The ideal candidate is a highly collaborative self-starter with deep roots in luxury brand storytelling and a passion for the beauty and fine fragrance industry.
This role is essential in bringing marketing and fragrance concepts to life, serving as a key selling tool for our clients. In addition to supporting sales, evaluation, and marketing, the Art and Design Director will play a vital role in shaping Symrise branding, developing creative assets that enhance fragrance storytelling, and elevating internal presentations and event experiences.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Creative Development & Strategy: Conceive innovative ideas that align client objectives with Symrise proprietary data and marketing strategies, transforming complex concepts into compelling visual narratives.
- Brand Leadership & Design Execution: Serve as the branding lead for all internal and external initiatives within Symrise North America, ensuring consistency and excellence in digital design, composition, and typography across all platforms.
- Storytelling & Presentation Excellence: Expertly design bespoke, elevated digital presentations, mood boards, and brand-right photography that clearly and inspiringly express fragrance concepts, ingredients, and marketing strategies.
- Data Visualization & Content Creation: Translate complex ideas into clear, engaging visual systems, crafting digital decks, social media assets, printed materials, and live presentation tools that enhance brand storytelling.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with marketing, creation, sales, and evaluation teams, serving as both an individual contributor and a design leader within Symrise's global marketing network.
- Immersive Experience Design: Conceptualize and curate tactile, experiential spaces that bring Symrise technologies, trends, and fragrance concepts to life in memorable and engaging ways.
- Event & Production Support: Assist with filming, shoots, staging, and photography, managing external partners as needed to execute creative projects.
- Global Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with international teams to develop and refine presentations for town halls, investor days, and client pitches, ensuring brand cohesion and impactful delivery.
- Quality & Innovation Leadership: Uphold best practices in digital design, leveraging cutting-edge tools and trends to maintain the highest standard of creative output.
- Expertise in conceptualizing and designing physical environments for client-facing events, including conference room layouts, corporate gatherings, and experiential activations
About you
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
- BA or BFA required
- 7-10 years of graphic design experience
- Expert level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and various design software including but not limited to InDesign, InCopy, KeyNote, Powerpoint, Sketch, Figma, and/or Adobe XD, Canva, digital/video creation tools
- Fluency across deliverables that fit with a cross-channel approach
- A design portfolio that combines digital, print and graphic design. Packaging experience a plus
- Ability to think macro and micro while managing multiple projects and deadlines with ease; skilled multi-task oriented with tactical executional abilities
- Excellent organization, verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills are a must
- Ability to adapt design to client/brand/end-user experience; diverse/broad aesthetic
Our offer
Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in the focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.
Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.
If you feel that you fit the above criteria, then please apply by using our online application system. Your application will be treated confidentially.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.