Senior Manager, Creative Services & Creative Operations 

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role: Senior Manager, Creative Services & Creative Operations 

As the Senior Manager of Creative Services & Creative Operations, you will be a pivotal leader responsible for building, leading, and scaling a modern in-house creative agency organization.

In this role, you will partner with the US Pet Health and Farm Animal Marketing teams to deliver high-quality, high-velocity creative content production across all channels.

You will serve as both a creative authority and a systems architect, blending creative direction with operational excellence to transform how Elanco’s marketing content is planned, produced, and delivered, and build a future-ready team that effectively integrates AI-enabled tools into everyday creative production while operating within a regulated environment. 

Your Responsibilities: 
Creative Leadership & Content Strategy 


* Establish and evolve the creative vision, standards, and content frameworks across US Pet Health digital initiatives. 



* Ensure consistent brand expression, storytelling quality, and customer experience across channels. 



* Act as a senior creative authority, reviewing and guiding high-impact work and resolving creative challenges. 



* Partner with brand and marketing leaders to align creative output with business objectives and demand generation strategies. 

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Content Factory & Workflow Design 


* Design and optimize scalable, end-to-end content production workflows (from intake and ideation through production, versioning, review, and distribution). 



* Transition the organization from campaign-based execution to always-on, modular content production. 



* Implement systems that enable content reuse, personalization, and lifecycle marketing. 



* Identify bottlenecks and continuously improve speed-to-market, throughput, and quality. 

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Technology, AI & Creative Operations Leadership 


* Own the creative and content operations technology roadmap, including DAM, CMS, workflow automation, and collaboration tools. 



* Identify, pilot, and scale AI-enabled creative workflows (e.g., ideation, copy...