Lantern is the specialty care platform connecting people with the best care when they need it most. By curating a Network of Excellence comprised of the nation's top specialists for surgery, cancer care, infusions and more, Lantern delivers excellent care with significant cost savings to employers and their workforces. Lantern also pairs members with a dedicated care team, including Care Advocates and nurses, for the entirety of their care journey, helping them get back to good health, back to their families and back to work. With convenient access to specialists nationwide, Lantern means quality care is within driving distance for most. Lantern is trusted by the nation's largest employers to deliver care to more than 6 million members across the country. Learn more about us at lanterncare.com.
About You:
- You use LOGIC in your decision making and understand that progress is critical to making change. You focus on the execution of your content while balancing a fast-paced environment and you take the time to celebrate both the small & big wins.
- INCLUSION is a core tenant of your personal beliefs. A diverse and inclusive environment is incredibly important to you. You understand and desire to be a part of a diverse team with different experiences and perspectives & you cherish the differences in each individual that you interact with.
- You have the GRIT, drive and ambition to tackle big problems. Big problems require big ideas and a team that supports new ideas.
- You care deeply for your customers are driven to keep HUMANITY in all decisions. Your customers aren’t just the individuals using your product. They are the driving factor in your motivation to make a change.
- Integrity guides you in life. Focusing on the TRUTH vs. giving people the answers they want to hear.
- You thrive in a Team Environment. Collaboration is key in innovation and creating change.
These pillars of LIGHT are a reminder to our team that we are making a difference by providing guidance and support in navigating the often complex and confusing landscape of healthcare. We hope that through this LIGHT, individuals can find their way to the best care, resources, and support they need to get back to life.
If this sounds like you, we would love to connect to speak further about career opportunities at Lantern.
Please apply to our role & someone from our Talent Acquisition Team will reach out to help you navigate our interview process.
Job Overview:
As the Creative Director for Lantern’s marketing team, you will lead and inspire the visual design efforts across both digital and print channels. You will set the creative vision and oversee design strategy across digital, print, and experiential marketing—while also rolling up your sleeves to execute high-quality design work. This role requires both big-picture thinking and deep craft expertise: shaping the brand’s evolution, building scalable systems, and mentoring a small team, while also personally designing key assets to bring campaigns to life.
You’ll collaborate closely with marketing and cross-functional teams to create impactful materials that communicate complex healthcare concepts with clarity and empathy to B2B (employers, consultants, health plans) and B2C (members) audiences. This is an opportunity to shape the next evolution of Lantern’s visual identity, owning both vision and execution and ensuring Lantern stands out in the healthcare space.
Responsibilities:
- Creative Leadership & Vision: Act as a thought leader within the marketing team, ensuring creative work aligns with broader business objectives and strengthens Lantern’s position in the healthcare market. Develop and maintain a cohesive visual identity for Lantern across all marketing materials, ensuring consistency and clarity.
- Team Management & Development: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of designers, fostering creativity, professional development, and collaboration.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with brand marketing, content, product marketing, product and commercial teams to create impactful campaigns. Work directly with executive leadership to bring priority content to life.
- Multi-Channel Design Execution: Oversee and directly own the production of marketing materials, including web, email, social media, sales collateral, events, and packaging.
- User-Centered & Accessible Design: Ensure all creative work is user-friendly, accessible , and optimized for diverse audiences.
- Brand Governance & Scalability: Maintain and refine design systems that ensure brand consistency while allowing flexibility for different audience segments.
- Project & Vendor Management: Oversee creative workflows using Monday.com, manage vendor relationships, and ensure projects meet deadlines and budget constraints.
- Innovation & Industry Awareness: Stay up to date on design trends, accessibility standards, and healthcare industry regulations to ensure our creative work remains modern and compliant.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in visual design, with 3+ years in a creative leadership role, preferably in healthcare, tech, or a regulated industry, with a portfolio showcasing your work across digital, print and packaging designs particularly in healthcare or a related field.
- Experience managing and mentoring a design team, fostering creativity while maintaining high execution standards.
- Strong understanding of design principles, color theory, typography and composition, with a focus on accessibility and empathy in healthcare communications.
- Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma (Canva experience a plus).
- Experience with marketing automation platforms (HubSpot, Iterable) and project management tools (Monday.com) preferred.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present and explain design concepts to non-design teams.
- Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize multiple projects, meet deadlines, and work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.
- A passion for creating design solutions that address the unique needs of members, clients, healthcare professionals and health plan partnerships.
- Ability to manage external vendor relationships, establish timelines and manage budget.
Location: Remote
Benefits:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- 401k with company match
Lantern does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
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What We Do
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Employer Direct Healthcare™ (EDH) is an innovative healthcare services company that provides high-quality, cost-effective solutions to self-insured employers through two core products, SurgeryPlus™ and CareCentral™.
Whether it is SurgeryPlus or CareCentral™, our Care Advocates are the heart of our business. Beginning with the first time they call in, members are paired with a dedicated Care Advocate, who serves as their personal full-service healthcare concierge for as long as they are enrolled in our services. As experts on each of our members’ medical plans, our Care Advocates truly handle it all, from locating the best providers for a member’s specific needs, to coordinating any logistics and scheduling all of their appointments.
SurgeryPlus™ is a valuable supplemental surgery benefit that transforms the way employers provide and pay for their employees’ planned medical procedures. With SurgeryPlus™, we pre-negotiate bundled rates for thousands of non-emergent surgical procedures, which allows us to generate significant savings for both employers and their employees. With this benefit, members have access to our full-service healthcare concierge services and our exclusive national network of 100% board certified physicians representing numerous specialties, including orthopedics, sports medicine, spine, general surgery, gastroenterology, women’s health/GYN, bariatrics, ear, nose and throat (ENT), cardiac and more.
CareCentral™ is a full-service healthcare concierge service that is designed to assist members in understanding and navigating all of their healthcare decisions, from something as simple as answering a benefits-related question or locating a primary care provider, to something as complex as coordinating treatment for conditions such as cancer, transplants, chronic conditions, surgeries and more. When it comes to the ways CareCentral™ can assist members with their healthcare needs, the sky is the limit!
