Sr. Communications Manager - Fashion and Lifestyle Business Strategist

Responsibilities

• Maximize the impact of Communications by translating business and leadership insights into strategic, creative and actionable plans, and driving excellence in execution
• Partner closely with client lead and executive communication leads, as well as business partners, to understand business priorities, key initiatives, enterprise interdependencies and leadership philosophy
• Translate insights into clear, comprehensive and actionable briefs
• Activate Communications partners in line with Communications workflow to compile comprehensive plan
• Oversee execution, managing timing and action and ensuring quality and timeliness of all deliverables
• Understand Communication measurement techniques, tracking and reporting against KPIs
• Partner with agencies to bring outside counsel and expertise to bear on Communications plans and execution. Invest in and maintain relationship for maximum effectiveness
• Contribute to a positive team culture by demonstrating behaviors consistent with Target’s values of Inclusivity, Connection and Drive
• Engage directly with key internal and external stakeholders, including agencies.
• Contribute to a reliable, sustainable operating cadence across your team and contribute to Communications and pyramid-wide operating routines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 8 years of professional communications experience
• Strong team player, highly effective at collaborating and influencing internal partners, inclusive of senior leadership, and build strong relationships across large, matrixed organization.
• Strong business acumen
• Storytelling mindset
• Highly organized with the ability to independently adapt, prioritize and successfully manage multiple tasks or projects in response to changing, ambiguous or competing priorities
• Ability to work autonomously and manage projects simultaneously, maintaining appropriate prioritization and ensuring adherence to deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functionally, manage scope and resources, develop goals and deadlines, and drive alignment between deliverables and strategic intent

Benefits

• Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves.
• Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.
• Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.