Senior Advertising Agency Sales Jobs in Illinois

About the Team
The Enterprise Ad Sales Team is responsible for the marketing vision, development, and growth of our largest advertising partnerships. This team is rapidly growing, and is seeking additional team members to build an industry-leading ads and promotions business across DoorDash's advertising offering. The growing DoorDash ads business will quickly become the single best place for advertisers to market to local customers, in an ecosystem that benefits all parties.
About the Role
As an Agency Sales Partner, you will develop the strategy for our media agency business, creating a scalable and sustainable value exchange between agency stakeholders, advertisers, and DoorDash customers. You will be responsible for building the foundation, establishing relationships with agency executives, empowering and training agency teams, and influencing the DoorDash ads product roadmap to meet the needs of the agency community. In this role, you will be highly entrepreneurial, and need to balance short-term gains with a long-term vision. You will work cross-functionally with Restaurant, CPG and Retail Ad Sales leadership, marketing, analytics, and product, to innovate on our future approach and solutions. You will report into the Head of New Ventures within the Ad Sales org, as part of our Enterprise Sales & Business Development organization.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will...

• Build the foundational knowledge base and mapping of agency to DoorDash advertiser/prospect relationships.
• Develop the infrastructure for long-term partnerships and ideate/execute scaled initiatives with agencies across our ads offering and beyond.
• Establish and grow relationships with the largest Agency Holding Companies and key Independent Agencies across the US.
• Educate, empower and enable team members across all levels of agency organizations.
• Execute against agency agreement pillars with support from the Agency Sales Lead, Head of New Ventures, and Agency Strategy & Operations.
• Serve as a primary voice of the media agency landscape within DoorDash, informing product roadmaps and go-to-market strategies, and ultimately ensuring we build for agency needs now and in the future.
• Indirectly accelerate brand-specific advertiser growth through and in partnership with agency stakeholders.

We're excited about you because...

• You have a first-hand understanding of the advertising agency landscape and operating model, as well as subject matter expertise in the digital ads/ecommerce/retail media space.
• You consistently apply rigorous organization skills and ability to thrive in an ambiguous/fast paced environment.
• You think both analytically and creatively, and are excellent at balancing quantitative and qualitative business needs.
• Your bias for action creates impact in the short-term, yet your strategic mindset enables a long-range vision that inspires those around you.
• You are a master of stakeholder relationship management with excellent communication.
• You are entrepreneurial at the core.
• As an added bonus, you may be familiar with the core verticals in which DoorDash operates - restaurant, convenience/grocery, retail and consumer packaged goods

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Compensation
Actual compensation within the pay range listed below will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. Base salary is localized according to employee work location.
In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants and sales commission. 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 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.
To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.
See below for paid time off details:

• 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).

The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.
$102,000-$150,000 USD
The total on-target earnings (base + commissions) for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.
$189,000-$278,000 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 by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order 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.
Notice to Applicants for Jobs Located in NYC or Remote Jobs Associated With Office in NYC Only
We used Covey as part of our hiring and/or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT in NYC. As part of the hiring and/or promotion process, we provided Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound from August 21, 2023, through December 21, 2023. We resumed using Covey Scout for Inbound again on June 29, 2024, and ceased using Covey Scout for Inbound on April 30, 2026.
The Covey tool has been reviewed by an independent auditor. Results of the audit may be viewed here: https://getcovey.com/nyc-local-law-144.