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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Marketing, Business, Fashion, or a related field.
• Experience working directly with luxury brands and understanding their brand dynamics, partnership expectations, and customer sensibilities.
• At least 10 years of experience in retail media, marketing, ad-tech, or a combination of media and merchandising, with deep expertise in Beauty and Designer retail categories.
• At least 3 years of experience leading and developing teams, coaching talent, and driving performance accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to develop integrated partnership plans that connect paid media investment with unpaid marketing activation and merchant priorities.
• Proven success managing prestige brand partnerships and delivering revenue and commercial goals across a sophisticated portfolio.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and executive presence, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, internally and externally.
• Understanding of financial metrics and how to drive them through paid media investment and unpaid marketing activation.
• Strong operational decision-making and ability to formulate cost-effective, efficient tactical plans that support longer-term strategy.
• Proficiency in CRM and forecasting tools, such as Salesforce.
• Ability to travel as necessitated by priority brand engagements, events, or activations.

Responsibilities

• Represent Nordstrom's expertise and differentiated position in Beauty and Designer to brand partners.
• Serve as a senior contact for brand partners and internal stakeholders, including executive-level engagements, and present Marketing Partnerships' paid and unpaid capabilities.
• Develop and oversee holistic partnership plans integrating paid media with unpaid storytelling, activations, events, and in-store and digital experiences.
• Partner with the Fashion Office, GMMs, and DMMs to understand merchant priorities and translate them into integrated brand partner initiatives.
• Manage, coach, and develop Partner Managers, supporting career growth and holding team members accountable for performance.
• Oversee prestige and luxury brand partner relationships and ensure partnership goals, including revenue targets, are met through paid and unpaid marketing initiatives.
• Drive execution and continuous improvement of marketing programs, championing innovation and test-and-learn agendas.
• Lead annual and quarterly planning, forecasting, goal-setting, performance reviews, and tentpole moment programming.
• Represent Marketing Partnerships and Nordstrom's category authority in internal leadership forums and external brand engagements.
• Ensure Nordstrom Media Network sales goals across the portfolio are achieved, partnering with the team and cross-functional groups to course-correct when needed.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Paid time away
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Merchandise discount
• Employee Assistance Program resources
• Potential eligibility for performance-based incentives or bonuses
• Paid time off accruals and holidays