Lead Designer - Executive Communication

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As a Senior Specialist in Graphic Design and Executive Communications, you will lead creative solutions, design strategy, and delivery for our Executive leadership team. You will be responsible for transforming complex business data into compelling storytelling that drives decision-making and engagement across the organization. This role requires a blend of high-level design expertise, proficiency in creative storytelling, and the professional maturity to consult and communicate with C-suite stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Act as a design subject matter expert/mentor within the marketing function, driving innovative solutions for executive communications and deliverables aligned to brand guidelines and communications best practices
• Executive Storytelling & Presentation: Design and produce high-stakes visual assets, including executive walking decks, Business Reviews, and Business Cases
• Communication Design: Lead the visual design for monthly all-team meetings, 'Marketing Wins' email campaigns, and internal training/onboarding materials
• Digital Design: Oversee the design and community management of the Marketing SharePoint site, and provide expert guidance on design best practices for performance reporting tools such as PowerBI dashboards. Ensure that all interfaces are user-friendly, engaging, and readily accessible
• Template Architecture: Develop and maintain standardized, high-quality business performance reporting templates for C-suite and internal stakeholders
• Rich Media Production: Capability to manage the full lifecycle of video production (illustration/animation), including conceptualization, storyboarding, editing, and final delivery within tight corporate deadlines
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

• Education: Graduate degree in Graphic Design, Communications, Marketing, or equivalent professional experience
• Design Expertise: Senior-level proficiency in visual storytelling, conceptual analysis, information hierarchy, and creative services
• Technical Mastery: Advanced expertise in PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook, and Adobe
• Critical Thinking: Proven ability to solve complex problems through innovative design solutions and anticipate customer needs before they are articulated
• Professionalism: Proven ability to mentor and influence stakeholders without authority and manage high-pressure deadlines for executive deliverables
• Professional portfolio demonstrating creative capabilities

• Creative Suit: Experience in data visualization such as PowerBI dashboard design

• Innovation: Develops new approaches to communicate business impact and visualize complex business problems
• Complexity Management: Performs complex conceptual analyses to simplify data and storytelling
• Integrity: Acts ethically and ensures all materials meet compliance and branding standards
• Collaboration: Cultivates trusting relationships with internal business partners to drive support for marketing initiatives