Sr Manager Creative Producing

Pay range: $95,000.00 - $171,000.00. Pay is based on several factors including labor markets, education, work experience, and certifications.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits and programs for eligible team members and their dependents, including medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Employee discount
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Paid sick leave
• Paid national holidays
• Paid vacation

Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at Target Benefits.

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.

Target Creative is an in-house creative agency dedicated to bringing one of the world’s most beloved and recognizable brands to life. Whether through design, marketing, brand work, content creation, or digital experiences, we are the driving force behind delivering Target’s dynamic, inventive, and unmistakable storytelling to millions of guests. Operating as one integrated team, we partner across the enterprise to create meaningful experiences that inspire, engage, and drive business results.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Creative Producers and Product Producers, providing strategic direction, coaching, and advocacy to inspire and develop high-performing talent
• Establish strategies aligning individual and team priorities with the broader Target Creative vision and business objectives
• Build organizational capability across creative production and product production functions
• Provide strategic leadership for Creative Production across an assigned portfolio, spanning all channels and mediums
• Develop production strategies, evolve production capabilities, and drive best practices to improve quality, consistency, efficiency, and scalability
• Lead creative partner sourcing and negotiation strategies, guiding the team in developing production approaches and partner recommendations
• Provide strategic leadership for Product Production operations, establishing processes for product readiness, sample lifecycle management, and resource alignment
• Optimize workflows, mitigate production risks, and drive continuous process improvements to support enterprise production excellence
• Build trusted partnerships across Creative, Marketing, Digital, Merchandising, and enterprise teams, including Photo, Operations, Studio, and Product partners
• Influence production decisions, advocate for the creative process, and solve complex production challenges using industry expertise
• Identify innovative production opportunities and evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools and workflows
• Foster cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment of product priorities, sample availability, and production operations throughout the creative lifecycle
• Lead and inspire teams and partners to meet and exceed business and marketing objectives while fostering an inclusive culture

Requirements

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of professional creative or content production experience across video, photography, social, digital, experiential, influencer, and emerging media
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing high-performing teams, including coaching, performance management, and talent development
• Demonstrated success leading integrated creative production and production operations from strategy through delivery across multiple channels and workflows
• Expert knowledge of production planning, budgeting, talent and production contracts, licensing, usage rights, and vendor management
• Proven experience building and leading relationships with external creative production partners, including agencies, production companies, creators, talent, and vendors
• Proven ability to leverage data, business insights, and cross-functional partnerships to optimize production processes and drive continuous improvement
• Creative problem solver with demonstrated success navigating complex, creatively driven organizations and leading through ambiguity
• Deep knowledge of industry trends, emerging production technologies, AI-enabled creative workflows, and evolving creative production practices
• Ability to lead teams through change and challenging moments while keeping them motivated and focused on results
• Flexibility to travel, including weekends, as business needs require

This role requires onsite work at our Winter Street Studio location.