Creative Strategy Manager, Grubhub & Tastemade Ads

About Grubhub

At Grubhub, we champion restaurants from coast to coast. Restaurants sit at the heart of communities. It’s our mission to strengthen their roots, deepen their connections, and increase the positive impact they have on people and society.  

Grubhub, part of Wonder, delivers the best local, authentic cuisine right to diners’ doors—and new customers and billions in revenue to local businesses. Featuring over 375,000 merchants in over 4,000 cities nationwide, our innovative technology, user-friendly platforms, and streamlined delivery capabilities have made us an industry leader in the world of online food ordering.    

Since we opened our doors in 2004, Grubhub has been opening doors all across the country. Bakery doors in Hyde Park, jibarito joint doors in Queens, and doors of opportunity all across the country. Join our team and help us open more. 

The Creative Strategy Manager, Grubhub & Tastemade Ads is a senior role within the Ad Sales organization, reporting to the Head of Branded Content.

This role supports the growth and scale of Grubhub’s advertising offerings by developing compelling strategies and solutions, translating them into clear, persuasive proposals, and helping shape how Grubhub advertising evolves by identifying and validating new opportunities across the platform.

In parallel, this role drives standalone Tastemade partnerships and develops integrated programs that bring together Grubhub and Tastemade, where they create incremental value.

You will serve as a strategic partner to Sales — combining commercial rigor, creative thinking, and platform fluency to deliver high-performing Grubhub advertising solutions, compelling Tastemade-first programs, and integrated, ROI-driven partnerships across the Wonder ecosystem.

• Lead strategic responses to RFPs and RFIs centered on advertising solutions, ensuring clear positioning, strong value articulation, and conversion.

• Develop proactive, advertiser-ready partnership packages tied to key moments, tentpoles, and seasonal opportunities.

• Identify and help shape new advertising opportunities across existing and emerging surfaces, with a focus on advertiser ROI and consumer experience.

• Partner with sales, product, and merchant stakeholders to assess product-market fit, advertiser demand, operational feasibility and performance potential.

• Contribute to how advertising offerings are positioned, packaged, and brought to market.

• Lead the strategic development of integrated content and media partnerships, packaging content, creators, and distribution into performance-driven, full-funnel programs aligned to advertiser objectives.

• Translate complex, multi-brand ideas into clear, compelling narratives and decks that resonate with advertisers and agencies.

• Leverage consumer insights, cultural trends, platform behavior, and campaign learnings to inform strategy and opportunity development.

• Work cross-functionally with Sales, Social, Production, Talent, Account Management, and Marketing teams, and present proposals in client and agency meetings to drive confidence and deal success.

• 8+ years of experience in integrated marketing, advertising strategy, brand partnerships, or monetization, ideally within a platform, marketplace, media company, publisher, or agency environment.

• Proven experience leading RFP and RFI responses and developing advertiser-ready proposals tied to clear business and revenue outcomes.

• Strong understanding of digital advertising ecosystems and full-funnel marketing, with experience building and scaling performance-driven advertising and partnership solutions across content, media, and commerce.

• Deep fluency in paid and organic social, with a strong understanding of how content, media, and platform dynamics work together to drive performance.

• Experience leveraging creators and talent to build credibility, engagement, and cultural relevance within advertiser programs.

• Demonstrated ability to leverage premium content and storytelling to support advertiser objectives and performance goals.

• Exceptional written, visual, and verbal communication skills, with a strong track record of building clear, compelling pitch decks and presenting to clients, agencies, and senior stakeholders.

• Highly organized, able to manage multiple high-stakes workstreams simultaneously in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

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• You bring an owner’s mindset, energized by building, refining, and scaling solutions that drive real business outcomes.

• You are deeply curious and thrive in fast-paced, lean environments, comfortable navigating ambiguity and moving quickly without sacrificing quality.

• You balance creative ambition with commercial rigor, grounding ideas in performance, ROI, and real business needs.

• You pair that ambition with operational judgment, knowing when to push ideas forward and when to adapt or pivot based on constraints, feedback, and performance.

• You think holistically, understanding how content, media, platform surfaces, and commerce work together to create value.

• You are a true team player — collaborative, low-ego, and willing to get into the details to help move work forward.

• You are equally comfortable in the weeds and at 30,000 feet, contributing hands-on while maintaining a strong strategic perspective.

• You take pride in packaging ideas into clear, compelling, and beautifully crafted sales materials, understanding that strong storytelling and design are critical to converting ideas into revenue.

• You communicate clearly and confidently in client-facing and high-stakes environments, building trust through clarity, preparation, and follow-through.

• You hold a high bar for quality, accountability, and strategic thinking, and care deeply about delivering work that performs in the real world.

• You have experience working within or alongside advertising teams at food delivery, restaurant, grocery, or commerce platforms, bringing familiarity with marketplace dynamics and advertiser needs.

Our hybrid model requires 3 days a week in the office. That said, many team members choose to come in more often to take advantage of in-person collaboration and connection. You're welcome—and encouraged—to be in the office up to 5 days a week if it works for you.

Base Salary: $128,000-$135,500 per year.

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Wonder uses geographic-specific salary structures, which means the salary offered may vary depending on where the job is located. The final salary offer will take into account various factors, such as the candidate's skills, education, training, credentials, and experience.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary package including equity and 401K. Additionally, we provide multiple medical, dental, and vision plans to meet all of our employees' needs as well as many benefits and perks that are not listed.  

A Final Note

At Wonder, we believe that in order to build the best team, we must hire using an objective lens.  We are committed to fair hiring practices where we hire people for their potential and advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion.  As such, we do not discriminate or make decisions based on your race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.  If you have a disability, please let your recruiter know how we can make your interview process work best for you. 

We look forward to hearing from you! We'll contact you via email or text to schedule interviews and share information about your candidacy.