The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. · 6 hours ago
Executive Director, Media Relations
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
15+ years expThe Estée Lauder Companies is seeking a highly strategic, globally minded Executive Director, Global Communications – Media Relations to safeguard and elevate the Company’s corporate reputation through world-class media engagement. This role drives the Company’s overarching earned media vision, provides strategic counsel to senior executives, and ensures consistent, high-impact communication across global markets.
Cosmetics
Responsibilities
Lead and evolve The Estée Lauder Companies’ global earned media strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities, transformation initiatives, and corporate reputation objectives
Serve as a senior media spokesperson for the Company, representing corporate positions on complex business, economic, and industry topics
Cultivate and steward high-level relationships with top-tier global, financial, and trade media, positioning the Company as a trusted, authoritative source
Architect and secure high-impact, strategic media opportunities for enterprise leaders and corporate initiatives, driving visibility across priority markets and audiences
Oversee the development and continuous optimization of the corporate editorial calendar, partnering with global and regional communications teams to ensure message consistency and amplification
Collaborate closely with Investor Relations, Legal, HR, ESG, Global Brands, and Regional Communications to ensure cohesive narratives and alignment on business-critical announcements
Provide executive-level oversight for content development, including press releases, executive messaging, media statements, Q&As, op-eds, speeches, and enterprise storytelling
Serve as a senior advisor on issues and crisis communications, providing strategic guidance, leading response workflows, and ensuring readiness to mitigate reputational risk
Oversee global media monitoring, analytics, and reporting, ensuring insights translate into actionable strategies and improved performance across markets
Lead and continuously refine processes for inbound media inquiries, leadership visibility requests, and speaking engagement assessments
Manage and enhance relationships with agencies, vendors, and global market partners to ensure efficiency, alignment, and world-class operational execution
Champion the integration of AI, digital intelligence, and data analytics tools to strengthen narrative impact, measurement, and foresight across the function
Contribute to organizational planning, capability-building initiatives, and process improvements that elevate the Global Communications function globally
Qualification
Required
15+ years experience working within corporate affairs/corporate communications role, leading, developing and executing end-to-end external and internal strategies
Ability to function effectively with rapidly changing priorities and demands and to remain calm under pressure
Extensive corporate external communications experience with an active network of resources and media relationships
Strong strategist and self-starter who is an innovative, creative-thinker with proven ability to create extraordinary strategic plans, communications and campaigns that drive engagement, results, understanding and change where needed
Demonstrated strong experience proactively mapping, mitigating and leading issues/crises management in a corporate business environment
Adept at managing relationships at senior leader level, and ability to influence and build strong relationships with direct reports, peers and stakeholders at all levels
Superb writer, with a demonstrated ability to build strategies and distill complex content into clear, concise and engaging communications, with speed and accuracy
Experience blending traditional internal communications tactics with new media, including enterprise collaboration and online platforms
Strong storyteller with the ability to create compelling narratives in support of our business strategies, and excellent presentation skills
Tenacious and able to see ideas through to execution
Capable of taking on a varied degree of tasks and responsibilities, from leadership to hands-on content creation/editing
Able to handle highly confidential information with sensitivity, integrity and good judgement
Bachelor's Degree (Public Relations, Communications, Marketing, or Journalism preferred)
Company
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Alison Carla
CEO: Chief Operating Officer
Amanda Hanowitz
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