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.