Sr. Manager, Brand Design & Architecture, International

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Restaurant Brands International Inc. is one of the world's largest quick service restaurant companies with nearly $45 billion in annual system-wide sales and over 32,000 restaurants in more than 120 countries and territories.

RBI owns four of the world's most prominent and iconic quick service restaurant brands – TIM HORTONS®, BURGER KING®, POPEYES®, and FIREHOUSE SUBS®. These independently operated brands have been serving their respective guests, franchisees and communities for decades. Through its Restaurant Brands for Good framework, RBI is improving sustainable outcomes related to its food, the planet, and people and communities.

RBI is committed to growing the TIM HORTONS®, BURGER KING®, POPEYES® and FIREHOUSE SUBS® brands by leveraging their respective core values, employee and franchisee relationships, and long track records of community support. Each brand benefits from the global scale and shared best practices that come from ownership by Restaurant Brands International Inc.

Our opportunity:

We are looking for a multidisciplinary brand designer to help shape, develop and govern how RBI's brands are expressed across international markets. From visual identity and campaigns to graphics, content, guidelines and toolkits, this person will help turn brand strategy into compelling, consistent and scalable design.

RBI follows a 5 day, in-office work schedule to support collaboration. Candidates should be comfortable working onsite 5 days per week.

Your roles & responsibilities:

• Develop and evolve brand design across visual identity, campaigns, packaging, environmental graphics, digital content and other brand touchpoints.
• Create and refine graphics, brand assets, templates, presentations and video content, taking work from concept through polished final execution.
• Develop and maintain guidelines, toolkits and scalable design systems that can be applied consistently across markets, formats and investment levels.
• Strengthen brand design governance by reviewing and guiding work developed by regional teams, franchisees, agencies and partners, helping protect brand consistency while allowing appropriate local flexibility.
• Partner with regional Design and Marketing teams, Brand, Communications, Operations and external partners to move work forward and solve design challenges.
• Explore and apply AI and emerging creative tools to accelerate ideation, image generation, content creation, presentation development and video workflows.

Your skills & experience:

• 5+ years of experience in brand, graphic, communication, hospitality, restaurant, retail, experiential or multidisciplinary design.
• At least a Bachelor's degree in a relevant design or creative discipline
• A strong portfolio demonstrating brand thinking, visual design, hands-on creative execution and the ability to take work from concept through final delivery.
• Strong graphic design fundamentals and experience developing or governing visual identities, guidelines, toolkits, templates or design systems that scale.
• Experience working across a mix of static, digital and motion content, with strong presentation and storytelling skills.
• Naturally curious and proactive: you explore new tools, ask why things are done a certain way, seek inspiration beyond your immediate discipline and are comfortable proposing a better approach.
• A confident communicator who can collaborate across functions, cultures and levels of seniority and take ownership of work.
• Architectural knowledge is a plus, but not required.

Tools & digital fluency:

Required: Adobe Creative Cloud, including Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro and After Effects; Figma Design and Figma Slides; strong presentation design skills.

AI: Comfortable using generative AI for image generation, creative exploration, content creation and presentation development, with the curiosity to keep learning as the tools evolve.

Advantageous: SketchUp, Enscape/V-Ray, AutoCAD or other visualization and technical design tools.

Portfolio:

An electronic portfolio is required as part of your application. Please attach a sample of your portfolio or provide a link to an electronic version.

• Strong brand and graphic design work across digital and other brand touchpoints
• Guidelines, toolkits or scalable design systems
• Campaign, content, presentation and/or motion work
• Strong visual communication and storytelling
• Examples showing progression from concept through final execution

PRIORITY: Brand design + curiosity + scalability + practical execution

Benefits at all of our global offices are focused on physical, mental and financial wellness. We offer unique and progressive benefits, including a comprehensive global paid parental leave program that supports employees as they expand their families, free telemedicine and mental wellness support.

Restaurant Brands International and all of its affiliated companies (collectively, RBI) are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers that do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, provincial or federal laws, rules, or regulations. RBI's policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities upon request.