What You’ll Be Serving Up:
We are seeking an organized and detail-oriented Manager, Creative Operations & Design to join our team. This is a hybrid role responsible for strategic planning, workflow prioritization and creative direction. This person will be responsible for setting the creative direction for all projects, organizing incoming projects, effectively communicating with designers and stakeholders, and driving projects to successful completion on schedule and on budget. The ideal candidate will have experience as a senior designer or art director with strong organizational and people leadership skills.
Here’s How You’ll Spice Things Up:
Provide design direction and creative quality assurance across projects
Collaborate with C-suite and functional leaders to understand creative needs for key projects
Manage two graphic designers and coordinate with freelancers/agencies as needed
Oversee creative project intake, prioritization and resourcing from initiation through delivery
Partner with stakeholders to scope creative needs and develop project timelines
Maintain creative brand standards for internal communications
Utilize project management tool to assign tasks and track project progress
Lead budget tracking for creative projects and resources
Work with cross-functional teams in the global office and system-wide to gather information and assets
Schedule and coordinate video shoots with production teams across markets
What You Bring to the Table:
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as graphic design, visual communications, project management or equivalent experience
8+ years of experience in creative operations, art direction or a similar role
Strong background in managing creative pipelines and workflows, including graphic design, content creation, presentations design and/or multimedia production
Strong graphic design skills with proficiency in industry-standard design software (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite)
Excellent organizational, time management and multitasking abilities
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
Bonus Points
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or similar certification
Experience working in an agency or in-house creative team setting
Familiarity with agile methodologies or other project management frameworks
Basic understanding of web development processes and digital marketing concepts
What’s In It for You:
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunity to innovate within a global brand and make a significant impact.
- Collaborative, fast-paced work environment with a focus on professional growth and development.
Salary Range: $125,000 – 140,000 annually + bonus eligibility. This is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, project management or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of experience in creative operations, art direction or a similar role
- Strong background in managing creative pipelines and workflows, including graphic design, content creation, presentations design and/or multimedia production
- Strong graphic design skills with proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
- Excellent organizational, time management and multitasking abilities
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
Yum! Brands Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Yum! Brands and has not been reviewed or approved by Yum! Brands.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Corporate roles include four weeks of vacation, year‑round half‑day Fridays, company holidays, dedicated “Live Well” days, and paid volunteer days. These policies contribute meaningfully to overall compensation value for corporate employees.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offerings include free access to mental‑health counselors, onsite/virtual wellness tools, onsite gyms in select offices, and wellbeing discounts. Smoking‑cessation and weight‑management programs further bolster lifestyle support.
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Parental & Family Support — Benefits span family‑planning coverage such as adoption, fertility, and baby‑bonding leave. Corporate materials also note enhanced parental leave for U.S. corporate employees.
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What We Do
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 55,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the Company’s concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and the Habit Burger Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. The Habit Burger Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more. What makes Yum! a great place to work? It's our people. As the world's largest restaurant company, we invest in people capability so that our global workforce can make the most of their careers. With ongoing opportunities for personal and professional success, we've built a culture that rewards and recognizes great effort while providing the flexibility that is so important to all of us.
