Creative Marketing Manager

Los Angeles, California, United States

Mountain View, California, United States

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they’re going. Since our start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to improve everyone's access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. Our Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, our fully autonomous ride-hailing service, as well as Waymo Via, our trucking and local delivery service. To date, Waymo has driven over 20 million miles autonomously on public roads across 25 U.S. cities and conducted over 20 billion miles of simulation testing.

At Waymo, we are mission-driven and believe deeply in the opportunity of autonomous driving technology to improve mobility and make people's lives better. We are united by purpose and responsibility (for our employees and riders alike). We are looking for kind, committed, employees who have integrity, dream big, work together as one team and create a sense of belonging for one another that is the foundation of our culture. We want each team member to feel welcomed and included in every step of our exciting journey. 

Waymo is seeking an experienced creative marketing leader to guide the look, feel, and tone of our marketing communications. You’re a compelling storyteller and you delight in delivering inspiring and persuasive creative across all consumer touchpoints. You have extensive experience motivating and managing agency creatives, inspiring others to develop marketing creative that is breakthrough, innovative and on-brand. You are a strategic thinker, brilliant executor, and clear communicator, comfortable working on complex and early stage brands. You have strong knowledge of digital, print, and experiential marketing mediums and best practices in the B2C space. You enjoy collaborating with marketing professionals, ad agencies, designers, strategists, and copywriters to develop and guide innovative marketing creative.

In this role you'll: 

• Develop, plan, and implement a creative marketing vision for consumer-facing initiatives across all touch points spanning digital campaigns, email campaigns, social campaigns, print collateral, events, web and other emerging channels
• Guide beautiful visual solutions that align with Waymo’s brand voice and complement external narratives through photography, video, typography, color, and animation
• Clearly and articulately explain your rationale and evoke excitement with your feedback
• Use broad depth and understanding of design techniques and deep understanding of Waymo brand design language and guidelines to steward external art directors, creative directors and stylists, ensuring high quality, cohesive deliverables for Waymo across all marketing channels
• Partner with marketing managers to ensure on-brand photo and video style that aligns with the intended audience and message  
• Establish best practices and innovative creative marketing solutions with a continuous pulse on current marketing trends in the advertising, events, and social media spaces
• Work in a highly iterative and collaborative way alongside marketing managers, product designers, and other internal stakeholders

At a minimum we'd like you to have:

• 10+ years of experience as an art director or creative director, preferably in an agency or in-house creative department
• Experience managing external creative agencies and professionals 
• Experience with the use of photography, video, typography, color, animation and motion graphics in storytelling
• Strong portfolio that showcases a range of campaign types and creative expression (e.g. digital graphics, animation, print) across a range of mediums (e.g. TV, OOH, print, digital, social, experiential)
• Positive, optimistic approach to creative problem solving
• Passion for compelling brand storytelling and beautiful execution
• Experience in consumer products, technology, or entertainment brands
• Appetite for growing an emerging brand into a household name

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process. 

Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements. 

Salary Range

$196,000—$244,000 USD

While at Waymo, you will enjoy benefits that cover…

Health and wellness: Our people are at the heart of everything we do. At Waymo, you can enjoy top-notch medical, dental and vision insurance, mental wellness support, a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), a Health Saving Account (HSA), on-site physicians and/or nurses in some locations, and special wellness programs.

Financial wellness: Your financial peace of mind is important to us. At Waymo, we offer competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, equity, a generous 401(k) plan or regional retirement plans, 1-on-1 financial coaching, a 529 College Savings Plan and lots of other perks and employee discounts. 

Flexibility and time off: Take the time you need to relax and recharge. Enjoy the flexibility to work from another location for four weeks per year. We support an on-site, hybrid work model and offer remote working opportunities, paid time off, Waymo recharge days, bereavement, sick, and parental leave.

Supporting families: When it comes to growing your family or caring for your loved ones, you have our full support. Enhanced leave options include paid parental leave (birthing parent gets 24 weeks of paid leave, and non-birthing parent gets 18 weeks of paid leave), and 20 subsidized days of backup childcare or adult/elder care. Access to fertility care or adoption support as you grow your family.

Community and personal development: At Waymo, you’ll find a range of opportunities to grow, connect, and give back. We offer education tuition reimbursement, personal and professional development, mentorship, and other ways to connect through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), other internal groups, and even time off to volunteer.

Cool perks: Access to Google offices, cafes, wellness centers, personal training sessions, massages, haircuts, bike repairs, office transportation, commuter benefits and so much more. To support your wellbeing at home, you can enjoy at-home fitness and cooking classes, and more. 

* Please note that while our benefits philosophy is the same in every place Waymonauts work, benefits may vary by office/country and are subject to eligibility requirements.

We appreciate your interest in Waymo. Waymo is an equal employment opportunity employer, committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive workplace for all employees. Waymo does not discriminate against, and prohibits harassment of, any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law. Waymo will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. Waymo is committed to ensuring equal opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please let the recruiting team know or email waymo-candidatesupport@google.com. (This email address is intended to be used only for requesting accommodations as part of the application process. Other inquiries will not receive a response.)