Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position can work in the US onsite in either Lake Forest, IL or Williston Tower (Downtown Chicago) OR onsite in Galway, Ireland in the Global Strategic Marketing Solutions Team for Rapid and Molecular Diagnostics. The Digital Designer will support the Abbott Rapid/Molecular Diagnostics Global Strategic Marketing Solutions Team (internal digital agency) in ongoing efforts to translate business goals and initiatives into compelling, innovative, clear and on-brand digital customer experiences.

What You’ll Work On

• Report to team Creative Lead and also take direction from team Senior Digital Designer

• Collaborate with creative and marketing teams to execute integrated campaigns across all digital marketing channels

• Design and execute deliverables for websites, email, social, and paid media.

• Author pages in the AEM production environment and prepare files for development when applicable.

• Learn, adapt to, and closely follow specific Brand standards and industry best practices across all digital properties.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in design or relevant field preferred

• 3+ years digital design experience – spanning responsive websites, email, html 5 Display ads, and Social

• High level of skill and aesthetic judgement in choosing high quality on-brand stock photography

• Expert level of skill in Adobe Photoshop including editing, creating silos, color correcting, and collaging stock photography

• High level of skill in Illustrator including creating and editing vector illustrations for digital use, such as for infographics, etc.

• Moderate level of skill in InDesign including opening files, leveraging graphics and content from these, and occasionally working from designs externally provided in this format.

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat

• Experience designing for web content management systems - must have some experience authoring within a CMS of some kind and be willing to learn AEM 6.5 cloud. Including page templates, components, and adhering to style sheets.

• High comfort level designing animated Digital Display ads, in both gif and html 5 forma. Experience with Google Web Designer a strong plus – must be willing to learn this software

• Must be flexible and willing to adapt to the ever-changing digital market and needs of the business

Preferred Qualifications

• Some fine art background

• Some level of skill with Premiere, After Effects, and Figma is a plus, must be willing to build this skill set (Ability to create and edit video a strong plus

• proficiency with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) page building / content authoring a strong plus

• Basic understanding of HTML and CSS are a plus

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

• Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews.

The base pay for this position is $57,300.00 – $114,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com