Creative Lead, Design - Eden Prairie, MN

At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

This position is within the brand creative team and reports directly to the Associate Creative Director. The ideal candidate is a design professional who is eager to contribute creative solutions in a demanding, fast-paced, and collaborative environment. The role requires excellent design, creative problem-solving, and critical thinking skills. The candidate must be adept at working within a collaborative team, efficiently processing input, and applying creative problem-solving techniques to deliver effective solutions while meeting critical deadlines. As an individual contributor working under the direction of the Associate Creative Director, and as design lead on specific assignments, this person will be responsible for delivering creative solutions that enhance brand impact in meaningful ways.

This position is full-time (40 hours/week) Monday - Friday onsite in Eden Prairie, MN. Employees have the flexibility to work any one day of the week remotely. Our office is located at 1 Optum Circle, Eden Prairie, MN 55344.

If you reside near Eden Prairie, MN, you will enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid position* as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize and execute brand level campaigns
• Works on print, digital, social, and video materials
• Manages multiple projects while simultaneously maintaining design quality
• Collaborates with writers on assigned projects
• Serves as design lead, as assigned, guiding other design contributors
• Ensures brand consistency and maintains design standards
• Possesses deep knowledge of the businesses, clients and partners they support
• Advances creative quality/efficiency thought adoption of tools and technology
• Influences others with their distinctive creative solutions
• Embraces stakeholder input and responds with effective solutions

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of design experience in a corporate or agency setting
• Portfolio of work that demonstrates breadth of creative and design expertise
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience with print, digital, social and video creative
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and PowerPoint
• Located within a commutable distance of Eden Prairie, MN

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven capability of establishing effective relationships with leaders, peers, and stakeholders
• Demonstrated to be adaptable to fast-paced, evolving environments
• Proven effectiveness with time management and workload prioritization skills
• Refined presentation skills
• Proven to be skilled at managing input and critical feedback
• Familiarity with AI in a work environment
• Proficiency in collaborative tools such as Figma

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $71,200 to $127,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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