Senior Director – Creative & Production, Global Communications

Key Objectives/Deliverables

• Set the creative vision and direction for Global Communications — partnering with the masterbrand team to carry Lilly’s visual identity into everything we make and evolve how the brand shows up in storytelling.
• Concept and produce social-first, channel-native content in close partnership with the Senior Director, Digital & Social Media — bringing the editorial vision and calendar to life across LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Facebook, YouTube, and Lilly.com.
• Build and lead an in-house creative studio across video, design, and multimedia that produces against the editorial calendar and in real time as moments emerge — at newsroom pace, without compromising craft.
• Attract, develop, and retain top creative talent, building a high-standards culture with the clear expectations and psychological safety for people to take real creative risks.
• Champion storytelling excellence across Global Communications — finding the human truth in complex science and strategy and shaping it into clear, emotionally compelling narratives that connect Lilly's work to the people it's for.
• Push creative boundaries with new technology — integrating automation, generative and agentic AI, and intelligent workflows that increase speed, precision, and consistency.
• Own how creative moves through the pipeline — the project tracking, milestone management, and operating rhythms that keep work efficient, on time, and visible to leadership.
• Scale production beyond the in-house team — building and stewarding a network of agencies and freelance creatives, and partnering closely with Thread Collective, Lilly’s in-house agency, on execution, shared resources, and budget.
• Activate Lilly’s history as a strategic storytelling asset, leading the historians and archivists who preserve it and bring it into narratives that resonate with diverse audiences.
• Partner across Global Communications — with Enterprise and Executive Communications, Workforce Engagement, and therapeutic area and business unit teams — to translate strategy into campaign, launch, and leadership creative.
• Own rights, licensing, and consent across produced content — music, talent, stock, and patient and caregiver imagery — ensuring everything is properly cleared before it ships.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, advertising, journalism, design, or a related creative field.
• 10+ years of creative and leadership experience within a corporate, agency, or global communications environment, with deep experience in consumer brand, retail, sportswear, ecommerce, healthcare/pharma, or other high-velocity consumer categories.