Nick Doty Email & Phone Number

Richfield, Minnesota, United States

Driving multi-dimensional communication strategies for U.S. Bank's Technology Transformation Office.- Engaging the global technology team around the Bank's implementation of Microsoft Azure as its primary cloud service provider- Connecting technology portfolios, business lines and partners through purpose-driven branding- Partnering with employee communications to champion U.S. Bank as a great place to work in technology

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Work with church staff to produce and direct teen and Sunday broadcasts for ministry

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Internal-external marketing, executive communications, organizational change management, intranet strategy, conference planning, multimedia production, vendor relations, brand strategy, graphics design- Led planning, marketing, and developed the brand for ICCON | infra cloud conference, Target’s first global technology conference; garnered 2,500 registrations from more than 30 countries, building a new talent pipeline- Blazed new trails and set a new foundation for Infrastructure & Operations division with an external marketing program that built up our Tech brand – further establishing Target as a leader in retail technology and innovation; showcased Target at world class events, including NRF's Big Show, GoogleNext and Gartner Symposium/ITxpo- Simplified and expanded external speaking and engagement for leaders and engineers, such as writing dozens of speeches and articles – including international-facing tech trends articles- Partnered with leadership across the organization and improved all major team engagement metrics by 5-17 pp (% point improvement) through various all-team activities and communications- Developed and executed Product Management model and marketing plan for I&O division; ultimately allowed organization to move faster and do continuous integration/development- Established "Celebrate Success" program -- multi-layered recognition (from leaders and peers) that increased team pride in work and ultimately a more engaged, motivated, happy team- Created SVP communication cadence, core vehicles and fostered new exec partnerships; clarified expectations from leader to team and set up for success new products, tools and ways of working – ultimately achieving faster team adoption; externally, it established a “seat at the table” for setting IT strategy at Target and gained alignment with business side by simplifying, clarifying voice of I&O to partners and customers

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Business process improvement, business process architecture, internal brand transformation, organizational change management, internal communication strategy, executive communications, mobile app development- Led process rollout and internal marketing for Kepner-Tregoe incident/problem system- Led design and development of Target-wide high-severity incident communication mobile app; all officers in the company were able to track major incident activities for the first time; Target was the first company to integrate Everbridge technology with Service-Now- Teamed with agency to design and develop a brand transformation campaign for Support & Operations division of Technology Services; I led all aspects of internal re-branding of communications and saw significant increases in customer satisfaction and organizational reputation, as a result; streamlined hundreds of secondary communications, consolidating to just a handful of reliable, simple communication vehicles- Drove new, innovative exec communication strategy for VP, which led to improved engagements with officers and customers across Target- Designed and launched comprehensive plug-and-play toolkit of communication and graphics templates -- allowing communicators across Technology Services to improve quality, style and speed of communications while getting to focus more on customer service, and less on design

Release management, change management, communications, branding, graphics design, intranet leadership, organizational strategy, SharePoint expert, Wiki expert, knowledge management, business process architecture- Managed and coordinated technology release process -- interpreting process and tool changes to global organization of 3,500- Designed and delivered all major Technology Services communications vehicles- Point person for Technology Services knowledge management process and tool suite -- job family sites, team workspaces- Positioned self to become Technology Services branding expert -- liaison to Technology Services for brand consulting and execution, including original art work

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Corporate intranet strategy, news development, web design, graphics design, information architecture, release communications, change communications- Led design and build of first Target India campus career development Web portal; received the “Quarterly Award of Excellence” in 2008 by president of Target India for coordination of this project- Conceived and initiated the communications model for an internal software release process; collaborated with Technology team leaders to create new online and offline communications deliverables that educate tech team members on noteworthy release initiatives and process changes while minimizing impact to procuction- Conceptualized and executed brand-right communications strategy that synchronizes tech communications to stretch across all vehicles and processes – and aligned with Target brand; this included original artwork design, graphics and logos- Established team engagement strategy and service portal that served dozens of tech programs, projects and teams over two years- Advocated and helped establish insideTGT-SharePoint-Wiki integration plan now known as Target’s “Where to Share” policy- Frequent speaker and contributor at Twin Cities Intranet Forum, hosted by Wells-Fargo

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Intranet management, online strategy, news development, web design, graphics design, information architecture- Managed content development, news and client support of Technology Zone, the main intranet for Target Technology Services (3,000 team members)- Strategized regularly with clients and other editors to implement and streamline communications- Partnered with Target Communications, serving as embedded Technology Services liaison and functional owner

Plymouth, Minnesota, United States

Co-founded with my wife Word To Your Mothers® LLC in 2017 as a dynamic place to encourage and inspire women in whatever stage of motherhood they’re in — including womb, adoption, fertility treatment, foster, surrogacy or spiritual.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Liaison for Target between Marketing and Technology Services, online strategy, news development, web design, information architecture- Teamed with leaders, analysts and systems engineers to re-architect and re-launch Target's corporate intranet (insideTGT) serving 12,000 team members; specialized in integrating news GUI and publishing processes among Target, Marshall Fields and Mervyn's divisions- Partnered with internal and external IT and communications teams to market content platform- Performed lead information architecture role for Technology Services, as the organization launched new intranet zone serving 2,500 team members; also designed and launched TTS Express, theorganization’s weekly e-newsletter- Assisted consultant to CIO/SVP in variety of internal and external communications projects- Worked with Target's in-house user-experience lab and other researchers to verify and test communications strategies with team

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

News, Communications, PR, Marketing, Web Development, Design- Produced content for 40 local and national Web sites, comprising techies.com (7 million page views)- On limited budget, wrote industry-leading articles that championed company’s unique data analytics -- appearing on likes of CNN.com, WebTalkGuys and other media entities- Hired and managed staff of eight to 10 freelancers in producing content for variety of site indices- Created, produced and hosted “Techies Radio,” a national weekly Internet talk show- Worked with advertisers, DBAs and vendors to craft, edit and distribute monthly dozens of targeted email campaigns; messaging volume doubled during my tenure

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Leadership, News, Layout, Design, Marketing, Production, Online- Led a staff of 90 in all areas of editorial operation while garnering a number of national awards, including Best All-Around Daily Online newspaper (SPJ); co-managed $2.6 million budget- Overcame $160,000 in operating debt from previous leadership to post $60,000 profit- Served on Board of Advisors for Minnesota Journalism Center- Worked with HR to rewrite 70 job descriptions; reorganize departments to comply with labor laws- Created shared learning programs with local distinguished journalists- Regularly represented state’s fifth-largest daily at workshops, public foums, classrooms- 1 of 12 college newspaper editors chosen for prestigious Israel study exchange program- Co-reported, co-wrote and edited National Feature Story of the Year 1998 (SPJ)

Non-Degree Master'S Certificate, Business Process Management

Apprenticeship program delivered on behalf of University of Minnesota by Orion consulting group for Target Corporation.

Bachelor'S, Journalism, French

Activities and Societies: Chi Psi fraternity, The Minnesota Daily, New Student Advisor