Sr Director, Global Creative Excellence & Design

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$208K/yr – $260K/yrDirector/Executive12+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own and shape global creative programs and capabilities, driving thought leadership, reviews, and capability-building while guiding markets and ensuring a consistent visual identity across channels.

  • Lead annual Agency Summit and Creative Reviews
  • Build communities and capability-building moments

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Provide thought leadership on big ideas for critical brand programs and real-time cultural moments—shaping concepts early and guiding work toward breakthrough creative.
  • Lead top-to-top Creative Reviews across key agency partners, ensuring clear direction and an uncompromising bar for craft.
  • Lead the annual Agency Summit, including agenda development, content curation and facilitation to strengthen shared ambition and creative output.
  • Lead capabilities-building moments, including Capabilities Webcasts and the Feel Good Marketing Awards—recognizing great work and raising creative standards across the system.
  • Support select markets with creative programs and workshops, bringing guidance where markets need help elevating work and building capability.
  • Own and evolve visual identity standards, ensuring global consistency and enabling teams to apply the system with clarity across channels and markets.
  • Strengthen creative ways of working by building simple frameworks, guidance and feedback loops that help teams move faster while improving the work.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in creative leadership, design, and/or integrated marketing
  • A strong creative point of view with high standards for craft and the ability to elevate ideas through clear feedback
  • Experience leading senior-level agency relationships, including top-to-top reviews and stakeholder alignment
  • Ability to build and lead communities—facilitating summits, workshops, and capability-building moments
  • Strong design literacy and experience owning or governing a visual identity system across channels
  • Clear communication with influence across a global, matrixed organization

Benefits

  • Health and welfare benefits, including but not limited to comprehensive health insurance, which includes medical, prescription drug, mental health, dental and vision coverage, as well as, life insurance.
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McDonald’s is the world’s leading global foodservice retailer with over 37,000 locations in over 100 countries. More than 90% of McDonald’s restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent local business men and women. McDonald's & our franchisees employ 1.9 million people worldwide.We serve the world some of its favorite foods - World Famous Fries, Big Mac, Quarter Pounder, Chicken McNuggets and Egg McMuffin. To learn more about the company, please visit www.aboutmcdonalds.com.

Founded in 1955
Chicago, Illinois, USA
300K employees (11,532 in marketing)
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Sr Director, Global Creative Excellence & Design

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