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Fenton

Managing Director, San Francisco

San Francisco

From Ms. Valarie De La Garza, Managing Director, Fenton, Los Angeles.

· Executive Management

· Managing Director

· California

· Permanent / Full Time

Fenton, the Social Change Agency, is looking for a new Managing Director of our San Francisco office to join our Executive Management team. Our mission is to create strategies and campaigns to change the world, focusing on human rights, public health, the environment, social justice, legitimate CSR and real corporate sustainability. We seek an experienced Agency executive to manage a small, talented SF team, part of a 50 person agency based in NY, SF, LA and DC. Management experience, an entrepreneurial spirit, strong business development and presentation skills, a network of prospects and a passion for progressive issues in these challenging times a must. The Bay Area is the center of technological, social and philanthropic innovation in the world, and our firm has a 35 year history perfectly matched for it. Competitive agency salary offered plus significant upside potential.

For more information and to apply, visit:

http://bit.ly/2rAVTjS

Walmart

Senior Manager – Communication, Training and Support

San Bruno, Calif.

Job Requisition:

829894BR

What you'll do

As part of whole Retail organization, the Retail Business Operations team is one of the horizontal teams that supports all the Category Teams across all sites, Walmart.com, Jet.com, Hayneedle.com, Shoebuy.com and Moosejaw.com. Anything that requires cross category efforts and drives end customer value falls in the reigns of the Retail Business Operations. This team is new and we are building it to focus on 3 main pillars:

Communication:

In the fast paced environment, one of the greatest needs is clear, effectively communication. This could take the form of experience design, social media, email newsletters and open office hours. The ultimate goal is to ensure information is communicated and heard while not burying the retail org under too much information.

Support:

There is a need for focus and partnership with our support organizations to ensure that support procedures and process meet the retail teams’ needs. There will also be a focus on ensuring appropriate handing of escalated and trending issues and that problems are fixed at the root versus just solved as they present.

Retail Training:

The Retail organization is growing and all processes and tools are constantly evolving. So, there is a need for training current Associates as well as onboarding new Category team members that joining every week. We acknowledge the business need for fast ramp-up and learning curve, so we are taking a more dedicated approach that enables fast and adaptive training

Position Summary

As a Senior Manager, you’ll be working in one, two or the three pillars depending on where the needs are. We expect you to be nimble and enjoy a fast-pace environment. Indeed, we expect you to drive and point the organization towards where your help is more needed. In any project, you’ll be accountable for setting up the processes to work collaboratively with all team members (category managers, marketing, Analytics, product organization,…) and managing the different phases, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure.

Position Description

Depending on the projects you’ll be driving some aspects will be more critical than others, but in any case you’ll be responsible for:

· Set up a nimble process to coordinate the project

· Identify key stakeholders and manage their expectations

· Drive the project to completion: assess, communicate, and mitigate risks as they arise – and we can promise you, they’ll arise.

· Communicate directly with executive management team to share project status, and to escalate risks and issues as needed to endure visibility, ownership, and timely resolution.

· Champion process improvement initiatives across the retail organization to make us more agile

· Think strategically on how to solve issues – sometimes you’ll listen the “what” and “how”, but you really need to understand the “why” to solve the situation.

Minimum Qualifications

· BA/BS

· 5-7 + years of experience in project management or relevant consulting experience

· Experience in digital businesses

· Maniacal about organization and attention to detail. Nobody will be reviewing your work but there is lot at stake.

· Ability to manage stakeholder expectations

· Ability to plan and estimate work.

· Some travel required

Preferred Qualifications

· MBA a plus

· Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred

· Ecommerce experience is a plus

For more information and to apply:

http://bit.ly/2qQA1Ql

Nielsen

Associate Manager, Internal Communications

New York

Job Description:

1706802

DESCRIPTION

Passionate, creative communications team seeks someone imaginative, organized and determined, who has a real curiosity about what inspires human beings along with a knack for simplifying difficult concepts. You’ll need to be committed to helping drive strategic messages across Nielsen to inspire action. Develop clear, creative communications pieces that connect Nielsen associates across the world and make them feel part of something bigger. You should be able to deftly handle everything from meeting tight deadlines to coordinating video shoots and global town halls. And please have the kind of personality that will help senior leaders place their trust in you.

Hand-raisers, awesome writers/editors and problem-solvers are welcome!

Key responsibilities include:

· Writing and edit compelling, strategic communications that will grab the interest and emotions of a busy global workforce

· Being very organized

· Helping to form the strategic direction and writing for each global weekly newsletter

· Supporting logistics and plans for town halls

· Becoming an expert on Nielsen news and initiatives

· Helping to support strategic communications plan and execution of plan for various groups within Nielsen

· Supporting launch of new grassroots communications initiative

QUALIFICATIONS

· 2-3 years of experience in Communications desirable

· BS/BA degree in Communications, Journalism, English, or a related field

· Inclination to ask questions and explain concepts simply

· Excellent writing ability; able to adapt tone to a casual, engaging voice

· Motivation

· Excellent planning and project management skills

· Ability to interface with senior leadership

· Ability to multitask, prioritize and manage internal stakeholders.

· Ability to work with virtual teams

ABOUT NIELSEN

Nielsen is a global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers Watch and Buy. Nielsen's Watch segment provides media and advertising clients with Total Audience measurement services across all devices where content — video, audio and text — is consumed. The Buy segment offers consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers the industry's only global view of retail performance measurement. By integrating information from its Watch and Buy segments and other data sources, Nielsen provides its clients with both world-class measurement as well as analytics that help improve performance.

Nielsen, an S&P 500 company (NYSE: NLSN), has operations in over 100 countries that cover more than 90% of the world's population. Nielsen prides itself on being a place where employees can be themselves, make a difference, and grow their careers with the company. It has been named one of the “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” by Diversity, Inc. for three years running and was selected as one of the “Top 35 Companies for Leaders who want Flexibility” by FlexJobs. For more information visit www.nielsen.com.

Nielsen is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.

To apply, visit:

http://bit.ly/2qXkjRM

Nielsen

Marketing and Communications Manager/Pacific

Auckland, New Zealand

Job Requisition:

1707318

JOB DESCRIPTION

Marketing and Communications Manager, Pacific

This position plays a key role in Nielsen’s Pacific Marketing and Communications team. It includes a healthy mix of both strategic thinking and hands-on execution. As the Marketing and Communications Manager, you will conceive and orchestrate break-through communications and marketing tasks that grow Nielsen’s reputation and supports commercial priorities. And, you can prove commercial outcomes as a result of your seamless and engaging activities.

The Pacific Marketing and Communications team is a dynamic group of talented people with a diverse mix of skills and valuable qualities. We have different experiences, but we do have some important traits in common: intellectual curiosity, a commitment to being “ideal team players,” a desire to be pathbreakers and a belief that our work matters.

You will have the space and flexibility to make a real impact to the Pacific business and drive key projects in your own way; all while upholding Nielsen’s Global and Pacific marketing and communications best practices and guidelines.

Primary Objectives

Aligned with the Pacific commercial priorities, you will design and execute path-breaking marketing and communications activities to protect and build the Nielsen brand.

Key Activities Include

· Commercial support / RFP’s

· Have a comprehensive understanding of RFP documentation and resources. Be able to oversee a quality output based on client needs and using content from the commercial teams without assistance.

· Support the commercial teams to follow Nielsen’s Pacific RFP best practice process.

Product Marketing

· Support the planning and execution of new product launches / enhancements – including communications plans, product marketing materials and events

· Support commercial campaigns to generate interest around existing products to drive revenue aligned with the sales focus

· Ensure Nielsen’s suite of products is supported by up-to- date marketing collateral, client communications and digital / website outputs

· Develop and manage strategies for lead nurturing, customer acquisition, and retention

Public Relations

· Support the creation/ drafting of media releases

· Build solid press relationships

· Assist in compiling responses to media enquiries

Events

· Assist in the coordination of in-house and external industry events for Nielsen including invitations, logistics and follow up communications campaigns to drive ROI

· Work with local teams to identify presenters and topics for targeted industry events which demonstrate Nielsen’s strengths and capabilities

Client /Internal Communications

· Work with key stakeholders to support the creation of engaging and digitally advanced internal and client communications and tools

· Provide hands-on support in the exploring and execution of digital communications tools and measurable technology

· Support the Pacific Internal Comms lead to maintain open communication channels with Nielsen associates and clients via newsletters, email blasts, and other regular or ad hoc channels of communications.

QUALIFICATIONS

About you

· You must be a focused, self-starting and agile person who is comfortable with challenging the status quo. You are capable of maintaining an evolutionary marcomm’s mindset and embrace fresh, digital and smart ways of work principles.

· What other departments do you work with?

· You will have regular interactions with the Pacific leadership team as well as a healthy mix of exchanges across multiple departments. Your day could consist of working with teams in Nielsen’s media and technology departments as well as teams across retail, sport, finance and product leadership.

Geographic responsibilities

While based in Auckland with a focus on supporting the New Zealand market, a large portion of your time and application will be working on projects across the entire Pacific business. Sporadic travel to Australia will be required.

Reporting Lines

The position reports to the NZ Managing Director and the Pacific Head of Marketing and Communications.

To apply:

http://bit.ly/2rRKARy

AARP

Advisor, Planning and Performance Analysis

Washington, D.C.

Job ID:

12459156

AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with a membership of nearly 38 million that helps people turn their goals and dreams into 'Real Possibilities' by changing the way America defines aging. With staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, AARP works to strengthen communities and promote the issues that matter most to families such as healthcare security, financial security and personal fulfillment. AARP also advocates for individuals in the marketplace by selecting products and services of high quality and value to carry the AARP name. As a trusted source for news and information, AARP produces the world’s largest circulation magazine, AARP The Magazine and AARP Bulletin.

The Community, State and National Affairs (CSNA) team is a key contributor to AARP's mission of social change for Americans 50+ and their families. CSNA drives social change through our advocacy work by giving our members a voice—at the federal, state, local levels and community levels—on issues important to them such as Financial Resilience, Health Security, and Personal Fulfillment.

With a network of 53 offices in each state, the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, we live where we work. This allows us to do what we do best…meet the people and directly engage in our communities to find out what they need and want, enabling us to educate our members with programs and information that is relevant to them.

Our state offices work hand-in-glove with AARP’s national office in Washington, DC. This reach—from community to state to federal – enables CSNA to better empower people 50+ to enjoy the way they live and work today, while reaching their goals for tomorrow…their life – their way.

Summary Statement

The Advisor within Planning and Performance Analysis serves as a strategic advisor to the Director, Planning & Performance Analysis, and the leadership across CSN. Develops strategic and operational planning process for CSN with an alignment to the Enterprise priorities and success measures, based on multiple and complex data streams and business needs. Helps to steer programmatic efforts in the CSN’s advocacy, campaigns, and education/outreach efforts to help achieve performance goals and targets through analytical supports. Frames stories of impact delivered by CSN’s programs/initiatives on the 50-plus population. Serves as primary liaison to other units who are lead for the Enterprise Strategy and CSN planning.

Responsibilities

· Plays key role in the planning and reporting aspects of CSN’s strategic and operational planning and evaluation efforts in conjunction with and in support of AARP’s overarching strategic plan.

· Leads and facilitates development of the strategic and operational planning process and guidance for the states and communities with an eye towards value-generating shared outcomes achieved through effective and efficient planning.

· Contributes to discussions and influences AARP’s planning and decision-making processes that enable states and communities to meet their broad and shared performance goals.

· Leads the design of tools for data collection, analysis, and roll-up reports planning and provide technical support and training to users of the tools.

· Produces and communicates user-friendly, comprehensive, and customized outputs of annual plans.

· Recommends and implements ways to improve processes and tools for planning annually.

· Assists department and issue leads to develop targeted and effective strategies and outcome-oriented goals towards collected efforts to grow impact of AARP offerings.

· Provides training and tools to managers and staff on how strategic goals are set, how to measure them, and how to achieve them in their particular area of expertise

· Supports internal effort to spread best practices and telling impact stories.

· Works collaboratively with staff at all levels to provide optimal customer service to members and to meet or exceed Dashboard goals.

· Demonstrates AARP values and leadership behaviors in all interactions.

Requirements

· Bachelor’s (advanced degree preferred) in organizational, project or program management, engineering, business administration or other field aligned to the development of strategies, success measures, and monitoring of outcomes.

· 8+ years of related experience or a combination of education and experience in the field of strategic or operational planning or outcome development, tracking, analyzing, and management.

· Excellent interpersonal skills for matrix environment, and ability to inform, educate, motivate and work with others at all levels to ensure high performance and achievement of strategic goals.

· Strong and clear communications skills, especially in translating complex data into understandable insights and stories.

· Strong problem solving and analytical skills as well as facilitation skills with creativity, adaptability and flexibility in dealing with process or programmatic challenges and options.

· Proficient project management and organization skills.

· Experienced user of various software/tools, such as Excel, Tableau, SharePoint, PPT, WebEx, and/or ability to learn new software/tools quickly.

Benefits Offered

AARP offers competitive benefits with a 401K, 100% company funded pension plan, health, dental, vision and life insurance, STD/LTD, paid vacation and sick, and other benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity.

AARP is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. AARP does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, color, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

To apply, visit:

http://bit.ly/2qhyJLj