Associate Manager, Talent & Influencer Marketing

Associate Manager, Talent & Influencer Marketing

About The Team

The Brand and Creative Marketing team is home to some of the most culturally impactful work at DoorDash — from Super Bowl moments and celebrity partnerships to creator-led campaigns that shape how the world sees our brand.

About The Role

We’re seeking a dynamic, well-connected, and creatively driven Associate Manager of Talent & Influencer Marketing to help define how DoorDash shows up through talent — from internet-native creators to household names. This isn’t a “plug and play” influencer role. It’s about taste, timing, and tenacity — knowing when to lead culture and when to ride the wave.

The right person brings an active network and an innate ability to grow it — spanning creators, agents, managers, publicists, and entertainment ecosystems across categories. You know who’s emerging, who’s peaking, and who’s quietly shaping conversation. You’re just as comfortable DM’ing a TikTok phenom as you are negotiating with a celebrity rep or brainstorming with a creative director. You have the relational EQ to build genuine, lasting partnerships and the creative agility to spot, shape, and activate cultural opportunities before they even hit the mainstream. You see a meme, a moment, or a movement — and immediately imagine how DoorDash could belong in that story.

You’ll thrive in this role if you’re a self-starter who doesn’t wait for playbooks — you write them. You move with intention and curiosity, comfortable operating in the gray space between structure and spontaneity. You understand that the best ideas often start as a gut feeling, and you have the operational discipline to bring them to life with polish. Above all, you have a “make it happen” mindset — resourceful, proactive, and solutions-oriented. When obstacles arise, you don’t freeze or wait for permission — you find creative ways through. You’re equal parts connector, curator, and creative problem solver — and you believe that great partnerships don’t just sell, they shift culture.

You’re Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will…

• Partner with the Senior Manager to bring influencer and talent strategy to life across campaigns and timely cultural moments — from early brief input to final content delivery.
• Leverage your own relationships across the talent ecosystem — creators, agents, managers, publicists — to identify and secure the right partners for our campaigns.
• Take initiative to proactively source and pitch creator or celebrity opportunities that align with cultural moments, brand storytelling, or upcoming launches.
• Lead day-to-day management of influencer and talent partnerships, ensuring creative excellence, operational precision, and cross-functional alignment.
• Collaborate closely with Creative, Comms, Partnerships, Legal, Media, and Social teams to integrate talent and influencer strategy across channels.
• Manage budgets, negotiate rates and usage, and track deliverables through production and launch.
• Stay deeply plugged into cultural and creator trends — identifying emerging voices, memes, or movements where DoorDash can authentically participate.
• Evaluate performance data and translate results into learnings and recommendations that strengthen future work.

We’re Excited About You Because…

• You have 5 years of experience in influencer marketing, talent relations, or culture-led brand partnerships ideally in a fast-paced consumer brand or agency setting.
• You have the instincts of a creative and the discipline of a producer, comfortable brainstorming ideas one minute and managing contracts the next.
• You thrive on initiative: you don’t wait for assignments; you seek out opportunities, connect dots, and bring ideas to life.
• You’re solutions-oriented — calm under pressure, adaptive in fast-changing situations, and known for finding a way forward when others see blockers.
• You have strong instincts for storytelling, a keen understanding of what’s culturally relevant, and the ability to execute with polish and precision.
• You’re deeply curious, collaborative, and committed to raising the creative bar every single time.

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.

Benefits

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

Paid Time Off

• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
• For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).

$108,800—$160,000 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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.