Creative Strategy Manager, Ads

Wonder • New York, NY

9d • $128,000 - $135,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Creative Strategy Manager, 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 the Wonder ecosystem - Grubhub, Tastemade, and Blue Apron - 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic responses to RFPs and RFIs centered on Grubhub advertising solutions, ensuring clear positioning, strong value articulation, and conversion.
• Develop proactive, advertiser-ready partnership packages tied to key moments, tentpoles, and seasonal opportunities across Grubhub and Tastemade.
• Identify and help shape new Grubhub 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 Grubhub advertising offerings are positioned, packaged, and brought to market.
• Own the strategic development and sale of Tastemade’s standalone content and media partnerships, packaging premium content, creators, and distribution strategies into performance-driven programs.
• Design full-funnel, integrated programs that strategically leverage Grubhub, Tastemade, and Blue Apron based on advertiser objectives, maximizing performance and total partnership value.
• 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.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees