Communication Operations & Optimization, Presentation Specialist

Summary

This role serves as a strategic presentation partner to senior leaders and executives, specializing in the creation, refinement, and execution of high‑impact PowerPoint presentations. From Board and executive leadership decks to enterprise‑wide communications, this individual translates complex, often evolving content into clear, compelling visual stories—quickly and accurately.

The Senior Presentation Specialist operates in a high‑volume, high‑change environment
, where priorities shift rapidly and presentations may undergo multiple iterations in short time frames. Success in this role requires deep PowerPoint expertise, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to deliver polished, executive‑level work under pressure.

• Produces and presents creative concepts and designs supporting the People & Culture function within Advocate Health, with a varying audience from the Board to all teammates.
• Concepts, develops and implements creative solutions for a variety of projects including videos, presentations, internal campaigns, infographics, event concepts and materials, printed brochures, posters, flyers and online tools, while maintaining and ensuring visual design consistency. Translates and adapts work to fit across multiple medias.
• Incorporates photography and video into design work to create a modern, trend‑aware design style with a high‑end aesthetic appearance.
• Works creatively within the brand architecture. Ensures that all designs and presentations are aligned with Advocate Health's visual identity and branding guidelines.
• Assists management with integrated team projects.
• Develops user interface features, site animation, and special effects. Creates designs/chooses photos/graphic elements that are creative, fresh and enhance readability. Arranges and produces photo/video shoots as necessary.
• Produces high volumes of PowerPoint presentations supporting executives, senior leaders, and Board‑level audiences, often under compressed timelines.
• Responds effectively to rapid‑turn requests, same‑day deliverables, and frequent content changes, including last‑minute edits prior to meetings or events.
• Elevates rough, draft, or content‑heavy materials into clear, visually structured, executive‑ready presentations with strong narrative flow.
• Applies expert‑level PowerPoint skills, including master slides, layouts, templates, advanced formatting, charts, data visualization, animation, and slide restructuring.
• Works almost exclusively in Microsoft PowerPoint; this role does not utilize Google Slides or Apple Keynote as primary tools.
• Maintains consistency with Advocate Health’s brand standards while adapting presentations for different audiences, contexts, and levels of leadership.
• Partners closely with stakeholders to clarify objectives, prioritize content, and shape presentation structure—often acting as a trusted advisor on executive communication best practices.
• Manages multiple concurrent projects with competing deadlines, maintaining accuracy, attention to detail, and professionalism.
• Supports live meetings and in‑person events as needed, including on‑site presentation updates or changes before or during executive sessions.
• Collaborates with the broader communications team to ensure alignment across enterprise messaging and visual standards.

None Required.

• Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design or related field.

• Typically requires 5 years of experience in supporting design, visual arts and digital design.
• 5+ years of experience creating presentations in a corporate, executive, consulting, or enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated experience supporting C‑suite, senior leadership, or Board‑level presentations.
• Proven success working in fast‑paced, high‑volume environments with quick turnarounds and frequent revisions.
• Advanced, hands‑on experience using Microsoft PowerPoint as the primary presentation tool.

• Experience in concepting for print, web and broadcast/interactive mediums, creating designs that are visually inviting, functional, dynamic, effective, and capable of…