Director, Brand Partnerships & Nordstrom Media Network: Designer, Beauty, Handbags & Jewelry (Hybrid - Seattle, WA)
Core
Lead a team of Partner Managers to build high-touch relationships with influential luxury brands in Beauty, Designer, Handbags, and Jewelry, elevating Nordstrom as the retail partner of choice and driving advertising/media revenue growth.
Role type
Senior leadership category manager (Brand Partnerships)
Builds
Integrated paid and unpaid marketing programs, partnership activations, and media revenue for prestige luxury brands
Domain
Retail media, luxury fashion, beauty, and jewelry
Required skills
Luxury brand partnership management, team leadership and coaching, integrated marketing strategy (paid/unpaid), revenue target management, cross-functional stakeholder alignment, financial metrics analysis, CRM proficiency
Preferred skills
Experience in retail media or ad-tech, category expertise in Beauty/Designer, executive presence, negotiation
Technologies
Salesforce
Responsibilities
Manage and develop a team of Partner Managers; oversee portfolio of prestige brand partners; develop holistic partnership plans connecting paid media with unpaid storytelling; drive execution of marketing programs; lead annual/quarterly planning and forecasting; represent Nordstrom in internal leadership and external brand engagements; ensure Media Network sales goals are met
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on team management