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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 nontraditional 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 problemsolving 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
• Experience developing video, podcast, motion, audio, and multimedia content for corporate, agency, marketing, OR B2B audiences
• Experience producing podcasts OR audio based thought leadership content, including episode planning, recording coordination, editing, cleanup, mixing, quality control, and preparing final files for distribution
• Proficiency with standard multimedia, video editing, motion graphics, audio, and graphic design tools used for digital and print production
• Portfolio multimedia production experience, including video editing, podcast OR audio production, motion graphics, digital storytelling, and general graphic design work
• Ability to work 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. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Comfortable managing multiple projects with shifting priorities and deadlines
• Able to balance creative thinking with disciplined execution and attention to detail
• Values clarity, consistency, and professionalism across multimedia, podcast, and graphic design work
• Sound judgment when supporting executivelevel and externalfacing materials
• Works a standard Monday through Friday schedule, with flexibility to support peak marketing and gotomarket activity
• Able to collaborate with colleagues possessing diverse viewpoints and accepts constructive feedback objectively
• Experience supporting marketing, sales enablement, OR thought leadership initiatives
• Experience in workers' compensation, auto no-fault, OR related healthcare OR insurance environments

Telecommuting Requirements:

• Ability to keep all company sensitive documents secure (if applicable)
• Required to have a dedicated work area established that is separated from other living areas and provides information privacy
• Must live in a location that can receive a UnitedHealth Group approved high-speed internet connection or leverage an existing high-speed internet service

*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 $60,200 to $107,400 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.