Head of Creative and Engagement

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska, we are a mission-driven organization dedicated to championing the health and well-being of our members and the communities we serve.

Our team is the power behind that promise. And, as the industry rapidly evolves and we seek ways to optimize business processes and customer experiences, there's no greater time for forward-thinking professionals like you to join us in delivering on it! As a member of Team Blue, you'll find purpose, opportunities and the support you need to build a meaningful career and make a powerful impact in our community.

The Head of Creative and Engagement provides strategic leadership and oversight of enterprise-wide member communications, customer experience, brand management and compliance, digital marketing, media production, and market segment support. This role develops and executes integrated, digital-first engagement strategies to deliver consistent, accessible, compliant, and impactful member experiences across all communication channels.

The position leads cross-functional project and resource management processes to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality communications, creative assets, and marketing initiatives aligned with organizational priorities. Partnering with executive leadership, Information Services, and key stakeholders, this leader drives digital innovation, enhances member engagement, and aligns technology and marketing strategies to support business objectives. The role provides direct leadership to Digital Marketing, Customer Experience, Brand Compliance, and Market Segment Support teams, fostering collaboration, operational excellence, talent development, and measurable business results.

Candidates applying to this position must live within driving distance of the Omaha, Nebraska metro. This position allows remote flexibility but will have 2-3 days per week in the office.

What you'll do:

• Own the enterprise member communication strategy and governance model across email, text/SMS, web, mobile, print, and other channels. Establish message priorities, audience and channel standards, communication calendars, preference practices, approval requirements, and performance measures to create coordinated, relevant experiences.
• Lead Customer Experience and CX/UX capabilities, including customer research, journey mapping, experience standards, usability, accessibility, and continuous improvement. Ensure uniform messaging, content, and interactions across member, consumer, employer, broker, provider, and employee touchpoints.
• Create and manage a disciplined project, traffic, and creative production process covering intake, scoping, prioritization, capacity planning, assignments, schedules, development, reviews, approvals, quality control, delivery, and reporting. Resolve competing priorities and maintain visibility into status, risks, dependencies, and resource needs.
• Direct Brand Compliance and media production functions. Maintain standards for brand identity, editorial quality, regulatory and legal review, accessibility, and production readiness; facilitate artwork development and delivery of accurate specifications and files to printers, wellness vendors, agencies, media outlets, and other external partners.
• Lead Digital Marketing and Market Segment Support teams in translating enterprise and segment strategies into annual and longer-term engagement plans, campaigns, journeys, content, and finished deliverables supporting acquisition, retention, health outcomes, affordability, internal and external communications, and public relations.
• Own the strategy, content governance, user experience, performance, maintenance, and redesign of the public-facing website. Partner with Product, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Information Services to build and enhance direct-to-consumer ecommerce experiences that support education, shopping, conversion, and service.
• Serve as the primary departmental partner to Information Services for digital engagement. Define business and experience requirements, align roadmaps and priorities, participate in platform and vendor decisions, support implementation and adoption, and ensure technology enables secure, compliant, measurable, and scalable communications and experiences.
• Guide and consult Marketing, Communications, Product, and business teams on digital-first practices, channel effectiveness, customer-centered design, brand standards, creative production, analytics, automation, emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, and responsible use of new capabilities.
• Manage external agencies, production partners, freelancers, technology vendors, and other resources, including scope, budget, contracts, service levels, quality, risk, and performance. Select the right internal and external capabilities to deliver efficiently and consistently.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Digital Marketing, Customer Experience, Brand Compliance, and Market Segment Support teams. Establish clear accountabilities, build succession and capability plans, attract and retain talent, and foster a proactive, collaborative, accountable, and high-performing culture.

To be considered for this position, you must have:

- Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business, digital experience, design, technology, or a related discipline.

- Ten or more years of progressively responsible experience in digital marketing, member or customer engagement, customer experience, communications, brand management, creative services, ecommerce, or a related field.

- Five or more years of experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing leaders, employees, agencies, vendors, budgets, and complex cross-functional programs.

- Demonstrated experience developing omnichannel communication or engagement strategies with strong working knowledge of email, text/SMS, websites, marketing automation, analytics, journey design, and traditional channels.

- Demonstrated experience establishing project intake, prioritization, traffic management, creative development, review, approval, production, and measurement processes.

- Proven ability to influence senior executives, build alignment across business and technology teams, make decisions in ambiguous situations, and translate strategy into measurable execution.

-An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for this requirement.

-The ability to meet or exceed the attendance and timeliness requirements of their departments.

-The ability to work well in a team environment and be capable of building and maintaining positive relationships with other staff, departments, and customers.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties may be assigned.

The strongest candidates for this position will also possess- :

1. Experience in health care, health insurance, financial services, or another highly regulated, consumer-focused industry.

2. Advanced degree in marketing, communications, business, design, technology, or a related discipline.

3. Deep understanding of CX/UX methods, accessibility, content strategy, customer research, journey orchestration, website management, conversion optimization, ecommerce, CRM, and marketing automation.

4. Knowledge of brand governance, regulatory and compliance review, privacy, consent and preference management, production workflows, and quality assurance.

5. Strong business and financial acumen with demonstrated ability to establish KPIs, manage budgets and vendor performance, and use data to improve engagement, experience, conversion, retention, and operational efficiency.

6. Track record of building talent, leading change, introducing new technology responsibly, and creating an accountable culture that delivers high-quality work at speed.

7. Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, negotiation, and executive-consulting skills.

What We Offer You

Learn more about what makes BCBSNE such an exceptional place to work, including details about our comprehensive Total Rewards package, by visiting NebraskaBlue.com/Careers.

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