Brand Strategist

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Chicago, IL
90K-120K Annually
3-5 Years Experience
Information Technology • Other • Social Media
The Role
The Brand Strategist at Nextdoor will partner with the sales team and top tier brands to create innovative programs. Responsibilities include creating campaign ideas, partnering on RFPs, project managing campaign execution, tracking metrics of success, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The role requires 4+ years of experience in Sales Marketing or Creative Strategy, experience in integrated marketing campaigns, strong communication skills, and a collaborative attitude. Compensation includes a base salary + commission structure with an OTE range of $90,000-$120,000 per year, with potential for greater earnings based on performance and equity grants.
Summary Generated by Built In

#TeamNextdoor

Nextdoor is where you connect to the neighborhoods that matter to you so you can belong. Our purpose is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on.

Neighbors around the world turn to Nextdoor daily to receive trusted information, give and get help, get things done, and build real-world connections with those nearby — neighbors, businesses, and public services. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor in more than 315,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries.

Meet your Future Neighbors

At Nextdoor, we offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment experience, providing a flexible experience for our valued employees.

The Impact You’ll Make

We're looking for a Brand Strategist who will help partner with our internal sales team and top tier brands to create innovative, insights-backed programs. You’ll regularly brainstorm to determine what bespoke ideas we can create in partnership with brands. Based on market feedback you’ll consider what ideas may be worth building into scalable packages to create new offerings from Nextdoor. We are looking for someone who’s a creative thinker who enjoys storytelling, solving a challenge and working collaboratively with cross functional teams like sales, insights and design. In a nimble and growing team you’ll be expected to see ideas through from ideation to execution. 

Your key responsibilities include:

  • Create and present campaign ideas that can only be executed on Nextdoor
  • Partner with the sales team on brand specific RFPs to share opportunities on Nextdoor by leading the idea generation process and  come up with innovative ideas for our brand partners
  • Be a partner presenting and ideating with brands alongside the sales team
  • Project manage campaign execution with partner vendors for online and offline executions as needed
  • Track, measure and create metrics of success based on the ideas you’ve created and launched 
  • Work with the design team to partner on visuals, infographics and needs for pitches and presentations to bring them to life
  • Participate in in-person Nextdoor events, trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and other team building exercises
  • Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to the KIND culture that Nextdoor values

What You’ll Bring to The Team

  • 4+ years of experience in a Sales Marketing or Creative Strategy related role
  • Experience developing integrated marketing campaigns
  • Strong communicator with an eye for detail who enjoys working with cross functional teams
  • Comfortable presenting to key clients and at industry events
  • Can-do collaborative attitude, comfortable in a fast paced environment

Rewards

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create one overall rewards package.

The compensation range for this role includes a base salary + commission structure with a 70/30 split. Commission will vary depending on your achievement of sales-related goals and objectives. The budgeted OTE (on-target earnings) inclusive of base + commission is in the range of $90,000-$120,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your ‘level’ of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role.

We also expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With equal quarterly vesting, your first vest date would be within the first 3 months of your start date.

Overall, total compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

We have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of great health plans. We cover 100% of your personal monthly premium for health, dental, and vision – and provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we seek to serve. We encourage everyone interested in our purpose to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For information about our collection and use of applicants’ personal information, please see Nextdoor's Personnel Privacy Notice, found here.

The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
780 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

Nextdoor is where neighborhoods happen — and connections are made. Nextdoor connects neighbors to each other — and to everything nearby: Local businesses, services, news updates, recommendations and stuff for sale from the people down the block.

Building connections in the real world is a universal human need. That truth, and the reality that neighborhoods are among the most important communities in our lives, have been guiding principles for Nextdoor since the beginning.

Neighbors around the world rely on Nextdoor to:

- Recommend and discover local restaurants and shops
- Buy and sell gently used furniture and other goods
- Spread the word about a lost or found (!) pet
- Help neighbors with grocery runs or pharmacy pickups
- Meet neighbors over a cup of coffee or organize a walking group
- Stay up on the latest safety news from local public agencies

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