Lyris Leos Archives

Target’s Nydia Sahagun: “Successful marketers are thought leaders who stay abreast of trends and respond quickly.”

Nydia Sahagun, Group Manager Brand Marketing – Multicultural at Target, is one of the major winners of our recent #Portada14 Annual Conference. Nominated by and voted for by her peers of thousands of professionals in the Marketing and Media sector, Sahagun won the prestigious Award of “Top Marketer to Hispanic Audiences”. We asked Sahagun on what it takes to be a good marketer particularly as it relates to the multicultural and retail marketing space.

#Portada14: How JC Penney pursues the Latina Muse

#Portada14 participants had the privilege of attending to a presentation by major retail marketer JC Penney: “How JC Penney markets to the Latina Brand Muse”. Ana Lucia Soto, Media Manager, JC Penney and Lyris Calisto Leos, Brand Marketing Strategy Director at JC Penney explained how JC Penney is restructuring its marketing organization based on its recognition of the Latina consumer as a brand muse who is JC Penney’s main growth driver.

JC Penney’s Lyris Leos: “The best career advice I’ve ever received is Get out of your own way!”

#Portada14 speaker Lyris Leos’ diverse and fast-paced career has led to many successful traditional, digital, and emerging marketing and advertising strategies across general and multicultural consumers. Portada interviewed Leos who currently is Multicultural Marketing Director at JC Penney. Leos answers questions about her love for retail marketing, career advice and more…

#Portada14 Countdown starts with JC Penney, Verizon, Maybelline, Moet Hennessy already on Board!

The countdown to #Portada14 has started! Portada’s Hispanic Music and Entertainment Marketing Forum on Sept. 17 in NYC’s Scholastic Auditorium with Greenhouse and Rooftop Terrace and the 8th Annual Hispanic Advertising and Media Conference on Sept 18 (same venue) are bound to be the best ever!