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Sr Manager Media

Employer
Target
Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Start date
Jun 28, 2019
Closing date
Jul 16, 2019

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Category
Retail / Wholesale
Employment Status
Full Time
Description:
ROUNDEL SENIOR MANAGER MEDIA STRATEGY

Target is one of the world's most recognized brands and one of America's leading retailers.

Fueling the continued success of one of the world's most beloved and recognized brands is a distinctly capable, creative and innovative Marketing organization. Target Marketing is well known for inspiring and surprising guests, and we pride ourselves on connecting them to the products and experiences they expect and deserve from Target. We study our guests to discover new needs and insights, and then craft every interaction to build brand love. We are market experts who insist on a clear and cohesive understanding of our business objectives, guest segments and behaviors, strategies and tactics, overcoming obstacles and measuring success. Our commitment to partnering both internally and with external agencies gives us a wide range of capabilities, from award-winning creative work to exciting and unique promotional marketing. Leveraging our collective assets and fostering a healthy, supportive and open team culture, we deliver a holistically gratifying experience that guests can only get at Target.

A role with Roundel is an opportunity to represent the company in the sales of digital media, advertising and custom marketing campaign solutions to the national media and advertising agency market. You'll develop and present market-leading media strategies and smart solutions that exceed our clients' needs-all with a focus on delivering on Target's unmatched brand promise. Your challenge will be to lead the RFP process including reviewing responses, writing proposals, coordinating insertion orders and managing client contact reports. Use your strong communication skills and digital media experience to tell the story of Target's key differentiators in the media and ad markets. Apply your proven success in leveraging data to distill the relevant insights that influence clients. Bring your passion for this rapidly evolving environment and have a hand in delivering the profitable financial results that benefit the entire business.

As a Senior Manager Media Strategy you will work to develop a multi-channel, integrated marketing approach across all digital channels and platforms for Roundel. From high-level planning and benchmarking to communicating strategy, you will drive highly-integrated, cutting edge, and effective media plans for high priority vendor partners. In this position we want someone who is passionate and habitually curious about the digital space and is always looking for creative ways to extend campaign messaging and objectives through various media plans. In this role you will use understanding of programmatic media, major ad serving platforms and capabilities to develop strategic media plans that are both innovative and creative.

Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals.
  • Develop multi-brand strategies across digital platforms aimed at specific target audiences utilizing a wide mix of tactics
  • Present strategic category recommendations against key vendor objectives, providing compelling and persuasive guidance on specific media elements
  • Ensure media strategy aligns to vendor priorities and is maintained across the program lifecycle through results reporting
  • Drive digital/ interactive/social media ideas as part of strategic program development
  • Master internal planning tools at Target to provide category and brand level insight to vendors
  • Analyze data to tell a story about past campaigns and apply insights to future approach
  • Identify emerging trends in the industry and within categories and harness them to drive business forward
  • Partner closely with Roundel Sales, Account Management, Reporting and Product teams to understand vendor / client priorities and see new opportunities
  • Develop strong partnerships and interact frequently with partners in site merchandising, brand and category marketing, media, guest access and merchandising teams
  • Design and deliver training and skills development workshops for various teams; instilling digital media best practices
  • Manage a team of media analysts


About you:
  • Bachelor's Degree; Minimum 6+ years of proven digital media planning, marketing experience.
  • Strong understanding and experience with Digital Marketing and Media
  • Hands on experience with Operative One, DCM, DFP or a similar ad serving platform
  • Knowledge of ad serving, Ad Networks and overall landscape required.
  • Exceptional understanding of the full media planning process-from strategy and plan development to execution.
  • Ability to influence (have a voice) and lead a diverse team and to work independently.
  • Demonstrated ability to build partnerships and maximize relationships with both internal and external partners.
  • Outstanding attention to detail, organizational and analytical skills. Ability to multi-task and work within a rapidly changing environment.
  • Ability to present effectively, confidently, and persuasively to both internal and external audiences.
  • Innovative, strategic thinker.


Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Target will provide reasonable accommodations (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with the application process upon your request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, please visit your nearest Target store or Distribution Center or reach out to Guest Services at 1-800-440-0680 for additional information.

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