Senior Brand Strategist

About The Team

DoorDash is building a best in class Brand Strategy team. Sitting globally, this team will be responsible for solving for both the short term and the long term, ultimately building the business today and the brand over time with impact across all three of DoorDash’s audience (Consumers, Dashers and Merchants).

About The Role

Reporting into the Global Head of Brand Strategy, we are looking for a Senior Brand Strategist to help build the vision, story, systems and value for the DoorDash brand, inspire creativity and infuse our brand into every touchpoint of our organization. The ideal candidate is as fluent in systems and frameworks as they are in ideas. They thrive in fast paced, sometimes ambiguous environments, and have a passion for simplifying complex problems.

You’re Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will…

• Build, orchestrate and export the vision, story, and value of the DoorDash brand (and all sub-brands).
• Collaborate across the entirety of our company to align our marketing, our business, our product, and our experience to reinforce the equity we intend to build with our audiences.
• Be the primary advocate for our three audiences - Consumers, Dashers and Merchants - ensuring that strategies are designed with them in mind.
• Own and report on Brand Goals.
• Build Audience Brand Architectures, narratives and naming conventions to be applied across a range of existing and emerging initiatives.
• Work hand in hand with creative teams to inspire remarkable work.
  
  

We’re Excited About You Because…

• 8+ years of relevant brand strategy experience brand side or within creative agencies.
• The ability to translate complex problems into simple, focused narratives that can travel across an organization.
• Proven success crafting best in class brand positionings and messaging frameworks.
• Experience crafting and implementing brand systems and architectures.
• A desire to collaborate with Marketing teams and Product teams alike.
• A deep passion for research, and fluency in brand measurement. Experience designing qualitative and quantitative studies is a plus.
• A track record of partnering with creative teams and/or creative agencies to develop truly remarkable creative ideas.
  
  

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Compensation

The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package for all regular employees that includes a 401(k) plan with an employer match, paid time off, paid parental leave, wellness benefits, and several paid holidays.

Additionally, for full-time employees, DoorDash offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, a commuter benefit match, and a mental health program, among others.

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographical market up to our highest geographical market within California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York and Washington.

$136,000—$200,000 USD

About DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.

DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.

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