Once upon a time, a store in NYC named STORY created an entirely different type of immersive retail experience. We believed that shopping could be more than just about buying things. We decided to act like a magazine, change our theme like a gallery and merchandise every couple of months like a store. Our neighbors at Macy’s saw an opportunity to take what we had created inside one store and take it to the rest of America – and in April 2018, STORY officially joined the Macy’s family. Our address has now changed to 36 Macy’s stores across the country, however our community-centered mission, event programming (over 1000 events to date!) and ever-changing DNA is very much the same. Think: kids crafting sessions, mixology class, makeup tutorials, and meet and greets with your favorite author. We’re very big on supporting small businesses, obsessed with great stories and we believe that entrepreneurs have so much to tell us all.
STORY at Macy’s ( https://www.macys.com/social/story/?cm_mmc=VanityUrl-_-story-_-n-_-n ) is part of the new Brand Experience team within Macy’s, a division focused on launching new businesses like STORY as well as building and creating new businesses and initiatives. The Brand Experience Team is a cross-functional and integrated group located in Chelsea; this new group embraces new ways of working and thrives on testing and learning from new strategies.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Our Head of Marketing exists to manage our marketing strategy and execution while simultaneously interfacing with external stakeholders, partners and our colleagues at Macy’s. This role is unlike a typical marketing role because it encompasses a broad scope covering digital marketing, print, outdoor advertising, social, paid search and influencer marketing. You will get the rare opportunity to oversee and own the launch of national campaigns. There is no typical day – one day may include spending time with internal Macy’s partners to review assets for macys.com while other days you are reaching out to creative collaborators for a social campaign, developing a local advertising campaign or collaborating with mall partners on mall marketing strategy.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Crafting marketing strategy and evolve content based on different customer segments informed by varying levels of engagement, demographics, and psychographics.
- Act as the main liaison between Macy’s marketing teams, external partners, and consultants to execute a marketing launch strategy, plan ongoing activations, and develop a playbook for future stories.
- Identify opportunities to AB test by monitoring engagement, return on marketing investment, and insights from social listening tools.
- Be the guardian of how we amplify our message across the marketing ecosystem, ensuring consistent and clarity.
- Experience running successful marketing campaigns
- Manage a pipeline of organic, episodic, and planned content across channels leading to launch and throughout the life of a story.
- Develop an influencer strategy to identify, recruit and help manage influencers and third party content creators.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
THINGS YOU’LL NEED
- Vision and passionâto see the future of retail and want to create it.
- 10+ years of experience in marketing, content strategy and digital planning, ideally have held multiple roles with responsibilities in marketing with a proven ability to use content to drive business performance and brand equity.
- Domain expertise across multiple marketing channels, especially in digital marketing and traditional advertising, with an understanding of major platforms and their respective strengths and demographics.
- Experience working in an Omni-channel environment, where engaging and consistent content are required for multiple distribution channels in a nonlinear consumer journey.
- Expertise working with third parties and external partners to execute content.
- Experience in designing AB tests to identifying meaningful, actionable insights from campaigns
- Ability to navigate both the creative and analytical sides of marketing, tying strategies to concrete business outcomes/learnings.
- Entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to adapt quickly – willing to execute and roll up your sleeves, not just manage.
- Resilience, tenacity, high energy. Able to rapidly bounce back from adversity.
- Ability to inspire others to action through influence and advice.
- Comfort operating in non-hierarchical cultures while navigating more traditional ones simultaneously.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule based on department and store/company needs.
ONE MORE THING!
We love people with special sauce! Do you juggle, run marathons, plan secret dinner parties? Be sure to let us know!
This job description is not all inclusive. In addition, Macy’s, Inc. reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. Macy’s, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.
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