About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace.
Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen.
Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the brand is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.
About the role
In this role, you will lead our Specialty Accounts across the UK and Australia, overseeing NPD launches, campaign updates, and promotional activations. Working closely with our UK Commercial, Marketing, and Store Design teams, as well as our Global VM team, you will bring Charlotte Tilbury’s creative vision to life across all touch points.
You will deliver best‑in‑class brand execution, managing projects through all phases and coordinating with internal and external partners regionally. With a strong operational background and design skills, you will support NPD launches, always‑on activity, and permanent new distribution rollouts.
As a VM Manager, you will:
- Manage the conception and implementation of the Charlotte Tilbury Specialty Strategy across the UK and Australia
- Own new launches and in‑store execution, ensuring maximum impact and contributing to year‑on‑year growth
- Analyse underperforming categories and define visual strategies to elevate performance
- Enhance the in‑store customer journey through compelling, innovative visual merchandising
- Build and nurture strong relationships with internal teams, regional managers, key retailers, and suppliers
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, delivering all work on time and within budget
- Lead supplier relationships and oversee complex projects from scoping through to implementation and deployment
- Apply a strong creative eye to select, adapt, and resize assets for multiple formats and executions
- Produce accurate and timely artwork updates, including gondola revisions and presentation materials
- Oversee UK/AUS master databases, forecasts, calendars, planograms, and file libraries
- Maintain technical knowledge of print and production processes, ensuring solutions meet budget, sustainability, and lead‑time requirements
- Conduct regular store visits to assess execution and identify opportunities
- Monitor competitor activity to inform strategy and maintain category leadership
- Develop a deep understanding of retailer consumers and generate insights that inspire innovation within the beauty industry
- Manage budgets effectively to support best‑in‑class brand execution
Who you will work with
- Reports to the Senior VM Manager
About you
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, and Excel; 3D software skills are a plus
- Strong collaborator who contributes ideas, while also being self‑motivated and confident working independently
- Positive, flexible, and highly organised, thriving in a fast‑paced environment with shifting priorities and tight deadlines
- Exceptional attention to detail and project management skills, able to manage multiple short‑ and long‑lead projects simultaneously
- Experience working with vendors, with a solid understanding of fabrication and production processes
- Ability to take projects from concept through to production in a fast‑moving environment
- Skilled at interpreting business needs and developing creative, commercially viable solutions
- Able to set and manage clear expectations with stakeholders, including lead times and deliverables
- Strong curiosity and drive to explore new materials, technologies, and design approaches to elevate projects
- Creative thinker capable of generating fresh ideas and concepts aligned with the Charlotte Tilbury brand
- Uses innovation and creative disruption to challenge briefs and push boundaries in the market
- Strong presentation skills, able to communicate concepts clearly and confidently to the business
- Consistently produces accurate, high‑quality work with a strong eye for detail
- Confident contributing ideas that elevate the brand and enhance customer experience
- Able to balance creativity with operational practicality and budget objectives, ensuring exceptional design within financial parameters
- Proven ability to deliver multiple projects under tight deadlines
- Strong portfolio demonstrating outstanding creative work
- Passion for cosmetics, retail, and product design
- Deep appreciation for aesthetic quality, detail, colour, materials, and brand identity
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to build strong relationships across teams and levels
- Creative mindset paired with commercial awareness, accuracy, and executional excellence
- Experience managing budgets, ensuring projects are delivered efficiently, cost‑effectively, and in line with financial targets
Charlotte Tilbury is a fast-paced and dynamic environment where nimble mindsets, striving to deliver the best and wanting to be part of a global #dreaamteam are key. Even though we have requirements, our experience and background are just a guide, we still love to welcome applicants with more or less experience stated, provided necessary skills can be demonstrated.
Why join us?
- Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves
- We’re a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey
- Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all
- Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues
- Bring your fury friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces
- And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!
At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.
If you want to learn more about life at Charlotte Tilbury Beauty please follow our LinkedIn page!
Skills Required
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Proficient in Excel
- 3D software skills
- Experience with vendors
- Strong project management skills
- Strong communication skills
- Experience managing budgets
Charlotte Tilbury Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Charlotte Tilbury and has not been reviewed or approved by Charlotte Tilbury.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave appears notably generous in eligible regions and roles. This element is frequently highlighted as a standout part of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays and substantial PTO are commonly available for many full-time roles. These allowances meaningfully contribute to overall value when scheduling permits.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Product discounts, periodic gifting, and access to wellbeing resources such as an Employee Assistance Program are emphasized. Learning access and everyday perks like fitness partnerships or office snacks further enhance perceived value.
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What We Do
With over 27 MAGICAL years in the beauty industry, Charlotte Tilbury MBE - the world’s No1 makeup artist - launched her ICONIC beauty company in September 2013 to record-breaking results and critical acclaim. The success since has been truly phenomenal. The award-winning collection of magic makeup and skincare innovations is adored by supermodels, starlets, entrepreneurs & icons. It is one of the fastest growing beauty companies GLOBALLY, has won countless awards and has broken records across countries, channels and categories. We have SO many exciting opportunities for you to join the Dream Team in our beautiful Central London Head Office. At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, we love what we do and strive to be the best. Dare to dream it, dare to believe it, dare to do it! Join our team of LIMITLESS THINKERS and RULE BREAKERS and help make beauty dreams come true ALL around the world! We can’t wait to hear from you!
