50+ Marketing & Communications Jobs in Indianapolis, IN

Observed local wage data shows a split market. In Indianapolis, market research analysts and marketing specialists had a 2025 median wage of $65,200, with a 25th-75th range of $49,510 to $91,110. Local marketing managers sat much higher, with a 2025 median of $137,980 and a 25th-75th range of $109,270 to $179,460. As a directional proxy from current advertised jobs, posted salary ranges in the local sample centered on about $104k to $147k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $72k to $191k.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 17 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $87,500 at the 25th percentile, $140,800 at the median and $140,800 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Indianapolis is a workable but selective market for marketing, communications, and content jobs right now: metro unemployment was 3.3% in August 2026, Indiana statewide employment in this occupation family was up 1.4% year over year, and active postings were up 5.6% year over year in September 2026. Local opportunity is real—more than 125 postings across more than 100 companies were observed over the last 90 days—but the broader local employer backdrop is uneven because professional and business services employment fell 2.7434% year over year and information employment fell 10.9091%. Expect a market where strong, multi-skill candidates can land, but generic applicants and remote-only searches will struggle because about 65% of postings were on-site and only about 10% were remote.

Best positioned: You have the best odds if you can show project management, content creation, social media management, data analysis, and stakeholder management in an in-house portfolio that fits manufacturing, real estate, healthcare, farming, or software employers.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming low unemployment means easy marketing hiring; local labor conditions are healthy overall, but service-sector hiring is soft and entry-level marketing hiring has weakened nationally.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 52 openings in this market. 7 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Kpmg Us: 5 open roles
2. Art.com, Inc.: 2 open roles
3. Butler: 2 open roles
4. Lids: 2 open roles
5. M/I Homes, Inc.: 2 open roles
6. The Townsend Company, LLC: 2 open roles
7. Toyota Automated Logistics: 2 open roles
8. Allegion plc: 1 open role
9. Allied Solutions, LLC: 1 open role
10. Arlington/Roe & Co.: 1 open role

Where the openings are

• Indianapolis: 39
• Carmel: 9
• Brownsburg: 1
• Fishers: 1
• Atlanta: 1
• Avon: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 32 (64%), hybrid 16 (32%), remote 2 (4%)

Where the demand is

Local opportunity is concentrated more in in-house teams than in one dominant employer. In the recent posting sample, the busiest industries were real estate and manufacturing at about 15% each, followed by hospitals and health care, farming, and software development at about 10% each. The most consistently active employers included Masco Corporation, Delta Faucet Co., Penske Corporation, Indiana Ag Connection, Heartland Food Products Group, Salesforce, Inc., Toyota Automated Logistics, and Myriad360. That mix matters because it favors marketers who can translate product complexity, operational detail, or regulated-business constraints into campaigns and content. Hiring is fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in one buyer, which helps experienced candidates build a targeted list instead of waiting on one marquee brand. It also means employers often want hybrid profiles who can handle project management, stakeholder management, content, and analytics instead of only one channel specialty. The clearest near-term opportunity is in in-house roles tied to industrial products, home and real-estate brands, healthcare, and B2B software. Agency and media-adjacent roles look more selective because metro information employment was down 10.9091% year over year and professional and business services employment was down 2.7434% year over year, even though there are still isolated local communications hires such as the PR and video-storytelling addition at Pence Media Group.

• In-house brand, product, and digital marketing (high): Best fit for candidates who can combine content, channel execution, stakeholder management, and reporting for product-led or operationally complex businesses in manufacturing, real estate, software, logistics, and consumer products.
• Healthcare and hospital communications (moderate): A steady secondary lane, especially for candidates who can handle compliance-aware messaging, internal coordination, and service-line content in a sector that shows up meaningfully in the local posting mix.
• Agency, media, and information-adjacent content roles (limited): Still present, but more selective than the broader category because the metro information sector is under pressure and local signals are thinner than for in-house employers.

Where to focus: Prioritize in-house Indianapolis-area roles where you can show project management, content, social, analytics, and cross-functional execution in one portfolio.

Roles worth searching next

• Project Coordinator / Project Manager: This is a natural bridge because project management is the strongest local skill signal, and many marketing roles already involve timeline, vendor, and stakeholder ownership.
• Business Analyst / Operations Analyst: The move makes sense for marketers with strong reporting, dashboard, or process skills because local demand includes data analysis and stakeholder management, and national guidance emphasizes business literacy.
• Proposal Writer / Technical Writer: It fits candidates whose advantage is structured writing, content production, and translating complex products or services into clear business language.

What postings ask for

• Project management (table_stakes | immediate): It was the most-requested hard skill in the local posting sample, which means employers often expect marketers to run timelines, vendors, approvals, and cross-functional execution, not just create assets. Who: Everyone, especially coordinators, generalists, and career switchers.
• Data analysis, GA4-style reporting, and attribution thinking (differentiator | immediate): Data analysis showed up in local skill demand, and broader 2026 guidance says strong marketers need analytics fluency, attribution thinking, and the ability to explain results to stakeholders. Who: Mid-career candidates and entry-level applicants who need a sharper value proposition.
• Content creation plus social media management (table_stakes | immediate): Content creation and social media management were both common local requirements, especially in roles where one person owns execution across several channels. Who: Entry-level candidates, comms-focused applicants, and career switchers building portfolio proof.
• AI fluency, prompt design, and workflow automation (premium | immediate): National signals show AI literacy is becoming foundational, prompt engineering is becoming a core workplace skill, and marketing employers increasingly want people who can turn work into AI-assisted automations instead of only prompting tools casually. Who: Mid-career marketers, content specialists, and anyone competing for higher-paid local roles.
• Business literacy, strategic planning, and stakeholder management (differentiator | near-term): Local postings ask for strategic planning and stakeholder management, and national reporting points to business literacy and strategic thinking as the traits separating durable marketers from execution-only candidates. Who: Mid-career applicants and career switchers with prior industry experience.
• Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) (premium | near-term): As search behavior shifts toward AI systems, marketers increasingly need to optimize for both search engines and AI models, giving technically literate content candidates an edge. Who: SEO-adjacent content marketers, digital strategists, and anyone whose work depends on organic discovery.

Questions about this market

What do Marketing, Communications & Content roles pay in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

Observed local wage data shows a split market. In Indianapolis, market research analysts and marketing specialists had a 2025 median wage of $65,200, with a 25th-75th range of $49,510 to $91,110. Local marketing managers sat much higher, with a 2025 median of $137,980 and a 25th-75th range of $109,270 to $179,460. As a directional proxy from current advertised jobs, posted salary ranges in the local sample centered on about $104k to $147k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $72k to $191k. This is a bifurcated market: specialist, coordinator, and analyst work is much closer to the mid-five-figure to low-six-figure range, while manager-track roles move firmly into six figures. The advertised salary band running above the specialist median suggests the current posting sample is skewing toward broader-scope or more experienced openings rather than pure junior execution work.

Where is demand for Marketing, Communications & Content roles in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN concentrated?

Local opportunity is concentrated more in in-house teams than in one dominant employer. In the recent posting sample, the busiest industries were real estate and manufacturing at about 15% each, followed by hospitals and health care, farming, and software development at about 10% each. The most consistently active employers included Masco Corporation, Delta Faucet Co., Penske Corporation, Indiana Ag Connection, Heartland Food Products Group, Salesforce, Inc., Toyota Automated Logistics, and Myriad360. That mix matters because it favors marketers who can translate product complexity, operational detail, or regulated-business constraints into campaigns and content. Hiring is fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in one buyer, which helps experienced candidates build a targeted list instead of waiting on one marquee brand. It also means employers often want hybrid profiles who can handle project management, stakeholder management, content, and analytics instead of only one channel specialty. The clearest near-term opportunity is in in-house roles tied to industrial products, home and real-estate brands, healthcare, and B2B software. Agency and media-adjacent roles look more selective because metro information employment was down 10.9091% year over year and professional and business services employment was down 2.7434% year over year, even though there are still isolated local communications hires such as the PR and video-storytelling addition at Pence Media Group.

Which employers are hiring the most Marketing, Communications & Content talent in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

Recent postings show the most activity from Masco Corporation (5 postings), Delta Faucet Co. (5 postings), Penske Corporation (5 postings), Indiana Ag Connection (5 postings), Heartland Food Products Group (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Marketing, Communications & Content roles in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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