# Director, Executive Communication

**Company**: Target
**Location**: Minneapolis, MN
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $135,000.00 - $243,000.00
**Category**: Communications
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

We are seeking a Director, Executive Communication to join our Enterprise Communications team at Target. As a Director, Executive Communication, you will own internal and external strategic positioning, planning, and execution for executive leadership team members you support.

Responsibilities:

- Own internal and external strategic positioning, planning, and execution for executive leadership team members you support

- Apply expertise in strategic messaging, context-framing, and instigating or originating executive perspective to support internal and external communication

- Write all communications that convey a leader's point of view to broad audiences

- Lead process to vet all proactive and reactive speaking opportunities and make recommendations accordingly

- Provide real-time communications counsel and coaching

- Understand and participate in Communications team workflow

- Lead the planning and workflow process for your team

- Create and maintain a positive team culture

Requirements:

- College degree or equivalent experience

- Minimum of 10 years of relevant communications experience

- High-level communications responsibility in the private or public sectors

- Deep expertise in speech writing and persuasive storytelling

- Trusted counselor and coach who helps leaders convey a strong point of view

- Experience leading or providing significant input on executive-positioning strategy

- Expert at managing projects across complex organisations

- Ability to manage ambiguity, facilitate meetings with senior leaders, resolve conflict, build consensus, and collaborate effectively

Benefits:

- Comprehensive health benefits and programs

- 401(k)

- Employee discount

- Short-term disability

- Long-term disability

- Paid sick leave

- Paid national holidays

- Paid vacation

Working Environment:

- Up to 25% travel

- Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement

## Skills

### Required
- strategic messaging
- speech writing
- persuasive storytelling
- communications strategy
- project management

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