Lead Designer, Visual and Motion, Creative Services

This position is remote day-to-day; however, ideal candidates will reside within reasonable driving distance to corporate headquarters (Dublin, OH) and can travel to the office up to 1-3 times per quarter.   

What Marketing Communications contributes to Cardinal Health
 

This position is part of the Creative Services sub-team of the larger Medical Segment Marketing Communications team. Collectively, Marketing Communications is responsible for partnering with cross-functional teams throughout the Medical Segment to deploy, measure and optimize omnichannel marketing strategies used to attract, engage and retain an audience. We do this by creating and sharing valuable, relevant and consistent content to establish expertise, promote brand awareness and drive demand. Creative Services is responsible for the conception, design and production of creative projects and programs from intake through delivery. Creative Services also maintains our corporate brand identity and consistently seeks to evolve our visual language over time. 

Job Summary

The Lead Designer, Visual and Motion, helps determine and lead the strategic direction and creation of brand-right multimedia marketing communications materials for the Medical Segment, with a keen focus on ideating and executing animation and video editing work. The Lead Designer works closely with in-house account managers, business leads, copywriters and peer designers to build holistic visual systems that directly address unique business challenges and inspire desired action from target audiences. They will also help lead, develop and pitch creative concepts to internal business partners, then help guide execution by the larger creative team throughout derivative, multimedia materials. The Lead Designer must leverage their deep expertise to consistently achieve the highest possible standards for all assignments, while also working to inspire great work out of their peers and cross-functional colleagues.

Responsibilities 

• Designs creative campaign elements from start to finish, with a strong focus on leading and developing animation and video deliverables, as well as creative concepts. Able to pinch-hit on variety of static design needs such as content pieces, ads, etc.  
• Visually and verbally explains creative concepts, decisions and works to variety of internal stakeholders, with intent to gain alignment and approvals.
• Collaboratively leads multidisciplinary teams through projects of varying complexity while working to improve the team’s overall performance.
• Consistently provides constructive feedback to peers on variety of creative work. 
• Develops initial layouts, storyboards or mock-ups for creative review. 
• Produces and is accountable for the final development of creative assets and ensures accuracy, attention to detail and overall meets or exceeds the design objectives within Brand standards. 
• Efficiently manages own high-volume workload, with ability to prioritize and adapt in response to dynamic business needs.  
• Reviews peer in-house work and agency-created work for alignment to Brand and effectiveness against strategic objectives.
• Engages in professional development to continuously grow in profession and remain competitive with outside services. 

Qualifications

• Diverse portfolio of work that clearly demonstrates excellent motion, video, typography, design and production skills in digital mediums. Experience in print mediums a plus.
• Experience ideating, developing and successfully pitching creative concepts to diverse partners, for intended execution across digital, social and print platforms.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams through projects of varying complexity.
• Strong strategic thinking with awareness of the project lifecycle, necessary timelines, business challenges and team communication.
• Strong presentation skills and demonstrated success building alignment between diverse stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Expert command of Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects/Premiere Pro, Acrobat and Illustrator. Adobe certification a plus. 
• Understanding of UX and interactive design principles.
• Experience in interactive platforms such as Ceros, XD, and/or Sketch.
• Highly organized with a strong record of working independently and collaboratively while meeting all deadlines.

• 8+ years professional level experience in creative/graphic design within an external or in-house agency, with demonstrated, deep experience in motion graphic work preferred
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, preferably in Graphic Design or related field
• Digital Portfolio required (portfolio website or PDF under 10MB)

What is expected of you and others at this level 

• Apply comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform tasks and projects of varying complexity and scope

• Contribute to the development of policies and procedures 
• Complete work independently and with minimal direction from start to finish; able to support and guide peer creatives through projects of varying complexity 

• Encourage others to think differently and proactively facilitate brainstorms to develop innovation solutions to a wide range of challenges
• Write and speak effectively to clearly communicate with peers, leadership team and internal cross-functional partners
• Provide open and honest feedback to team members; mentor junior colleagues
• Respectfully question direction to help clarify strategies or fill information gaps 
• Promote collaboration within the team through sharing early and often as well as respect partner/creative points of view
• Leverage data and trends in the competitive landscape to maintains an in-depth understanding of the market, competitors and design industry
• Lead confidently and positively through change (scope, deadlines, priorities), ambiguity and innovation; proactively problem-solves
• Support and demonstrate corporate brand knowledge

Anticipated salary range: $86,400 - $123,400

**The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Bonus eligible: Yes

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close:12/20/2024 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.