Target is hiring: Lead Creative Strategist in Minneapolis

Lead Creative Strategist at Target

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The pay range is $92,000 – $166,000, based on factors such as market conditions, education, work experience and certifications.

Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs—including 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 at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. Target’s marketing organization fuels the success of one of the world’s most beloved brands with creative, inspiring work that connects guests to the products and experiences they expect and deserve.

Responsibilities

As a Lead Creative Strategist, you will design creative briefs that transform marketing strategies into immersive experiences that help our guests connect more deeply with the brand. Your expertise in uncovering and providing unique and unexpected insights informed by guest, cultural and business research will fuel big ideas and innovation. You will clearly define creative opportunities and align creative strategies and solutions across all media types to achieve business and marketing objectives, inspire creativity, motivate behavior and guide the creative process to ensure all deliverables are grounded in the needs and wants of the guest. Robust onboarding, personal and career development opportunities will support your growth in this role.

About You

• Four‑year degree or equivalent experience
• 7–10 years of experience in brand strategy, creative strategy, or marketing planning
• Strong experience in branding
• Experience facilitating engaging workshops
• Strategic thinker with experience synthesizing information to generate actionable insights
• Ability to author clear, concise, and inspiring creative briefs
• Experience working with teams to establish and/or reposition brands
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong organization and presentation skills
• Ability to build strong partnerships and negotiate across the organization to gain agreement
• Ability to facilitate and clarify project expectations, objectives and deliverables
• Demonstrated ability to effectively navigate ambiguity
• Ability to direct multiple projects in a fast‑paced environment

Benefits Eligibility

Learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_E

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non‑accommodation‑related requests, such as application follow‑ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Marketing and Sales

Industry: Retail