Help shape one of the world's strongest brands. Develop innovative, eye-catching campaigns that increase brand awareness, solidify guest loyalty and, ultimately, drive sales. You'll partner with internal and external teams to deliver on our Expect More. Pay Less. brand promise.
Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals. As a Media Strategy Group Manager, you'll take the lead as you…

* Supervise media planning managers as they develop and deploy relevant, impactful, multi-channel media strategies for all marketing campaigns
* Coach team in applying critical thinking and strategic frameworks to drive compelling media proposals, tailored to stakeholder needs and work with team to monitor industry/competitor/consumer trends and employ innovative strategies to support the Target brand and drive greater media spend effectiveness
* Ensure all campaign media strategies/proposals are tailored to drive change in the organization, and meet or exceed client expectations
* Coordinate with channel owners to ensure channel recommendations are being incorporated and synthesized into a single, cohesive media strategy and coordinate with key media agency partner (Haworth Marketing and Media) in leveraging agency assets and expertise
* Act as a liaison with Marketing category directors/managers and creative agencies to ensure tight coordination of media and messaging goals
* Partner with Media Insights team in employing advanced guest, market, competitive and media mix insights to build out more effective and efficient strategies, and to help build out a tops-down annual media strategy

Requirements

* Bachelor's degree in related field (MBA preferred) with ten to twelve years of experience, including mass media planning, marketing, as well as strategy (e.g. consulting, corporate strategy, marketing strategy, etc.)
* Four to five years of supervisory experience with a proven track record of motivating and achieving results
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including significant experience presenting to senior leadership
* Ability to effectively communicate to all levels of Target management
* Strategic orientation with excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills
* Strong decision making skills and ability to persuade and influence others

Benefits
Eligible team members will receive one of the best earnings packages anywhere, including competitive pay, all-around insurance coverage, 401(k), flexible scheduling, training and development and many other perks and benefits. Target is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is a drug-free workplace.
About Target®
Expect the Best. At Target, we have a vision: to become the best - the best culture and brand, the best place for growth and the company with the best reputation. We offer an inclusive, collaborative and energetic work environment that rewards those who perform. We deliver engaging, innovative and on-trend experiences for our team members and our guests. We invest in our team members' futures by developing leaders and providing a breadth of opportunities for professional development. It takes the best to become the best, and we are committed to building a team that does the right thing for our guests, shareholders, team members and communities.
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation serves guests at stores nationwide and at Target.com. Target is committed to providing a fun and convenient shopping experience with access to unique and highly differentiated products at affordable prices. Since 1946, the corporation has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs like Take Charge of Education®.

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