Hybrid Creative Design Manager

at Stryker

• Job title: Creative Design Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $89,300 - $148,800 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Portage, United States

About the role

• Creative Design Manager at Stryker managing design strategy and execution for communications and marketing initiatives. Leading collaboration with teams to drive impactful visual storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Manage creative design strategy by developing design concepts that align with communication goals, brand guidelines and business priorities.
• Oversee the design process, serving as a design partner to stakeholders, providing guidance on visual storytelling, messaging hierarchy, and design best practices.
• Lead planning and execution of design projects from kickoff through final delivery, ensuring timelines, expectations, and deliverables are clearly defined and met.
• Own creative development for major initiatives and divisional programs, including leadership communications, change initiatives and large-scale events.
• Contribute to defining and evolving creative standards, templates and visual systems that scale across the organization.
• Ensure all design work strengthens brand alignment and supports a cohesive, professional visual identity.
• Develop high-impact PowerPoint presentations for internal and external audiences.
• Design visual assets across a variety of formats, including presentations, campaign graphics, digital channels, event collateral and more.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, Advertising, Visual Communications, Marketing, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of professional graphic design experience post Bachelors.
• Experience building marketing campaigns, digital, and physical materials in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro).
• Must be able to provide a portfolio showcasing a range of projects, with an emphasis on brand consistency, storytelling and impact.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, highly matrixed corporate environment
• Training on and/or experience with UI/UX fundamentals and digital content design
• Experience using collaborative platforms like Miro, FigJam, or Figma
• Demonstrated experience with project management tools such as Workfront, Asana, or Monday.com
• Experience leading or contributing to large-scale events or campaigns (National Sales Meetings, product launches)

Benefits

• salary plus bonus eligible
• benefits