Sr. Associate, Event Marketing, Brand Partnerships

About the Team Sitting within the Brand Partnerships, Events & Hospitality team, this role is part of DoorDash's growing Global Events organization. Together, we shape how our brands come to life through experiences, partnerships, and hospitality, ensuring we show up consistently and meaningfully across every touchpoint. About the Role We’re looking for a highly organized and execution-focused Senior Event Marketing Associate to support the growth of DoorDash Reservations and SevenRooms across North America. In this role, you’ll help bring our brand to life through a mix of consumer‑facing activations, restaurant partnerships, merchant events, industry conferences, and local market experiences. You’ll work cross‑functionally with teams to execute memorable experiences that drive awareness, engagement, and adoption of DoorDash Reservations. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who loves hospitality, thrives in fast‑paced environments, and enjoys managing the details that turn great ideas into exceptional customer and merchant experiences. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Support the planning and execution of North America event and experiential marketing programs for DoorDash Reservations. Lead end‑to‑end event logistics for a variety of activations, including owned events, merchant pop ups, food festivals, trade shows, conferences, and partner activations. Coordinate with restaurant partners, venues, agencies, vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure successful event execution. Help develop and execute consumer‑facing experiences that increase awareness, consideration, and engagement for DoorDash Reservations. Manage event production timelines, budgets, vendor contracts, shipping logistics, inventory, and on‑site operations. Support sponsorship activations and strategic partnerships by coordinating deliverables, assets, guest experiences, and event programming. Collaborate with Integrated Marketing, Social, Communications, Partnerships, Sales, and Customer Success teams to ensure alignment across campaigns and activations. Track event performance metrics including attendance, lead generation, customer engagement, merchant participation, and overall program impact. Maintain event calendars, project plans, and reporting dashboards to support program visibility and operational excellence. Travel to support on‑site execution and serve as a brand ambassador at events across North America. Identify opportunities to improve processes, scale event operations, and enhance attendee experiences across the portfolio. We're excited about you because you have… You have 4+ years of experience in event marketing, experiential marketing, field marketing, hospitality marketing, partnerships, or related functions. You have hands‑on experience executing both consumer‑facing and B2B events, with a passion for creating exceptional guest experiences. Have experience interacting with AI tools (ie Claude, ChatGPT, etc) and display curiosity, adaptability, and the ability to blend AI with the day‑to‑day role. You are highly organized and excel at managing multiple projects, deadlines, vendors, and stakeholders simultaneously. You enjoy rolling up your sleeves and can confidently manage event logistics from planning through on‑site execution. You have strong project management skills and exceptional attention to detail. You are a proactive problem‑solver who remains calm and resourceful in fast‑paced environments. You have experience working with agencies, venues, vendors, and external partners. You are an effective communicator who can build relationships across teams and influence stakeholders through collaboration. You are passionate about restaurants, hospitality, dining experiences, and local communities. You are comfortable using data and reporting to evaluate performance and inform future event planning. You're willing to travel up to 25–35% across North America to support key activations and events. 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. The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$83,000 – $122,000 USD

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 you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr DoorDash