Responsibilities

• Create platform-native content—writing, producing, and editing for each channel across formats, including helping direct short-form video, social-first storytelling, graphics, and long-form content like blogs, in alignment with editorial strategy and the calendar.
• Own content workstreams end to end, from concept and drafting through review, publishing, and performance follow-up, against the editorial calendar.
• Translate enterprise priorities and complex topics into clear, engaging stories that reflect Lilly’s voice and resonate with target audiences.
• Maintain a consistent brand voice, tone, and quality standard across content, applying editorial guidance from the Senior Director, Digital & Social Media.
• Ensure content is optimized for both traditional search and AI-generated answers—applying emerging best practices for how brands show up in LLM-powered search.
• Use AI-enabled tools to support ideation, drafting, and production, enhancing the speed and quality of the work without compromising craft.
• Monitor content performance and audience response, applying insights to sharpen and improve future content.
• Support community management and audience engagement across platforms, helping the team move at the speed of the conversation.
• Collaborate with designers, video producers, and digital operations partners to bring content to life and ensure it publishes cleanly and on time.
• Partner with teams across Global Communications to support priority narratives, launches, and landmarks with timely, high-quality content.

Requirements

• • Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field.
• • 1+ year of experience in social media, content creation, digital storytelling, editorial, or brand journalism, preferably in a corporate, agency, or newsroom setting.
• • Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1.

Preferred

• Strong writing and storytelling skills, with a portfolio of social-first and digital content across formats.
• Hands-on experience creating content for social and digital platforms, with a clear understanding of what performs on each.
• Familiarity with content creation and editing tools (written, graphic, and video), and comfort using AI-enabled tools to support production.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and workstreams in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail.
• Collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively across creative, content, and channel teams.
• Storytelling & Craft: Strong writer and content creator with a feel for voice and what resonates on each platform.
• Platform-Native Fluency: Current, practical understanding of social and digital channels and the formats, trends, and behaviors unique to each.
• Initiative & Ownership: Self-directed maker who takes content from idea to published, manages deadlines, and continually raises the quality bar.
• Collaboration: Works seamlessly with designers, video producers, and digital operations partners to bring content to life.

Benefits

• Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).
• Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).