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Company Description:
McDonald’s is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries that serve 70 million customers daily. As the global leader in the food service industry, our legacy of innovation and hard work continues to drive us.
From drive thru updates to delivery to mobile order and pay, we are innovating quickly and growing. Joining McDonald’s means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world.
At McDonald’s, we see every day as a chance to create positive impact. We lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community and family. From support of Ronald McDonald House Charities to our Youth Opportunity project and sustainability initiatives, our values keep us dedicated to using our scale for good: good for our customers, people, industry and planet. We also offer a broad range of outstanding benefits including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance and flexible work arrangements – check them out here!
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our crew members, staff, operators, and suppliers. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone. We are interested in people who enhance our company culture: Does this role interest you? We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every single requirement!
Job Description:
The world around us is changing. Extending our competitive advantages in a world where customers demand seamless and personalized experiences requires that we reimagine how we engage customers, run restaurants and operate as a franchisor.
McDonald’s is transforming our business to set ourselves up for the next chapter of our growth.
This director is part of the Global Communications team and responsible for leading a team that delivers an integrated strategy for Enterprise communications, convenings and experiences to inspire pride and confidence in McDonald’s business strategy.
Responsibilities Include:
• Enterprise Convenings & Experiences:
• Accountable for leading teams in the cross-functional strategy and production of the cadence of System convenings and experiences that inspire and motivate audiences. (e.g. Global Town Halls, Worldwide, Investor Updates etc.).
• Partner with functions and markets to develop an integrated two year system plan for events and activations that engage all three legs of the stool in support of the enterprise transformation.
• Partner with Global Communications content teams and A123 to develop System events that bring business and reputation to life.
• Enterprise Communications Playbooks & Protocols:
• Maintain Global System Communications protocols outlining policies and procedures for communications to System audience.
• Partner with A123 to develop playbooks for System events and convenings.
• Convene a System Communications Council that brings together stakeholders from across the business to advise on maximizing impact of system storytelling efforts.
• System Voices: Partner with International Segment Communications to maintain a bench of functional and market stories and voices from all three legs of the stool to drive the enterprise narrative at events and through owned channels.
• System Channels Strategy: Partner with Story Lab on strategy and implementation of new and innovative technologies to reach and engage enterprise audiences.
• Communications Academy: Partner with learning and development on programs to upskill employees, people managers and leaders on communicating with impact.
Qualifications:
• Prior corporate communications experience – both in strategy development and in execution
• Outstanding writing and editing skills, with an eye to messaging for a range of internal and external communication channels and audience types
• Excellent verbal communications skills
• Experience advising and working with senior executives
• Natural self-starter who demonstrates creative and critical thinking abilities, can focus and implement, with an eye for details
• Effective collaborator who will work cross functionally across teams and geographies/ time-zones.
• Curiosity and appreciation for new topics, issues, and cultures.
• Ability to deliver new and creative ways of thinking, writing and executing communications.
Additional Information:
McDonald’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone. McDonald’s provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities as part of the application or hiring process or to perform the essential functions of their job. If you need assistance accessing or reading this job posting or otherwise feel you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact mcdhrbenefits@us.mcd.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
McDonald’s provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, disability status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, protected military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Nothing in this job posting or description should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.
