Executive Creative Director, Creative & Content

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.

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.

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.

• 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.
• Constructor 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 fluent in omnichannel journey design from first impression to conversion and adherence.
• Influential driver of creative and content strategy who ensures every asset is purposeful, precise, and performance‑driven, while setting creative standards, establishing review rituals, and coaching teams to elevate excellence and execution.
• Champion of inclusive, human‑centered storytelling who reflects the diverse communities we serve and responsibly pushes representation forward.
• Proven collaborator who partners closely with Account, Project Management, and Operations teams to ensure flawless execution from campaign refreshes to large‑scale launches, while balancing speed, quality, and cost.
• Data and insights fluent leader who translates analytics into creative action, knows how to brief, test, learn, and optimize, and is fluent in enterprise measurement contexts such as MMM, MTA, and brand lift.
• Comfortably operates in regulated environments as a cross‑functional force multiplier, building strong partnerships with Marketing, Brand, Communications, Content Operations, Medical, Legal, Regulatory, Media, Analytics, and Capability…