Manager, Graphic Design

Job Overview The Graphic Design Manager is a visionary creative lead, brand strategist, and strategic visual storyteller responsible for bridging the gap between complex healthcare operations and high-impact communication. While strong design execution is expected, this role goes beyond asset creation and presentation design; it requires a highly strategic thinker who can shape and elevate DaVita’s brand identity. Essential Duties & Responsibilities Multi-Channel Execution: Conceptualize and produce high-quality visionary assets across digital, print, and environmental platforms, including patient education materials, social media campaigns, sales collateral, and internal events and activations. Brand Strategy, Executive Pitching & Creative Consultation: Act as a strategic partner to senior leadership, leading creative pitches, presenting overarching brand concepts and rationale, defending decisions with data, and translating vision into actionable design strategies. Strategic Translation & Data Visualization: Partner with leaders to translate complex data into intuitive visual narratives, designing audience‑centric materials that explain kidney care clearly while maintaining professional quality. High‑Stakes Presentation & Visual Design: Lead the design and animation of executive‑level presentations, using advanced PowerPoint features and design tools to create show‑style decks for large‑scale events, investor meetings, and physician conferences. Operational Excellence & Brand Stewardship: Champion DaVita’s brand identity across all media, manage and evolve a library of scalable templates, and use project‑management tools to track workstreams, manage deadlines, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams. Success Criteria Visionary Brand Strategy: An ethereal, forward‑thinking approach to design that goes beyond standard asset creation to shape and advance the brand. Executive Presence: Exceptional verbal communication skills; the ability to sit at the table with senior leaders and confidently pitch, pivot, and persuade. Presentation Mastery: Ability to build complex, non‑linear PowerPoint decks that feel like high‑end motion graphics. Workflow Proficiency: A disciplined approach to managing high‑volume, high‑accuracy output within established tracking systems. Empathetic Storytelling: The ability to simplify medical‑speak for patients while maintaining clinical rigor for B2B audiences. Minimum Qualifications Education: Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communications, or related field (Required). Experience: 6 to 8+ years of professional design experience, with heavy emphasis on brand strategy, corporate B2B, consumer‑facing (B2C), and executive presentation/pitch design (Required). Technical Proficiency: Expert‑level PowerPoint with advanced animation and template architecture; proficiency in Word and Outlook; mastery of Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop (All Required). Project Management: Familiarity with tools such as Smartsheet, Workfront, Wrike, or Asana to manage complex workflows (Required). Portfolio: Must showcase brand strategy, advanced presentation work, motion/animation examples, and evidence of visual storytelling for both executive and stakeholder audiences (Required). Preferred Qualifications Motion Graphics: Experience with Adobe After Effects or Premiere Pro for event video content. Event & Show Experience: Knowledge of environmental design and aspect ratios for stage screens (LED walls, projection). Modern Workflow: Proficiency in Smartsheet for automated approvals or resource tracking; familiarity with Figma (UI/UX) or AI‑driven ideation tools such as Adobe Firefly. Healthcare Experience: Specific experience in patient education, clinical marketing, or a similarly regulated industry. Physical Demands & Visual Requirements Visual: Vision adequate to perform essential duties; must demonstrate the ability to differentiate colors (critical for clinical charting and brand accuracy). Physical: Ability to lift a minimum of 5 lbs. unassisted; manual dexterity for computer use. Work Environment Location: Denver, CO strongly preferred. Hybrid Schedule: Alignment with DaVita’s hybrid work model. Travel: Occasional travel (up to 15%) for on‑site event support, photoshoots, or clinical visits. Overtime: Periodic evening or weekend work may be required to meet high‑stakes executive deadlines or event dates. Benefits Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out. Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, Headspace® access, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more. Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on‑demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning. Equal Opportunity Employment At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second. We want all teammates to experience DaVita as “a place where I belong.” Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age‑identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. Salary Range $70,000.00 - $106,000.00 per year. Position open for a minimum of three days. #J-18808-Ljbffr