Hybrid Strategic Art Director

at Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence

• Job title: Strategic Art Director
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $89,300 - $105,100 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Louisville, United States

About the role

• Strategic Art Director at Yum! Brands developing visual concepts and brand campaigns across various platforms. Collaborating with teams for impactful storytelling and design quality in corporate communications.

Responsibilities

• The Strategic Art Director is responsible for the development of visual concepts, campaigns, and brand systems across print, digital and experiential platforms that tell the story behind our company strategy.
• Work directly with Communication Leads for concept development and execution of creative campaigns that align with the company's communication and storytelling objectives.
• Partner with key business stakeholders to translate insights and objectives into innovative design solutions that achieve measurable impact.
• Uphold high standards for storytelling and design quality across all creative outputs and develop visually stunning leadership presentations.
• Confidently present and articulate creative concepts to clients, executives, and cross-functional partners, connecting the creative vision to business strategy.
• Oversee creative projects from ideation through execution, managing timelines, deliverables, and collaboration with Yum! Corporate Communications, as well as functional clients within Yum!

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in design, art direction, or similar role.
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communications or related field or equivalent preferred.
• Proficient in industry standard software (Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Organizational and project management skills.
• Knowledge of social media platforms’ design requirements.

Benefits

• Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan).
• Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan.
• Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.