Design Lead at DoorDash

Creative Boom Ltd.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants as part of pay

401(k) with employer match

16 weeks paid parental leave

Medical, dental and vision cover

11 paid holidays

Wellness benefits and a commuter match

Disability and basic life insurance

Family-forming assistance and mental健康

Job summary

DoorDash’s in-house creative studio Superette seeks a design lead to bridge brand storytelling and growth-focused design. You’ll head a small design team while delivering hands-on work, driving short-term conversions and long-term brand equity.

You’ll report to the Head of Design within Marketing and contribute across CRM, lifecycle, paid media and campaigns—while championing AI-enabled workflows and new design systems. This is a senior, leadership role with equity considerations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional design experience across brand and growth marketing.
• 2+ years of leadership experience, managing design teams.
• Portfolio showing brand-building work (campaigns, identity systems, storytelling) and growth work (CRM, lifecycle, paid social, A/B testing).
• Hands-on experience of making content for web, email, ads, presentations and campaign assets.
• Able to defend strategic design decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Experience of turning complex business concepts into clear visuals.
• Strong collaboration skills in fast-moving, cross-functional settings.
• Expert in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, especially After Effects.
• Fluent with AI, including experience of bringing it into creative processes.
• Nice to have: a background in technology, media or digital advertising.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary design team.
• Create work that balances brand storytelling with growth performance across CRM, lifecycle, paid media and campaigns.
• Produce conversion-focused assets that stay consistent with DoorDash's brand standards and design language system.
• Work with programme managers, marketers and copywriters to turn insight into creative work.
• Use data to optimise creative while strengthening emotional resonance and long-term brand equity.
• Experiment with new formats, storytelling techniques, AI-powered workflows and design systems.
• Champion the adoption of AI within the team.
• Follow industry trends in brand and growth design.

Skills

Design leadership

Brand storytelling

Growth marketing

Cross-functional collaboration

AI integration

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

After Effects

Job description

The role

A design lead post at Superette, DoorDash's in-house creative studio, which brings together creative directors, art directors, copywriters, editorial writers, growth creatives and designers. The role links brand storytelling with growth-focused design: you would lead a small team of designers as a player-coach while producing work yourself, aimed at both short-term conversion and long-term brand equity. It reports to the Head of Design within Marketing and is listed for Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.

What you'll do

• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary design team
• Create work that balances brand storytelling with growth performance across CRM, lifecycle, paid media and campaigns
• Produce conversion-focused assets that stay consistent with DoorDash's brand standards and design language system
• Work with programme managers, marketers and copywriters to turn insight into creative work
• Use data to optimise creative while strengthening emotional resonance and long-term brand equity
• Experiment with new formats, storytelling techniques, AI-powered workflows and design systems
• Champion the adoption of AI within the team
• Follow industry trends in brand and growth design

About you

• At least eight years of professional design experience across brand and growth marketing
• At least two years of leadership experience, managing and mentoring design teams
• A portfolio showing brand-building work (campaigns, identity systems, storytelling) and growth work (CRM, lifecycle, paid social, A/B testing)
• Hands-on experience of making content for web, email, ads, presentations and campaign assets
• Able to defend strategic design decisions to senior stakeholders
• Experience of turning complex business concepts into clear visuals
• Strong collaboration skills in fast-moving, cross-functional settings
• Expert in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, especially After Effects
• Fluent with AI, including experience of bringing it into creative processes
• Nice to have: a background in technology, media or digital advertising

What's on offer

• Equity grants as part of pay
• 401(k) with employer match
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Medical, dental and vision cover
• 11 paid holidays
• Wellness benefits and a commuter benefits match
• Disability and basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance and a mental health programme
• Flexible paid time off and 80 hours of paid sick time a year for salaried roles

The details

• Salary: $142,800 – $210,000 base (a national range, adjusted by location), plus equity
• Location: San Francisco; also open in Los Angeles and New York
• Level: lead (8+ years)