Medical Affairs – Graphics and Design

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.

PURPOSE

Scientific data and information are core assets of Lilly. Providing balanced, objective, and accurate information to regulators, the scientific community, health care professionals, payers, and patients in a consistent and timely fashion across the entire drug development lifecycle is fundamental to Lilly.

Preferred

As healthcare providers are deluged with data and are making choices in an increasingly complex and stressed health system, Lilly Medical Affairs is able to provide clear, credible answers that will set Lilly apart from its competitors. Medical Affairs’ mission is to make Lilly the preferred pharmaceutical partner in the healthcare community globally by leveraging its medical expertise to drive patient-centric answers and solutions.  Medical Affairs (MA) brings deep medical expertise to healthcare providers and payers. MA focuses on answering their questions with customized clinical and real-world evidence that can make the difference on if and how they use Lilly products. Additionally, MA brings clinical insights from customers back to the company to inform new product development and lifecycle planning. MA also supports patients with educational tools to help them manage their illness and with assistance to access our medicines for those facing tough financial situations. The MA content development team will be key in maintaining and creating content to support Medical Affairs activities such as:

• Slide Updates
• Internal Training Slides
• Manuscript Slides
• Data Slides
• Newsletters/ bulletin
• QR Compendium
• Affiliate Regional Slides
• HCP & patient education material
• Advisory board slides
• Competitive landscape slides
• Image sourcing, image redraws
• Lexicon
• MQAD (Medical Questions Analysis Document)
• Social Media Tactics
  
  
  

Position Description

The Creative Services Designer is responsible for delivering a variety of finished designed pieces including slide decks, advertising, brochures, and other creative materials that represent Lilly brands and business functions. In partnership with Medical Affairs team members and other Lilly USA business partners, the Creative Services Designer will develop a variety of resources to be leveraged across multiple platforms and audiences, internally and externally.

Key Objectives/Deliverables

• Works collaboratively with Medical Affairs team members to understand the creative needs of internal business partners
• Creates print and digital tactics derived from existing tactics or new tactics to meet requirements and specifications as defined by project owners
• Create/develop tactics utilizing Adobe Creative Cloud applications and other applicable software (e.g., Sketch, Microsoft applications)
• Prepares design options according to Project Briefs and communication medium
• Provides final layouts and instructions for print execution as needed
• Answers questions and provides consultation to employees to assist in their understanding and consistent application of brand guidelines
• Ensures the appropriate licensing of photos for new tactics and uploads finished files to the asset management database
• Follows the relevant review processes prior to final production for all creative assets
  
  
  

Minimum Experience/Personal Skill Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in graphic design, visual communications, or related degree
• 1-5 years of creative agency or related experience as a member of the creative team
• 1-5 years of experience with recent versions of Adobe Creative Cloud applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro)
• Competence with standard IT tools (e.g., Microsoft Office)
• Strong English interpersonal and communication (written & verbal) skills
• Strong organisational skills, attention to details, and ability to multi-task
• Ability to work on multiple print and digital projects simultaneously, meet tight deadlines, manage high work volumes, and deal with rapidly changing priorities
• Proven ability to work proactively to address customer and overall business needs
• Works well independently and in partnership with others
• Demonstrated ability to apply practical or technical knowledge and experience to visual brand issues where no or limited direction is given, with proven understanding of typography, type treatment, and color
• Proactively seeks solutions within Medical Affairs team and cross-functionally (e.g., with Creative Services )
• Ability to manage ambiguity
• Candidates will be expected to supply a sample of their portfolios to demonstrate expertise
• Internal Candidates: Competence with existing Lilly USA business processes & platforms
• Internal Candidates: No CPP or GPP violations over the most recent two year period
  
  
  

Additional Preferences

• Experience with project management tools (e.g., Wrike, Jira) preferred
• Web/Print production and medical affairs experience
• Knowledge of animation to create multimedia content for websites and social media
• Pharmaceutical industry experience
• Demonstrated prioritization skills
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, meet tight deadlines, and deal with rapidly changing priorities
• Experience creating modular design components (e.g., images, tables) for use in templates
• Meticulous attention to detail, including commitment to following brand and other defined standards
• Exhibit excellent problem solving skills
• Works well under pressure, responds well to feedback, and keeps a positive attitude
• High level of motivation and a strong desire to find creative solutions to challenging situations
• Demonstrated ability to enforce business rules and policies in a constructive but disciplined manner
  
  
  

Education Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication or related degree
  
  
  

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