Associate-Sr. Associate-Manager, Media & Influence at Eli Lilly and Company | Indianapolis, IN | $59K/yr – $138K/yr

Associate-Sr. Associate-Manager, Media & Influence

Indianapolis, IN (On-site)

$59K/yr – $138K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Job Summary

Own the enterprise media and influence program, shaping audience-first storytelling across traditional and emerging platforms to move perception and business outcomes.

Build and maintain a modern media ecosystem with journalists, creators, podcasters, newsletters, and influencers across new verticals.
Develop proactive stories linking pipeline, corporate initiatives, and patient impact while coaching executives on narrative and pitch approach.
Coordinate cross-functional partnerships with global comms and measure media impact through sentiment, share of voice, and audience insights.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Implement day-to-day media relations and influence activity across traditional and emerging platforms, managing pitches, inbound inquiries, and ongoing reporter relationships.
Contribute to the enterprise media and influence strategy, taking an audience- and data-first approach to identify where Lilly's key audiences form trust, how they consume information, and which platforms, voices, and formats will move perception and business outcomes.
Create modern media strategies for landmarks, product launches, and media events, that reflect an audience-first approach.
Map and build the modern media ecosystem — traditional journalists, independent creators, community moderators, podcasters, newsletter writers, substack and reddit authors, and influencers — and cultivate a deep, current rolodex of relationships across new verticals and platforms, not just legacy media.
Develop and pitch proactive stories that connect Lilly's pipeline, business performance, and corporate initiatives to patient impact and innovation leadership, supporting senior team members on narrative, targeting, and pitch approach.
Support planning and execution of product announcements and high-stakes media events, including drafting media plans and materials, coordinating spokesperson preparation, and managing post-event follow-up.
Help prepare executives and subject matter experts to represent Lilly across media platforms — legacy and emerging — by drafting briefing materials, talking points, and Q&As, and supporting strategic placements including interviews, bylines, podcasts, and speaking opportunities.
Partner with global communications counterparts across therapeutic areas, business development, investor communications and other external communications functions to ensure upleveled storytelling that resonates with the collaborators who shape Lilly's reputation.
Track coverage, sentiment, share of voice, and message pull-through across the full ecosystem, and use data and audience insights to demonstrate media's impact on perception and business outcomes.

Eli Lilly and Company

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Founded in 1968

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

53K employees (3,172 in marketing)

www.lilly.com

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