1. SuitUp with Estée Lauder
03.30.2023
Opening Doors and Reimagining Pathways for
Students Everywhere…
2. About Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder is the
global leader in prestige
beauty — delighting
consumers with
transformative products
and experiences, inspiring
them to express their
individual beauty. Estée
Lauder is the only
company focused solely
on prestige makeup, skin
care, fragrance and hair
care with a diverse
portfolio of 23 brands, sold
in approximately 150
countries with 60,000+
employees worldwide.
About Hillcrest High
School
Hillcrest High School is
a STEAM (Science,
Technology, Engineering,
Arts, and Mathematics)
school that proudly offers
its students a world-class
education with a dynamic
faculty and challenging
curriculum. Their students
get the benefits and
warmth of a small school
setting with their eight
Small Learning
Communities all within a
large comprehensive high
school that offers
Advanced Placement
classes and one of the
largest College Now
programs in New York
City.
students &
volunteers
engaged
49
3. Volunteers Gender Students
76% Female 50%
24% Male 50%
Meet the Participants
Volunteers Race/Ethnicity Students
5% African American 17%
5%
Asian / Pacific
Islander 25%
5% Black 8%
52% Caucasian/White N/A
19% Hispanic/Latinx 25%
5%
Middle Eastern/ North
African N/A
N/A Multi-Racial 8%
N/A
Not Listed / Another
Identity 8%
10% Prefer Not Say 8%
4. 4
Business Case Challenge
Through SuitUp, volunteers from Estée Lauder and students from Hillcrest High School
participated in a SuitUp business competition in which they created a new marketing
campaign to drive new Gen Z customer traffic to MAC Cosmetics' official website to
explore a specific product. Volunteers coached students in various departments before
helping them pitch to judges for a cash prize.
Winning Team:
GenMac
Team 1:
Project Skin Care
Reincarnation
Team 3:
GenMac
Team 2:
Stack on Stacks
SuitUp to the Challenge
5. From Student to CEO…
A look at how we are changing life trajectories
through corporate skills-based volunteering
6. Competitions Make a Difference…
92%
of students feel more confident in school
and preparing for a career after working
with SuitUp and their coaches
100%
of volunteers believe their company
made a positive impact through SuitUp
100%
of volunteers see SuitUp as a way to
encourage more students to explore their
industry or company
AFTER SUITUP...
7. Estée Lauder Impact
SuitUp asked students if Estée Lauder’s SuitUp competition made an impact
on their future career choice. 100% of students said that engaging with the
volunteers influenced their career choice and now they can see themselves
using skills such as communication, teamwork and public speaking. Students
are now interested in exploring the following fields:
Business Administration / Entrepreneurship 100%
Education 8%
Fashion Design 8%
Financial Services 42%
Graphic/Web Design 17%
Healthcare 8%
Marketing 58%
Media/Public Relations 17%
STEM 8%
Other 8%
8. Same time
next week?
100% of volunteers are interested in doing a SuitUp competition again
100% of students enjoyed interacting with their SuitUp coaches
100% of students would like to participate in SuitUp again
9. During the competition, we
overheard…
““My favorite part was learning how to market our products online.”–
SuitUp Student
“I love how fun the coaches were!” – SuitUp Student
“I enjoyed watching the students’ presentations. They are all so
creative and thoughtful about their work.” – Estée Lauder Volunteer
10. Get Involved
A huge thank you from all of us in the SuitUp family…
JOIN SUITUP’S
CORPORATE
BOARD
VOLUNTEER
AT FUTURE
EVENTS
MAKE AN
INTRO TO
ANOTHER
COMPANY
GIVE
A
GIFT
This board meets 4x a year and
helps SuitUp implement its
strategic plan to scale and serve
more students.
Follow us on social media
and stay engaged in order to
sign up for other volunteer
opportunities in the future.
SuitUp is always seeking
new corporate partners to
host and sponsor SuitUp
competitions and events.
We work across the US
and even the UK.
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit,
SuitUp is always seeking
financial or in-kind support to
continue our work in
communities that need it most.
All gifts are tax deductible.
