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Design Senior Manager

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In-Office
Chicago, IL, USA
134K-149K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
Chicago, IL, USA
134K-149K Annually
Senior level
The Sr. Design Manager at Grubhub leads design initiatives across digital marketing, collaborates with cross-functional teams, and manages projects from concept to execution, ensuring alignment with brand strategies.
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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. 

Sr. Design Manager 

Grubhub is looking for a Sr. Design Manager who thrives in fast-paced, startup-style environments—someone energized by ambiguity and motivated by momentum. You’re ready to help shape our transformation with bold thinking, big ideas, and fearless creativity, turning vision into action through grit, resilience, and a strong bias toward execution. You balance craft and speed, holding a high creative bar while navigating real-world constraints, and ensure every detail ladders up to the bigger brand opportunity.

You deliver results by building strong, proactive partnerships across marketing, product, strategy, copy, and production, helping to shape briefs and anticipate challenges. You’re deeply curious about culture, design systems, emerging platforms, and consumer behavior, asking smart questions and challenging assumptions to find sharper solutions. Most importantly, you bring positive energy, ownership, and accountability—raising the bar for both the work and the team around you.

About the Opportunity 

As a Sr. Design Manager at Grubhub, you will partner on the design and execution of projects that directly support our business and bring our brand to life across all consumer touchpoints. Successful candidates will demonstrate a superior ability to generate inspirational design solutions, driving work from ideation through execution with both creative excellence and strategic impact.

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to help Grubhub connect with consumers in meaningful and memorable ways. Projects may include:

  • B2C and B2B digital marketing, including email, social (paid and organic), display, and in-app placements

  • Campaign-level thinking across 360° brand initiatives, including brand toolkits, social media strategy, promotions, and OOH

  • Commercial development that aligns creative vision with business objectives

This is a hands-on role where your creative leadership will shape how Grubhub engages with consumers, elevates the brand, and drives meaningful business results.

Day to Day Strategy & Design
As a Sr. Design Manager at Grubhub, you will craft elevated, holistic brand executions that drive customer engagement, loyalty, and business impact. You will identify and champion self-initiated design ideas that create measurable value. 

You’ll energize and lead both internal teams and external creative partners from ideation through execution, developing breakthrough design solutions that support Grubhub’s customer-first agenda. Collaboration is key—you’ll work closely with cross functional stakeholders from Marketing, Brand Strategy, Production, and Product to understand customer and brand partner needs, ensuring all design decisions are strategic and impactful.
Design Project Management
The Sr. Design Manager serves as the bridge between creative vision and execution, ensuring ideas move from concept to completion seamlessly. This role partners closely with cross-functional teams to align design strategies with operational realities, manage resources effectively, and meet delivery timelines.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience as a multidisciplinary designer, taking projects from concept through execution

  • Proven experience in digital marketing design

  • Agency and/or in-house experience (CPG or food industry a plus)

  • Advanced proficiency in Figma (preferred design software) and Adobe Creative Suite

  • Proficiency with After Effects and/or motion editors 

  • Willingness to travel domestically.

  • Strong typography, conceptual design, and design strategy skills.

  • Experience across 360° brand design and digital marketing touchpoints (email, social paid and organic, display, in-app, OOH, commercial).

  • Exceptional design taste, with awareness of trends and ability to push ideas beyond the brief.

  • Skilled at collaborating across teams and disciplines, building strong internal and external partnerships.

  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills—able to influence effectively at all levels.

  • Thrives in agile, dynamic environments with a start-up mentality; embraces ambiguity and adapts quickly while maintaining high standards.

  • Capable of multitasking, with strong time and project management skills to meet deadlines.

  • Leads creative development on key projects, delivering highly crafted work that drives engagement and reflects Grubhub’s bold new direction.

  • Presents work with clarity and confidence, communicating the strategic thinking behind creative decisions.

  • Mentors and inspires fellow creatives, fostering a culture of curiosity, craft, and creative bravery.

  • Brings a solutions-oriented mindset, continuously improving processes and team efficiencies.

  • Curiosity using AI tools into their workflow to enhance creativity, efficiency, and innovation across design processes

As a matter of company policy, Wonder does not sponsor applicants for employment visa status for this role.

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.

New York: $149,000 per year.

Illinois: $134,000 per year.

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 build the best teams by hiring with an objective lens — evaluating people for their potential while championing diversity, equity, and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on 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. As part of our commitment to fair and compliant hiring practices, Wonder participates in the federal government's E-Verify program to confirm employment eligibility. If you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

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

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