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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Develop our 3-year Talent Acquisition strategy that enables the evolution of our capabilities at Target. Aligned to workforce data and trends, DE&I priorities, emerging technology and additional staffing solutions that fuel business growth. Drive routines that measure progress on critical TA initiatives for broader HR partners and business leader visibility. Align recruitment teams and partners through shared tools and resources that assess interdependencies, risks, collision points and overall prioritization of work across the enterprise to accelerate progress. ​

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Owned and managed enterprise programming for 800+ undergraduate and graduate programs spanning across HQ, Stores and our Distribution Centers. Coordinated overall annual experience and logistics including: business training approach, manager/mentor engagements, events, relocation i.e. stipends and temporary housing, onboarding processes, technology and pay and benefits. Spearheaded Make It.MSP intern iniatiace, bringing together +1,200 Minneapolis/St. Paul interns across 10 companies to educate, influence and inspire a generation of new leaders.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Implemented process and operational efficiencies for headquarter Human Resource Managers, team members and leaders to maximize overall business productivity and engagement. Partner with Human Resource Center of Excellence teams to build and refine HR strategies and initiatives, and execute through effective communication and training deliverables.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed a cross-functional project team to improve the flexible work arrangement process, mitigating tax risk for team members and Target, created new partner training, on-demand resources, as well as data, audit and compliance routines in alignment Target's Corrective Action policy. Launched new Careers@Target philosophy and tools to headquarter teams. Facilitated enterprise-wide reduction in force by managing 1000+ sensitive and confidential team member data, scheduling, HR training and deployment of severance packages.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Developed enterprise communication strategies to promote a new $18 million talent management system, successfully engaging 65K global team members. Collaborated with a large internal cross-functional team using Change Leadership techniques to translate business requirements into holistic messaging, branding and communication timing for various end-users. Researched and analyzed enterprise audience and developed a segmentation strategy to ensure the right team members received the right communication at the right time. Improved communication review and approval process that received SVP recognition

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed marketing strategies and event logistics for large-scale, public events: Minneapolis' summer Aquatennial Festival, Holidazzle winter parade, and downtown outdoor concert series resulting in over 750,000 annual attendees. Created holistic marketing plans utilizing print, radio, broadcast and social media channels to promote events and measure media impressions. Social media strategies generated over 6,000 followers with the first launch, which included 3 event Facebook pages and 2 event Twitter accounts. Consistently managed marketing campaigns under budget by negotiating contract terms, tracking vendor invoices and overseeing media buy payments. Collaborated with external public relations agencies to direct PR strategies, proof press releases and interact with media personalities. Managed the graphic design team partnership to develop marketing materials and corporate sponsorship branding for multi-media marketing deliverables. Gathered, analyzed and organized all event metrics for executive level review. Managed a team of interns twice annually to execute logistics associated with Minneapolis Downtown Council events

• Led creative development and on-site management for the following high profile events: NFL Super Bowl XLI (Miami); NFL Pro Bowl (Honolulu); 2007 and 2008 U.S. Pond Hockey Championships (Minneapolis); Bethel Synagogue’s Speaker Series with Dan Rather (Minneapolis); Microsoft’s Annual Partner Celebration (Denver); Lifetouch Conference (Minneapolis); Three Rivers Park District’s 50th Anniversary (Minneapolis); Urban Ventures and Cristo Rey’s Grand Opening of the Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center and Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (Minneapolis)• Assisted in the media plan development and press release distribution for Three Rivers Park District’s 50th Anniversary celebration• Spearheaded new business development projects such as creating the proposal and analyzing market research for the World Youth Orchestra and Choir in Beijing, China• Successfully negotiated vendor contracts to balance client and budget objectives

• Contributed to the planning and execution of private events ranging 50-350 guests, attended client meetings, maintained client database, researched creative strategies and provided general administrative assistance