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Creative Operations Lead

Ulta Beauty, Inc.
Bolingbrook, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 11/18/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/21/2026

OVERVIEW

Experience the possibilities of our progressive, omnichannel approach to beauty retail. At Ulta Beauty, our Marketing team is applying the latest technologies to personalize the buying experience of true beauty enthusiasts—in ways that surprise and delight. Building love and loyalty, one communication, one experience, one brilliant idea at a time. We represent the perfect blend of strategy and creativity. Of tactics and analytics. To make Ulta Beauty a brand guests will advocate for. Growing share of heart. Delivering with disciplined consistency. Whether your deepest passion is for design or content, strategy or data, or some combination of all things marketing, Ulta Beauty will provide significant latitude to explore your talents and passions, with opportunities to stretch and deepen, to grow and build. Truly, the possibilities are beautiful.

THE IMPACT YOU CAN HAVE 

 

 

The Creative Operations Lead, Social & Brand Creative is responsible for coordinating and supporting the operational needs of the creative team and agency partners as they build comprehensive marketing programs across a variety of media channels. This individual will help to facilitate the briefings, comprehensive project planning and the communications needed to ensure on-time and efficient creation of marketing campaigns that help drive traffic and brand awareness for Ulta Beauty.

 

This role will specialize in ensuring various stages of projects are met in a timely and efficient manner, assist team in prioritization and have a clear understanding of project deliverables.

 

YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS BY: 

  • Support the Creative teams in delivering exceptional marketing campaigns and design projects and collateral in all channels, with a special focus on the Social channel
  • Work closely with Marketing teams to coordinate briefings for Creative projects and gather all necessary information and details.
  • Plan the workflow for the Social and Brand Creative teams, including detailed project timelines, scope, available resources and relevant communication milestones.
  • Coordinate communications between in-house Creative teams and creative agencies to help facilitate a frictionless process for all.
  • Orchestrate day-to-day activities on assigned projects and be proficient in the preparation of project timelines, internal status reports, daily hot sheets, end of day lists and various other project management and tracking reports.
  • Organize, schedule and lead internal status meetings with project team members.
  • Collaborate with the creative, production and design teams develop optimized systems for project management.
  • Work closely with the operations teams to connect teams and projects so that we have a complete and holistic view of the work.
  • The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned. Scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.

 

 

 

 

 

THE ESSENTIALS OF SUCCESS 

 

  • Degree in relevant field (Marketing, Project Management, Design, Business Management).
  • 5-7 years of experience in project management, trafficking, creative services, or agency production.
  • Experience working with design and marketing agencies across a variety of projects and channels
  • Strong written, oral and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Self-starter capable of meeting tight deadlines while managing multiple projects.
  • Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office and other relevant project tracking and planning software (Monday.com preferred).
  • Hybrid office environment

 

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The pay range for this position is $66,200.00 - $85,000.00 / Year with the opportunity for eligible associates to earn additional compensation pursuant to the Company’s bonus plan. Exact pay will be based on factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, level, shift, geographic location, and business and organizational needs. Full-time positions are eligible for paid time off, health, dental, vision, life and disability benefits. Part-time positions are eligible for dental, vision, life, and disability benefits. For additional information concerning our benefits, visit our Benefits and Career Development page: https://learn.bswift.com/ulta

ABOUT

At Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA), the possibilities are beautiful. Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products and salon services. We bring possibilities to life through the power of beauty each and every day in our stores and online with more than 25,000 products from approximately 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including Ulta Beauty’s own private label. Ulta Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring—hair, skin, brow, and make-up services.

 

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.

Salary : $66,200 - $85,000

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