Design Director

Akcelo

Design Director at McDonald's overseeing design across various brand outputs. Leading and mentoring a creative team while ensuring consistency and innovation in design.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeRedfern • 🇦🇺 AustraliaLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leading the McDonald’s design team across multiple workstreams and disciplines
Owning the visual quality and craft of all brand outputs end-to-end
Overseeing design across restaurant experience, packaging, merch, photography and campaigns
Partnering with creative, strategy and production to bring ideas to life with excellence
Driving consistency while enabling creative innovation within the brand
Presenting work to clients with clarity, confidence and authority
Managing, mentoring and growing a high-performing design team
Setting clear direction, feedback and standards for design craft
Identifying opportunities to evolve and elevate the brand through design

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience leading design on major retail or QSR brands
Exceptional design craft with a portfolio of award-winning work
Strong understanding of physical and digital brand environments
Experience across packaging, retail, spatial and campaign design systems
Demonstrated ability to lead and grow creative teams
Confident client-facing presence with strong communication skills
Deep knowledge of production across multiple formats and channels
High attention to detail with a passion for craft and consistency
Ability to manage complexity, multiple stakeholders and tight timelines
Proficiency across Adobe Creative Suite and relevant design tools
Experience with Ai production is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Leading the McDonald’s design team across multiple workstreams and disciplines
Owning the visual quality and craft of all brand outputs end-to-end
Overseeing design across restaurant experience, packaging, merch, photography and campaigns
Partnering with creative, strategy and production to bring ideas to life with excellence
Driving consistency while enabling creative innovation within the brand
Presenting work to clients with clarity, confidence and authority
Managing, mentoring and growing a high-performing design team
Setting clear direction, feedback and standards for design craft
Identifying opportunities to evolve and elevate the brand through design 🎯 Requirements
Proven experience leading design on major retail or QSR brands
Exceptional design craft with a portfolio of award-winning work
Strong understanding of physical and digital brand environments
Experience across packaging, retail, spatial and campaign design systems
Demonstrated ability to lead and grow creative teams
Confident client-facing presence with strong communication skills
Deep knowledge of production across multiple formats and channels
High attention to detail with a passion for craft and consistency
Ability to manage complexity, multiple stakeholders and tight timelines
Proficiency across Adobe Creative Suite and relevant design tools
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Hard Skills & Tools

design craftpackaging designretail designspatial designcampaign designproduction knowledgeAdobe Creative SuiteAi production

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationattention to detailclient-facing presencemanaging complexitysetting directionproviding feedback