Executive Creative Director, Creative & Content

Location: Indianapolis

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.
** Organization Overview
** At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. Every day, we make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing, and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, and more active lives.

The Lilly Creative Capabilities team fuses data, creativity, and technology to turn bold ideas into work that moves people worldwide. As a true creative engine, we partner across the enterprise, uniting deep brand expertise with integrated insights and modern production to deliver breakthrough ideas with confidence and speed. We design human-centric experiences that build trust, deepen understanding, and drive measurable outcomes.

Together, we push past “good enough,” raising the bar for creative excellence and operational agility. If you are driven to lead, to learn fast, and to raise the bar every day, come help us redefine what a best-in-any-class in-house agency can do.
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* Who We Are:

** We are transforming what an in-house agency can be, building a modern creative organization that sets new standards for excellence in health.
** As Executive Creative Director,
** you will lead and inspire a high-performing team to deliver bold, integrated ideas across a diverse portfolio of 15 to 20 brands and multiple therapeutic areas. Your work will help shape how people connect with one of the most essential aspects of their lives: their health.

This is a rare opportunity to drive creative transformation at scale, where brand strategy, storytelling, and production come together to create meaningful, human-centered work with speed, precision, and craft. You will ensure brand strategies are brought to life across a wide range of audiences, from healthcare professionals to consumers, through everything from campaign refreshes to large-scale launches. You will champion a culture of innovation, elevate creative standards, and foster collaboration across disciplines.

This role is for a hands-on creative leader who challenges convention, embraces emerging technologies like AI to unlock efficiency and insights, and builds inclusive, high-performing teams. If you are ready to bring vision to life through breakthrough ideas, elevate team performance, and expand what is possible within an in‑house creative organization, we invite you to join us and help define the future of our in‑house agency.
** What We Are Looking For
*** A culture builder and talent magnet who attracts, develops, and retains top creative talent by fostering psychological safety, setting clear expectations, elevating creative performance, and celebrating outcomes and craft.
* Constructer of a best in any class IHA team and capabilities across brand design, copywriting, art direction, experience design, content strategy, and production, while scaling processes without sacrificing craft.
* Relentlessly pushes creative boundaries and leverages technology to unlock new possibilities, integrating automation, generative tools, agentic AI, and intelligent workflows that increase speed, precision, and consistency.
* A vision‑driven creative leader with a proven track record of setting a high creative bar, shaping brand platforms, and delivering integrated work that moves people and business, grounded in deep respect for science and human impact.
* Demonstrated executive presence with the ability to build trust, expand the in-house agency remit through measurable outcomes, and translate complex needs into clear, inspiring creative direction.
* Architect of integrated campaigns for HCP and consumer audiences across digital, social, video, CRM, web, experiential, and print who is…