The Lead Graphic Designer will drive creative solutions, lead projects, mentor others, and oversee marketing materials, ensuring excellence and brand consistency.
Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite
As a Lead Graphic Designer in Sports Medicine, you’ll lead creative initiatives that influence customer perception and elevate the Stryker brand. You’ll have the opportunity to drive innovative design solutions, mentor others, and ensure every visual touchpoint reflects excellence and consistency.
This role is an in-office role with some flexibility for hybrid work.
What You Will Do
- Lead creative ideation sessions and guide the development of marketing communication materials across multiple channels.
- Strategize and develop graphics and visuals for company events, trade shows, product launches, promotions, posters, advertising, social media, email communications, Highspot and other materials (includes concepts, layouts and final artwork).
- Manage outsourced creative projects, providing clear direction and ensuring deliverables are on time, on scope, and on budget.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate messaging strategies into compelling visual executions.
- Oversee the creative review process, securing stakeholder alignment and approvals for all design drafts.
- Maintain organized file systems, ensuring proper naming conventions and readiness for deployment.
- Experiment with innovative design concepts to maximize impact and engagement.
- Champion Stryker’s brand identity by training teams and enforcing adherence to visual guidelines.
What You Will Need
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, Advertising, Visual Communications, Marketing, or related field.
- Minimum 4 years of professional graphic design experience.
- Experience building marketing campaigns, digital, and physical materials in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro).
Preferred Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years of experience in medical device or marketing environments.
- Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
$76,000 - $118,100 salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.
Posted: December 11, 2025
Travel Percentage: 20%Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.Top Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
MS Office
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