Humana is building creative experiences that reflect care, connection, and purpose—and we are looking for a Creative Director to help bring that work to life. Reporting to the Executive Creative Director, this role leads creative development across campaigns, content, and brand experiences that help members, patients, caregivers, and communities understand, trust, and engage with Humana.
In a typical day, you may guide concept development, review creative work, mentor designers and writers, partner with strategy and marketing teams, and translate business goals into clear, compelling creative solutions. This role is ideal for a hands-on creative leader who can balance strategic thinking, brand stewardship, team development, and high-quality execution in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
The Creative Director leads the development of insight-driven creative concepts and brand expressions for Humana’s in-house agency. This role guides creative teams from strategy through execution, ensuring work is clear, differentiated, on-brand, and effective across channels. The Creative Director partners with creative, content, strategy, marketing, operations, compliance, and business stakeholders to deliver work that supports enterprise priorities. This work helps Humana create communications and experiences that build trust, improve understanding, and support better outcomes for members and patients.
Key Role Functions
Lead creative direction for integrated campaigns, brand initiatives, and content experiences across channels
Translate business goals, consumer insights, data, and brand strategy into compelling creative concepts that support member and patient engagement
Guide, mentor, and develop creative talent by providing clear feedback, elevating craft, and strengthening team performance
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to align creative strategy, timelines, priorities, approvals, and delivery expectations
Champion brand consistency, quality, accessibility, and compliance while identifying opportunities to improve creative effectiveness
Provide hands-on review and feedback throughout the workflow for each project the team supports, ensuring consistency, adherence to creative development best practices, and the highest standards for end users
Use your skills to make an impact
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Design, or a related creative field, or equivalent professional experience
8+ years of experience developing strategic creative concepts, campaigns, brand identity systems, or marketing content in an agency, in-house agency, or creative organization
5+ years of experience leading creative talent, managing a creative team, or directing cross-functional creative work
Portfolio demonstrating mastery of creative concept development, brand expression, campaign execution, and multi-channel storytelling
Demonstrated experience presenting creative strategy, providing actionable feedback, and partnering with stakeholders to deliver high-quality creative work
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working in healthcare, insurance, financial services, or another regulated industry
Experience leading creative work for enterprise brands, brand portfolios, or large matrixed organizations
Experience with creative operations, Agile workflows, content management, digital asset management, or approval platforms
Proficiency with industry-standard creative tools, including Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office
Ability to apply consumer insights, performance data, market trends, and emerging creative best practices to improve creative outcomes
Location & Work Arrangement
Arlington, VA; Louisville, KY; Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Tampa, FL; Nashville, TN; Dallas, TX; Seattle, WA; Denver, CO; Fort Lauderdale, FL
Periodic in-office work may be required to support collaboration, key meetings, and leadership engagement. Remote options will be considered based on role needs and candidate experience
Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40Pay Range
The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.
Description of Benefits
Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.Application Deadline: 09-16-2026About us
About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Design, or a related creative field, or equivalent professional experience
- 8+ years of experience developing strategic creative concepts, campaigns, brand identity systems, or marketing content
- 5+ years of experience leading creative talent, managing a creative team, or directing cross-functional creative work
- Portfolio demonstrating mastery of creative concept development, brand expression, campaign execution, and multi-channel storytelling
- Experience presenting creative strategy, providing actionable feedback, and partnering with stakeholders to deliver high-quality creative work
- Experience working in healthcare, insurance, financial services, or another regulated industry
- Experience leading creative work for enterprise brands, brand portfolios, or large matrixed organizations
- Experience with creative operations, Agile workflows, content management, digital asset management, or approval platforms
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office
- Ability to apply consumer insights, performance data, market trends, and emerging creative best practices to improve creative outcomes
Humana Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Humana and has not been reviewed or approved by Humana.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, supplemental health, and long-term care insurance are offered alongside on-site/virtual wellness resources and weekly paid well-being time, indicating a whole-person focus.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid PTO and holidays, volunteer time, and formal leave options such as parental and caregiver time provide broad time-away support. Adoption assistance and lactation rooms extend coverage for key life events.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match anchors long-term savings. Employer-matched emergency savings programs complement retirement planning.
Humana Insights
What We Do
At Humana, our cultural foundation is aligned to helping members achieve their best health by delivering personalized, simplified, whole-person healthcare experiences. Recognizing healthcare needs continue to evolve for each person, for each family and for each community, Humana continuously creates innovative solutions and resources that help people live their healthiest lives on their terms –when and where they need it. Our employees are at the heart of making this happen and that’s why we are dedicated to building an organization of dynamic talent whose experience and passion center on putting the customer first.
