Full-Time

Senior Director

Creative Strategy and Operations, Marketing

Posted on 9/13/2025

Vizient

Vizient

1,001-5,000 employees

Healthcare performance improvement and supply chain

Compensation Overview

$135.2k - $236.6k/yr

+ Incentive Eligible

Chicago, IL, USA + 1 more

More locations: Irving, TX, USA

Hybrid

Category
UI/UX & Design (1)
Required Skills
Branding/Brand Strategy
Social Media
Requirements
  • Relevant degree preferred in Marketing, Communications or Business
  • 10 or more years of relevant experience required
  • Proven experience leading and developing teams required
  • Strong expertise in brand strategy, visual design, and creative direction across multiple channels
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence at senior levels
  • Experience managing agency partners and external vendors
  • Ability to travel regularly and expeditiously throughout the year to meet clients’ needs and timetables
Responsibilities
  • Lead the development and execution of concept-driven campaigns and visual narratives that elevate the brand
  • Manage a multi-year, multi-brand integration strategy for the organization
  • Mentor and manage a team of designers, copywriters, and producers to deliver high-impact creative work
  • Oversee the creative process from concept to completion for marketing and brand initiatives across digital, print, video, social, and environmental design
  • Serve as brand steward, ensuring adherence to brand guidelines and voice across all channels
  • Refine and evolve brand standards, including visual identity, tone, style, and brand architecture
  • Partner with marketing, communications, and external partners to conduct brand reviews, audits, and approvals
  • Collaborate with events and communications teams to design and deliver integrated event branding strategies
  • Oversee the creation of cohesive visual identities and branded environments for flagship events, conferences, and summits
  • Partner with cross-functional teams (Marketing, Communications, Product, HR, Sales) and external agencies to deliver cohesive, enterprise-level creative solutions
Desired Qualifications
  • Relevant degree preferred in Marketing, Communications or Business

Vizient helps healthcare providers improve efficiency and patient outcomes through data-driven solutions. It serves academic medical centers, health systems, community and rural hospitals, and ambulatory care providers. Its offerings include supply chain management, clinical and operational performance improvement, and strategic consulting, delivered through a membership model with access to analytics and expert guidance. By combining data analytics, industry insights, and scale, Vizient aims to help members reduce costs and deliver high-quality, cost-effective care.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$2B

Headquarters

Irving, Texas

Founded

1977

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • 2024 Kaufman Hall acquisition expands high-margin advisory services across domains.
  • PrefTech OR buyout adds cloud-based preference card management for point-of-care efficiency.
  • $156 billion contract portfolio leverages supplier negotiations for analytics revenue.

What critics are saying

  • Premier Inc. steals members with superior $68 billion volume pricing within 12-24 months.
  • GHX AI platform captures procedural analytics market share in 6-12 months.
  • 2022 Safe & Reliable integration causes 20% client attrition from cultural clashes.

What makes Vizient unique

  • Vizient's Procure-to-Pay platform holds ISO 9001 certification for full purchasing governance.
  • Procedural Analytics links pricing data to patient outcomes for value-based decisions.
  • Serves 97% of U.S. academic medical centers with specialized research solutions.

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Benefits

Five weeks (25 days) of PTO

Nine paid company holidays & one floating holiday

Four weeks to work from anywhere in the U.S.

High-deductible health plans

Dental and vision coverage

Health savings account with company contribution

Flexible spending accounts

Headspace wellness app

401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 5 percent

Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance

Short-term illness and long-term disability coverage

Tuition assistance program

Discounts on cell phone plans, movie tickets, hotels & much more

Company News

Business Wire
Jun 26th, 2024
Vizient to Acquire Kaufman Hall, Expanding Advisory Expertise for Healthcare Industry

Vizient announced that it has exercised its option to acquire the remaining interest in Kaufman Hall, a strategic advisor to the healthcare industry.

Business Wire
Oct 31st, 2023
Vizient Announces Acquisition of PrefTech OR, a Next-generation Physician Preference Card Management Technology

Vizient announces it has acquired PrefTech OR's next-generation, cloud-based preference card management software for healthcare providers.

Business Wire
Aug 2nd, 2022
Vizient Acquires Safe & Reliable Healthcare, Creates New Streamlined Solution for Sustained Delivery of Safe Healthcare

Vizient has acquired Safe & Reliable Healthcare, a leading provider of high reliability services for sustained delivery of safer patient care.

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