Design Strategist Jobs in Minnesota (NOW HIRING)

About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture.Learn more about Target here.

Team Overview:

A team within our Essentials&Beauty business leading trend forecasting and driving bold strategies across categories and the enterprise. We seek diverse skill sets and experiences to create compelling and differentiated strategies that shape future business, brand, and product vision, connect to enterprise strategic initiatives, and uncover new opportunities for long-term growth.

Position Overview:

As aSr. Design Strategistin Essentials&Beauty you will lead and navigate work building concepts and developing strategic vision across a multitude of areas, such as team capabilities, strategic initiatives, process and roadmaps, and synthesizing data and research through clear, compelling methods. You will be a part of a team of highly collaborative and creative strategic thinkers whobring tolife a unique vision. This will beaccomplishedby problem solving with partners, building unique frameworks, driving deep research to provoke innovation and potential- especially in support of growth and differentiation. Your collaboration with partners across our teams will result inidentifyingopportunities and bringingthe ideasand strategy to life.

You will be accountable for executing compelling vision, building strongpartnershipsand working as a team toidentifythe greatest potential within our businesses. This will beaccomplishedthrough:

CONCEPTANDVISION

• Lead synthesis and analysis of diverse andcomplex information intoaclear visionorconceptusingmultiple sources of input(trendforecasting,insight collection,dataanalysis) andframing opportunitiesin a way that isinspirational to teams and tangible to businesses.

• Exceptional visual design and storytelling skills, translating strategic concepts into compelling, polished outputs that bring ideas to life and drive clarity and alignment across stakeholders

• Strong ability toidentifyopportunitiesfor growth for business advancementshown in a clear and compelling presentation

• Ability to drive deepindustryresearch across categories;able to forecast category, brand,businessor guest segment trendsto advance long-term strategic efforts.

• Willingness to experiment withnew approaches, build innovative frameworks and challenge ways of working to advance strategic goals and vision

PARTNERSHIPANDINFLUENCE

• Buildtrustedrelationshipsandcollaborate with partners acrossskillsets and teams

• Coordinate and collaborate effectively with partners across product categories, brands, and merchandising to maximize strategic impact of work

• Influence leadership discussions and navigate conversations with teams,partnersand leaders to advance strategic vision.

• Leverageownexperience andknowledgebringinga new and fresh perspective on creative and critical thinking.

TEAMANDVALUES

• A mentor to team members fostering inclusion, engaging in positive teamcultureand modeling collaboration

• Lead with curiosity-continuously exploring trends, culture, design, emerging technologies, and new ways of thinking to inspire fresh ideas, challenge assumptions, and elevate creative outcomes

• Consistently engages,inspiresand builds trust with team and partners

• Consistent champion of Target values of inclusivity,connectionand drive

• Seek feedback, continually refine your craft, and contribute to raising the creative standard across the team

• This team works on-site 4 days/week from our Downtown MN campus

About you:

• 6+years experienceinDesignStrategy, Concept Design, or similararea.

• MBA,Agencyor Consultantexperience desired but notrequired.

• Exceptional aesthetic sensibility with the ability to craft visually compelling narratives through graphic layout, information design, content organization, and strategic storytelling.

• Strong abilities in brand building acumen and fluencywith connection tobroaderstrategic initiatives

• Exceptional at developing partnershipsand working in a team environment

• Key strength in problem solving and innovation and comfortable with ambiguity and open-ended opportunities.

• Exceptionalcommunicatorwith abilityto advance visionviavisual,writtenand verbalskillsets

• Advancedproficiencyin Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), Microsoft PowerPoint, and Excel, with the ability to create executive-level presentations, strategic frameworks, infographics, and polished visual communications. Experience with Adobe XD or similar experience design tools is a plus.

• Ability to influence at all levels to deliver clear strategy and vision

• Business acumen, market knowledge, ability to research andtranslatemarket/trend/datainformationintoclear vision

• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision

• Ability to successfully work in a team environment

• Ability to respond to businessobjectiveswith creative, innovative, and cost-effective design solutions

• Knowledge of product development,strategyor conceptingprocesses

This position will operate as a Hybrid/in office work arrangement based on Target's needs. A Hybrid/in office work arrangement means the team member's core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota https://corporate.target.com/about/purpose-history/communities/grants-corporate-giving/twin-cities-market