Hello, I'm Poojapandey
Brand Media at DoorDashÂ
New York, New York, United States.
About
I am a marketing and strategy professional with 8+ years of experience across brand media, business operations, and consulting. Currently leading Brand Media at DoorDash, I specialize in offline media strategy, integrated campaign planning, and large-scale brand partnerships. Passionate about innovative technology, women’s leadership, and empowering local businesses with the right tools to grow.
Over the past six years, I have executed high-impact campaigns across the US, Canada, and Australia, managing channels from television and streaming to out-of-home, audio, and social platforms. I’ve had the opportunity to lead media strategy for four Super Bowl campaigns, aligning storytelling with growth objectives and cultural moments.
Beyond campaign management, I focus on performance measurement, attribution, and incrementality testing to ensure marketing drives real business results. My work has involved close collaboration with cross-functional teams, aligning stakeholders across marketing, product, and operations.
Previously, I contributed to strategy and operations at Ethos Life, supported Fortune 500 clients at Accenture, and co-founded ROO, a platform focused on women’s consumer and employee experiences. These diverse experiences have shaped my ability to combine analytical rigor with creative storytelling.
I believe in building strategies that not only elevate brands but also inspire people. My mission is to continue driving meaningful connections between businesses and communities through innovative media and authentic partnerships.
Experience

Brand Media
DoorDash. Full-time
San Francisco Bay Area
📍 Brand Media, Audience Lead (2025 - Present)
📍 DashPass Marketing Strategy Lead (2023 – 2025)
📍 Growth Marketing Manager, Offline Paid Media (2021 – 2023)
📍 Senior Associate, Offline Media (2019 – 2021)
Over the past 6 years at DoorDash, I’ve led high-impact marketing initiatives across Consumer, Dasher, and Merchant acquisition, with deep expertise in offline media strategy and measurement.

Accenture
Philadeldelphia, Pennsylvania
Management Consulting Senior Analyst
2018 - 2018. Less than a year
At Accenture, I devised and delivered solutions at the intersection of business and technology. Across projects in various industries, I acted as a business analyst, strategist, and program manager. I worked with clients’ C-suites in support of strategic formulation and technological development.
I provided insight for clients, shaping and executing their business transformation agendas through roadmaps, design docs, user engagement surveys, data visualizations, and employee training.
I helped clients navigate their key issues and biggest strategic initiatives, including digital disruption, mergers and acquisitions, growth and innovation, global operating models, sustainable cost management, and enterprise transformation leading to $100M+ in savings for our clients.
Management Consulting Analyst
2017 - 2018. 1 year

Data Visualization Associate
Graphic Inc.
Greater New York City Area
Acquired by Amazon in early 2017 to power Alexa
At Graphiq, I used our platform, SQL, ETL, basic programming, & quantitative analysis to reconfigure and structure data into visualizations. I strategized and created direct channel News Alerts with 10+ daily visualizations & short summaries of news events & trending topics. I also developed original content for Graphiq’s publishing & marketing partners that generated tens of millions of impressions by understanding business requirements, working with the Product and Partner Management teams, and collaborating with external stakeholders.

Co-Founder
ROO
Greater New Year City Area
Roo is a platform to share reviews and experiences for customers and employees (particularly those who identify as women) of local businesses, that enables transparency and provides data-driven metrics so that customers can make informed decisions about where they spend their money. Think Glassdoor meets Yelp.
We believe that transparency and access to information empowers women to make conscious decisions on the businesses they choose to engage with. We built a tool to report our experiences on both sides of the table. The constant feedback loop generated by Roo encourages other businesses to prioritize women's experiences more through marketing, outreach, and customer/employee experience strategies. Businesses benefit by gaining access to repeat customers and increased loyalty, as well as a stamp of approval that they are running an equitable and fair business.
This project was created in conjunction with The Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College. For my social action venture, I created a business plan, a platform, an operating budget, marketing plan and made partnerships with 25+ businesses in the Upper West Side.

Management Consulting, IBM Watson
IBM Global Business Services
Greater New York City Area
At IBM, I built a personal wealth management virtual assistant using Watson’s natural language processing and deep learning capabilities. I worked on the product strategy for a platform for young adults seeking alternative, personalized, technology-driven financial planning.

Growth
The Culinistas
Greater New York City Area
The Culinistas connects private chefs for weekly in-home meal prep and special occasions.
At The Culinistas, I worked on our growth strategy and initiatives. I initiated and managed 12 partnerships with chefs, restaurants, food bloggers, and luxury brands. I also managed our online presence and social media platforms, learning about SEO/SEM, influencer marketing, paid online ads, out-of-home ads, direct mail, experiential marketing, event marketing, and organic growth.

Entrepreneurs@Athena Fellow
The Athena Center for Leadership Studies
Greater New York City Area
The Athena Center is focused on the advancement of women leaders via targeted research and programming. As a Fellow there, I strategized and marketed the The Athena Pledge, a project directed at 250+ major incubators/accelerators to increase gender representation in their cohorts. I organized a 10-day incubator program for high school girls to build their own startups, pitch it to investors, and learn entrepreneurship skills. I also did strategic analysis and research for a grant to expand our in-house web development agency for women at Barnard College to other colleges.

Growth
PowerToFly
Greater New York City Area
PowerToFly is a jobs platform that connects women with the best jobs in tech.
At PowerToFly, I worked directly with the Chief Revenue Officer on our go-to-market strategy and implementation, our growth initiatives, and our sales strategy. I used SalesForce to track leads and manage accounts on leading startups and Fortune 500 clients. I conducted competitor analysis and benchmarking research, as well as helped set our revenue forecasts for the quarter.
Education
Columbia university
Bardnard College
Activities and societies: Resident Assistant, Student Government Association, Class Council (Senior Class Treasurer, Junior Class Representative, Sophomore Class Representative), Chair of Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity reporting to the President of Barnard College
California Institute of the Arts
California Arts Scholar, Digital Media, minor in Photography
The California State Summer School for the Arts is a rigorous, preprofessional, month-long training program in the visual and performing arts, creative writing, animation and film for talented artists of high school age. Participants are selected in the spring, on the basis of their talent and creativity as demonstrated through assignments and teacher recommendations.
Honors & Awards

California Arts Scholar
Issued by California Institute of the Arts · Aug 2010
Associated with California Institute of the Arts
The California State Summer School for the Arts is a rigorous, preprofessional, month-long training program in the visual and performing arts, creative writing, animation and film for talented artists of high school age. Participants are selected in the spring, on the basis of their talent and creativity as demonstrated through assignments and teacher recommendations. The admissions process is highly competitive. Students invited to the school are named California Arts Scholars.

AP Scholar with Distinction
Issued by Collegeboard
Associated with Monta Vista High School
Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

Athena Leadership Studies Scholar
Issued by Athena Center for Leadership Studies, Barnard College
Associated with Barnard College
The Athena Scholars’ Program, which has been training select Barnard women for the highest levels of accomplishment during and after their time at Barnard, nurtures young women leaders as they prepare to enter all fields of human endeavor. This distinguished three-part program, grounded in the most advanced leadership studies research, teaches Scholars the basics of being able to transform the world, mobilize support, and become effective change agents – in college and beyond.
A student who completes all three of the program components – connecting gender and leadership theory through the required classes, learning practical skills through leadership labs, and gaining real-world experience through the practicum – is awarded the designation of Athena Scholar, which appears on her Barnard College transcript.

Commencement Speaker
Issued by Monta Vista High School
Associated with Monta Vista High School
Selected to deliver the commencement address at the Monta Vista High School graduation ceremony to an audience of 660 graduates and 3,000+ attendees

Dean's List
Associated with Barnard College
To be eligible for Dean's List, a student must be enrolled at Barnard, on Morningside Heights (or on a Columbia program abroad) and complete at least 12 letter-graded points with a minimum grade point average of 3.60 for the term. (P-graded points are excluded.) Her grade point average will be based on all her letter grades in the A to F range.
To be eligible for Dean's List, a student must be enrolled at Barnard, on Morningside Heights (or on a Columbia program abroad) and complete at least 12 letter-graded points with a minimum grade point average of 3.60 for the term. (P-graded points are excluded.) Her grade point average will be based on all her letter grades in the A to F range.

Junior Marshal
Issued by Barnard College
Associated with Barnard College
An honor conferred upon juniors who have made exemplary contributions to the extracurricular life at the College. Marshals assist with commencements at Columbia University and attend training sessions prior to commencement. They also ensure graduation process and procedures run smoothly for all graduating students.

National Merit Scholar Commended
Issued by NMSQT/Collegeboard
Associated with Monta Vista High School

Senior Marshal
Issued by Barnard College
Associated with Barnard College
An honor conferred upon Seniors who have served as outstanding members of the Barnard community and who have made exemplary contributions to the campus community. Assist with both Barnard College Commencement and the Baccalaureate Service at Columbia University.


