WD

Brand · Computer Hardware Manufacturing

3.8

Company overview

For more than 55 years, WD has built the storage infrastructure that powers the world’s data. Now, as WD, we’re driving certainty for the AI-driven data economy—delivering the scale, reliability, and economics required to turn data into intelligence.

San Jose, California, USA

23K employees (345 in marketing)

87% recommend to a friend

59% positive business outlook

Salaries

Typical salary range

$139,500 – $186,000

/ yr

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People

Founders

Ginita Taylor

Vice President, Chief of Staff to CEO

Raghu Bathamenadan

Vice President & Managing Director, KL Center of Excellence

Kareem Akhtar

Managing Director, WD Capital

Marketing leadership

Christian Wegner

Christian Wegner

Head of Marketing Communication at WD Photonics

Dato’ KL Bock

Dato’ KL Bock

SVP Global Flash Backend Operations (Western Digital)

James Chillemi

Senior Director, Chief of Staff to Sales and Marketing

Ke Du

Director of Marketing And Product Management

Alison Romer

Senior Director, Strategic Communications

Chuck Dickinson

Chuck Dickinson

Senior Director, Creative Content and Strategy

Hiring contacts

Katie Watson

Chief Human Resources Officer

Jill Fairchild

Tammy Posadas

VP, HR Business Partner, People Relations & Experience

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

4 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +4.1% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$901.4M

Last raise

$1.4M

Post IPO Debt, 3 years ago

Funding history

Oct 2023

Post IPO Debt Western Digital · $1.4M

Jan 2023

Post IPO Equity Western Digital · $900M

Sep 2015

Post IPO Equity Western Digital

Audience

Monthly website visitors

1.1M

Month over month+6.7%

Quarter over quarter+5.3%

Top sourceSearch (56%)

Ad budget per month$0.0

Average search rank47

Traffic source mix

Search

56%

Direct

23.7%

Referral

15%

Social

2.4%

Paid referral

0.3%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

851.7K

12-mo growth

+22.5%

Monthly growth

+1.4%

News

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Links

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Open positions

Director, Strategic Communications – Product

WD

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$192K/yr - $256K/yrIn-houseFull-time

Senior Manager, Brand Strategy

WD

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$177K/yr - $237K/yrIn-houseFull-timeSenior level8+ years exp.

Employee Communications Specialist

WD

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$88K/yr - $117K/yrIn-houseFull-time

Head of Global Social Media

WD

Irvine, CA (Hybrid)

$140K/yr - $186K/yrIn-houseFull-timeSenior level8+ years exp.

4 open marketing positions

Director, Strategic Communications – Product

WD

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$192K/yr - $256K/yrIn-houseFull-time

Senior Manager, Brand Strategy

WD

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$177K/yr - $237K/yrIn-houseFull-timeSenior level8+ years exp.

Employee Communications Specialist

WD

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$88K/yr - $117K/yrIn-houseFull-time

Head of Global Social Media

WD

Irvine, CA (Hybrid)

$140K/yr - $186K/yrIn-houseFull-timeSenior level8+ years exp.