Multimedia Designer

Multimedia Designer

This position is national remote. You'll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in Minneapolis, Virginia, Maryland, or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office for a minimum of four (4) days per week.
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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
The Multimedia Designer is responsible for producing high quality multimedia content that supports Optum Workers' Compensation and Auto No Fault marketing, business development, sales enablement, and thought leadership initiatives. The role is primarily focused on video, audio, podcast production, motion graphics, digital storytelling, and end to end multimedia production, while also providing general graphic design support for standalone business, marketing, and sales enablement needs such as sales slicks, presentation clean up, templates, and other brand aligned visual materials.
The Multimedia Designer helps facilitate internal and external communications by transforming complex concepts, data, interviews, presentations, podcasts, and narratives into clear, engaging content across video, audio, motion, digital, and supporting print formats.
This position collaborates closely with Marketing, Business Development, Communications, Product teams, and executive stakeholders to create polished assets that reinforce brand credibility, support go to market initiatives, and increase audience engagement.
Success in this role depends on strong multimedia production skills, creative storytelling, sound visual judgment, and the ability to manage multiple projects accurately in a fast paced, collaborative environment. The Multimedia Designer should be comfortable exploring new formats, production techniques, and tools, including emerging technologies like AI, to enhance organizational communication while following enterprise standards.
Key skills include:
Strong multimedia production skills, including the ability to create, edit, and deliver clear, compelling, and on brand video, podcast, audio, motion, and digital storytelling content.
Ability to lead podcast production from planning through final delivery, including episode preparation, recording coordination, audio editing, post production, quality control, and distribution ready file preparation.
Experience developing multimedia content for marketing, business development, sales enablement, internal communications, and thought leadership needs.
Ability to translate complex information, scripts, and source materials into accessible visual narratives, storyboards, motion concepts, and finished multimedia deliverables.
Attention to detail and commitment to quality, consistency, and brand standards.
Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to incorporate feedback while maintaining design integrity.
Comfortable managing multiple projects, timelines, and stakeholders simultaneously.
Creative and conceptual thinking skills, with the ability to generate original visual approaches and explore non‑traditional storytelling formats.
Working knowledge of current multimedia, motion, video, audio, and graphic design trends, tools, and techniques, with the ability to apply them thoughtfully in an enterprise environment.
Comfort using AI-enabled design and multimedia tools to accelerate ideation, prototyping, and production while adhering to organizational guardrails.
Strong problem‑solving mindset, including the ability to translate abstract ideas and strategic goals into effective visual solutions.
This position is full time (40 hours / week). Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our shift schedules during our normal business hours of 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime.
We offer weeks of on-the-job training. The hours of the training will be based on schedule or will be discussed on your first day of employment.
Primary Responsibilities:
Multimedia, podcast production, and digital storytelling
Create and edit multimedia assets, including video, podcasts, audio, motion graphics, animated visual content, recorded presentations, webinars, interviews, and other digital storytelling deliverables
Lead podcast production from planning through final delivery, including episode preparation, recording coordination, guest or stakeholder readiness, audio editing, post production, quality control, and distribution ready file preparation
Manage end to end multimedia production activities, including concept development, storyboarding, editing, post production, review cycles, and final delivery
Translate concepts, scripts, data, and narratives into compelling multimedia formats that align with brand, message, accessibility, and audience expectations
Repurpose existing presentations, webinars, interviews, and campaign materials into polished, brand aligned multimedia assets for internal and external use
Refine multimedia output based on stakeholder feedback, brand guidance, accessibility needs, and performance insights to improve clarity and engagement
Graphic design and visual communications support
Provide standalone graphic design support for business, marketing, and sales enablement needs, including sales slicks, PowerPoint presentation clean up, one page flyers, client facing leave behinds, proposal graphics, meeting materials, templates, infographics, social media assets, event signage, and other ad hoc visual communications requests
Create and refine brand aligned visual assets, layouts, and templates for standalone design assignments that may or may not be directly tied to multimedia production
Refresh or clean up existing materials to improve clarity, hierarchy, formatting, consistency, and brand alignment, particularly for sales presentations, internal decks, client materials, and go to market collateral
Develop layouts and visual frameworks that simplify complex information for executive, client, and market audiences
Prepare final design files for digital and print distribution, ensuring technical accuracy, accessibility, and production readiness
Maintain and organize design assets, templates, multimedia files, and shared visual resources to support consistency and efficient reuse
Cross-functional collaboration and quality control
Partner with Marketing, Communications, Business Development, Product, and leadership teams to understand requirements, objectives, and audience needs
Incorporate stakeholder feedback efficiently while maintaining creative quality and brand consistency
Ensure all designs and multimedia assets meet accessibility standards and enterprise quality expectations
Stay current on multimedia production, motion, video, audio, design tools, trends, and best practices to continuously improve creative output and efficiency
Software and platform experience
The Multimedia Designer is expected to have working experience with, or the ability to quickly learn, the following enterprise approved tools and platforms used across the organization:
Video and multimedia creation tools
Adobe Premiere Pro for video editing and post production
Podcast and audio production tools or approved enterprise platforms for recording support, audio cleanup, editing, mixing, and final file preparation
Design and visual production tools
Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, for print, digital, presentation, and general visual design needs
Adobe After Effects for motion graphics, animation, and visual effects
Adobe Media Encoder or equivalent enterprise approved tools for video output optimization and delivery
Experience working with recorded webinar, presentation, or interview footage to produce polished, brand aligned audio and video assets
Brand, digital, and content platforms
Optum Design Standards and UHG Design Libraries for brand aligned digital and visual execution
Adobe Experience Manager for managing and supporting website graphics and downloadable digital assets
Microsoft 365, including PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and Stream for collaboration, presentation design, video distribution, and asset sharing
Experience with utilizing Figma to create collaborative design systems, wireframes, prototypes, and digital assets that support seamless cross-functional workflows and consistent user experiences
Emerging and AI assisted capabilities
Responsible use of AI assisted design capabilities available within approved enterprise tools for ideation, layout exploration, image enhancement, and workflow efficiency
Ability to adapt to evolving enterprise policies related to AI, accessibility, brand governance, and data security while leveraging new capabilities as they become available
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:
High School Diploma / GED
Must be 18 years of age OR older