Description:
SR. PAID SOCIAL MANAGER, CHANNEL ACTIVATION

About us:

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company 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 Target Channel Activation means being close to the action of delivering profitable sales to Target.com and bringing the business's multichannel vision to life. You'll create and implement industry-leading digital media plans for Brand & Category Marketing while staying on the cutting edge of emerging digital media innovations. Cultivating an environment of full-team engagement, leadership and personal development, you'll be a champion for open communication and program transparency.

As a Sr. Paid Social Manager you'll define, create, nurture and communicate a framework for activation and optimization across all social platforms (including, but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter) that drives brand and performance outcomes for the Enterprise. You'll manage multi-million dollar social budgets through planning, reporting and optimization. You'll work closely with media strategy and investment teams to clearly articulate social's role in driving results for brand, category, service and/or guest acquisition and engagement. Identifying opportunities for automation within the toolsets in order to drive scale is critical and will require collaboration with creative, community management, content strategy and marketing product teams. You will leverage your strong analytical skills to manage and consume large amounts of data and synthesize into actionable insights that improve social campaign efficiencies and maximize results for Target. You are expected to keep pace with Social, overall digital marketing trends and privacy & brand safety measures and translate relevant industry developments into enterprise strategies for Target.

About you

• Relevant work experience or academic accomplishments related to Advertising, Business, Marketing, Finance, Economics, Mathematics or related concepts

• 6-10 years of experience in SEM/Paid Search/Paid Social and/or product feed-based advertising management and execution

• Preferred experience with Paid Social tools that include content management, trafficking, reporting and competitive research (i.e. Opal, Kenshoo, 4C, Pathmatics, Facebook Ads, etc.).

• Proven track record balancing program scale with program efficiencies

• Highly detail oriented with excellent organization skills while managing multiple ongoing projects

• Advanced computer skills, including high-level proficiency in Excel (including, but not limited to, pivot tables and VLookups)

• Detailed knowledge and experience with web analytics (Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics)

• Comfortable navigating through ambiguity with a strong sense of prioritization

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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