Senior Designer, Collaborative and Visual Design Services

About Abb Vie

Abb Vie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow Abb Vie on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, X and You Tube.

The Senior Designer, Collaborative and Visual Design Services is a multi-disciplined creative and expert technologist who serves as the lead hybrid designer and developer, delivering end-to-end digital experiences for Regulatory Affairs and the RA Advanced Capabilities team. The Senior Designer designs, builds, and oversees a portfolio of SharePoint sites, applications, and digital tools grounded in user-centered design principles. This individual partners with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to understand business needs, define design strategies, and deliver measurable outcomes.

In addition to UX/UI design, the role provides a broad range of creative services, including graphic design, visual storytelling, content development, branding, and video. The Senior Designer also supports Regulatory Affairs in collaboration technologies, digital transformation, and emerging tools, while continuously exploring new platforms and capabilities to meet evolving business and technology needs.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and co-create the design, development, and maintenance of SharePoint sites, portals, Power Apps, and other digital tools
• Apply UX/UI, accessibility, and Abb Vie brand standards across digital experiences and communications.
• Lead intake, discovery, and requirements gathering for assigned design and development requests; scope work and manage priorities across the portfolio.
• Drive the end-to-end design process, including user research, information architecture, wire framing, prototyping, production, and deployment.
• Deliver high-quality creative work across UX/UI, graphic design, branding, visual storytelling, and video.
• Partner cross-functionally with stakeholders, developers, and analysts to deliver scalable, compliant, user-centered digital solutions while actively engaging with Abb Vie’s Design Center of Excellence resources and community.
• Present concepts, research, and recommendations clearly to stakeholders and leadership; support adoption through training and enablement.
• Monitor emerging tools, platforms, and trends to recommend and pilot capabilities that advance digital maturity and innovation.
• May hire, onboard, and manage personnel, vendors, and external resources as needed.
• This role may supervise personnel and third-party resources.
• This position will work a hybrid work schedule (3 days in office) from the Lake County, IL headquarters.

Significant Work

Activities:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hr day) is required.

Education

• Required
  
  Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Digital Media, Communications, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Preferred Education:
  
  Bachelor’s or Bachelor of Fine Arts degree;
  Certifications a plus

Experience

• Required Experience:
• 8+ years’ experience in hybrid design, UX/UI, digital product, creative technology, or development role, or an equivalent combination of related experience. Two of the required years in pharma, healthcare, or a regulated industry preferred.
• Expert-level UX/UI skills, including user research, information architecture, wire framing, high-fidelity prototyping, design systems, and the ability to navigate the end-to-end design process.
• Strong visual design skills, including typography, layout, color, hierarchy, branding, and visual storytelling.
• Hands-on experience designing and building digital experiences in SharePoint, Power Apps, or similar platforms.
• Proficiency with Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and digital tools that support modern design workflows.
• Strong communication, presentation, and project management skills, with experience working in…