Lands' End Business Outfitters Web Site Manager

Sears Holdings Corporation is the nation's third largest broadline retailer, with approximately $55 billion in annual revenues, and with approximately 3,800 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada. Formed in March 2005 from the merger of Sears and Kmart, Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, home electronics and automotive repair and maintenance. Key proprietary brands include Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering, including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn Smith and Joe Boxer, as well as the Apostrophe and Covington brands. It also has Martha Stewart Everyday products, which are offered exclusively in the U.S. by Kmart and in Canada by Sears Canada. The company is the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 14 million service calls made annually. For more information, visit Sears Holdings' website at http://www.searsholdings.com.

Sears Holdings Corporation is committed to improving the lives of our customers by providing quality services, products and solutions that earn their trust and build lifetime relationships. We are proud of our diverse, high-performance team work environment and we strive for continuous improvement through keen focus on growth, effectiveness and a sense of urgency. Individuals who are driven to earn our customers' trust and business every day, who act with integrity, who treat everyone fairly and value diversity, and who are accountable for their actions are welcome to show interest in becoming a member of our winning team.

Job Summary

Lands' End, a leading international brand of classically inspired clothing and home products, is currently looking for a Manager of our Business Outfitters Web sites. Lands' End is a multi-channel retailer offering products through specialty catalogs, the Internet, Sears stores and our Business Outfitters division. Lands' End Business Outfitters is one of America's premier provider of logo'd apparel and business outfitting programs. We offer very high levels of quality, value, service and style and outfit 9 out of 10 Fortune 500 companies.

Responsibilities/Skills/Experience Requirements

As our Web Site Manager, you will lead the team responsible for all day-to-day business and creative activities involved in maintaining and updating the Business Outfitters public site and over a dozen client online stores. You will also help formulate the division's e-commerce and Internet strategies and respond to external client needs. Working alongside the division's catalog team, the ideal candidate would be able to manage and direct all creative and interactive production, translating themes, content, and brand look-and-feel online. Business activities include working with our call center, National Sales, IT and QA teams.

In partnership with our creative team you will apply brand and marketing strategy to an interactive Web Site experience consistent with broader Lands' End creative (catalog, advertising, press promotions, other projects). The ideal candidate will be confident developing site maps and wire-frames, applying the approved design direction across all Web pages, producing final files and specifications, and coordinating with the information-services development and production groups with minimal supervision.

You should be comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and have the ability to dive in and get things done. Maturity, ability to plan strategically, and accountability are a must.

A successful candidate will have the following:

-5+ years of experience in the Internet industry, ideally ranging from hands-on, front-end coding to interactive and creative design work to directly managing all aspects of a complex e-commerce platform.
-Demonstrated ability to contribute to and lead early ideation and business requirements definition.
-Previous experience in presenting design concepts and capabilities to both senior executives and external clients and ability to provide guidance on effectively leveraging capabilities on the Internet.
-Sophisticated understanding of the creative process, including effectiveness in translating business strategy into complex products and executions.
-Demonstrated ability to lead a small team of people as well as collaborate with cross-functional teams.
-Strong ability to influence others and provide guidance in how to effectively leverage capabilities in the Internet space
-Ability to manage photo shoots and external studio work
- Proficiency with latest versions of industry-standard Web content creation tools: PhotoShop, Image Ready, Dreamweaver, Flash, as well as Strong HTML & CSS skills (knowledge of JavaScript, XHTML and RSS a plus).


Why Lands' End?

Located just 45 minutes from Madison, WI, we provide a relaxed environment that provides opportunity for growth. You'll enjoy our balanced and competitive employee benefit package including our 80,000 sq. ft. world-class fitness center and our onsite health clinic.

When you choose to launch a career at Lands' End, you join 10,000 hand-picked professionals who are all focused on one thing: servicing our customers one at a time. And as a company, we carry this same philosophy to take care of each employee the best way we can.

So are you interested in Lands' End?

To apply for opportunities at Lands' End in Dodgeville, WI:

Lands' End
careers@landsend.com
343 Winter Street
Waltham, MA 02451
781.663.3815