Interim Head of Global Creative, Maternity Leave Coverage

Our Story Launched in 2015, S ol de J aneiro is a globally recognized, award-winning beauty brand, drawing inspiration from Brazil’s beauty rituals, warmth, and spirit. S ol de J aneiro delivers a sensory experience beloved by multi-generational consumers worldwide, with clinically proven results, transformative textures, and transportive fragrances. Headquartered in New York and launched as a digitally native brand, we have expanded globally with teams in Paris, London, and Germany.

Our commitment to excellence has earned high-profile honors, including being named one of TIME1 00’s 2024 Most Influential Companies, Fast Company’s 2024 World's Most Innovative Companies, and WWD Beauty Inc’s Power Brands of 2024, underscoring its leadership in the beauty industry and outstanding workplace . These accolades highlight our dedication to being a leading brand in the beauty industry and an exceptional workplace.

What You’Ll Do

We are seeking an exceptional Interim Head of Global Creative to provide maternity leave coverage for our SVP, Global Creative in a high-impact executive assignment. You are a seasoned creative leader who can step in seamlessly, command a large multi-disciplinary team, and drive brand-building creative at the highest level. You will lead a 35+ person Creative Department spanning four key disciplines: Creative Design, Brand Voice, Packaging Design, and Creative + Marketing PMO.

You will develop and execute forward-thinking brand creative under the direct leadership of the CEO and in close partnership with 360 Marketing Team, ensuring all output aligns with Sol de Janeiro’s strategic vision, prestige positioning, and joyful brand ethos. The ideal candidate is equally at home concepting a global campaign and running a weekly executive alignment. You bring the eye of a world-class creative director and the operational command of a proven department head.

Sol de Janeiro believes that a positive work culture makes all the difference. The celebration of every body that we promote to our consumers, we also promote in our offices. We are collaborative team players who know that individual growth is just as important as company growth.

We lead with kindness and with respect. We set goals to elevate our individual performance within the company, and we coach teams through complex approval processes and fast-paced workflows. What You’ll Be Working On Creative Direction Brand Development Step in for the SVP, Global Creative with a structured overlap period to shadow, onboard, and offboard strategically — ensuring full continuity of existing workflows and priorities.

Under the vision of the CEO and in close partnership with the Senior Marketing Leaders, lead all brand creative for Sol de Janeiro — from omni-channel campaign concepting to GTM delivery. Develop immersive, breakthrough brand storytelling and campaign concepts that work across all channels and touchpoints, globally. Deeply internalize Sol de Janeiro’s brand DNA, including its relationship to Brazilian art, history, and cultural influence, and ensure this heritage is reflected consistently across all creative output.

Leverage performance data, consumer insights, brand strategy, and product team input to inform forward-thinking, consumer-first creative concepts. Oversee the development, maintenance, and elevation of Brand Guidelines and channel-, campaigns with internal and external parties. Coach teams towards AI integration across all 4 disciplines.

Leadership Across Four Creative Disciplines Train, mentor, and empower all team leads to operate at the highest level — fostering cross-functional collaboration, shared learnings, and continuous improvement across all disciplines. Direct executive leadership across the following teams. Creative Design — Art direction, brand image, campaign concepting and campaign design execution across 360 touchpoints.