Designer - Woking, United Kingdom - KFC UK & I - Development

Description

_Welcome to KFC_

Take one man with a big idea, add 11 herbs and spices, grit, ambition, and buckets of heart - you've got KFC.

Since 1939, we've been bringing finger lickin' good chicken to the world, and today we're proud to be in over 1000 communities across the UK & Ireland.

But without our people, none of it would be possible. Just like our recipe, they're all original.

Join us. Bring it. And together, we can be part of something truly extraordinary.

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Bringing it to the role._**A unique opportunity has arisen as a Designer; to support the creative restaurant design and restaurant design approval process.

A key part of the role will be providing creative design assistance to our Senior Creative Lead such as creative ideas, design and design development information as well as running design and drawing approval for the current remodel and new restaurants program.

This is a 12 month Maternity Cover.

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What you'll do _**- Being the "Brand Guardian" and upholding standards for all new and remodelled restaurants. You will review and layouts for about 100 minor remodels, up to 75 major remodels and 40 new restaurants each year

• Liaise with internal Construction Managers, External Architects and Franchisees to solve challenges on restaurant design. Occasionally attend site meetings to brief and evaluate projects.
• Occasionally lead other ad hoc Design projects i.e. bespoke restaurant décor
• Provide general creative support to the Senior Creative Lead on Design Projects i.e. creation of new restaurant design concepts, new formats etc
• To manage storage and retrieval of drawings, photographs and other data relevant to store development
• Support the creation, distribution and maintenance of Design Guidance.

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What we'd love from you_**EXPERIENCE

• This position combines creative thinking, strong commercial acumen, passion for food and focused actiondriving to set KFC up for further transformational growth towards our 2030 vision.
• You are a seasoned insights leader with a proven trackrecord in developing a centralised insights team
• You have a passion for people and a curiosity to uncover real human insights.
• You have experience working with research and insights agencies. You are wellversed in assessing methodologies and defining the right approach based on a business question. You can utilise existing methodologies and tools and continuously expand your understanding and experience of new ones.
• You can assess and understand a multitude of factors, both internal and external, macro and micro, across multiple regions, channels and categories that impact brand performance. You have the ability to intuitively analyse multifaceted data from various sources.
• You have a growth mindset you'll be connecting the dots in fresh ways to make amazing things happen. You are not afraid to stretch boundaries and think outside of the box to get results. The industry is constantly changing, we need a pioneer to help cement KFC's leadership as the gotobrand for your fried chicken.
• You have an experimental mindset you create the motivation to constantly experiment, test hypotheses that will advance our growth ambitions. You can deal with failure and to fail forward learning from the results and informing the next proposition to test.
• You can cut through the jargon and speak fluent "consumer" but with our brand and menu vision at the very heart of your ideas will be a real benefit.

ABOUT YOU

• Enthusiasm and passion are a must.
• A current driving license, prepared to travel in the UK and Ireland & spend time away overnight during the week
• Ability to work with people of various disciplines at all levels within an organisation A strong and proven drive for results
• You are intellectually curious and creative. We're looking for someone solution driven, meaning you'll be inquisitive, tenacious and determinedalways looking for new ways to deliver groundbreaking work.
• There may occasionally be stressful times with this role We'll need you to show patience and be able to make judgment calls under pressure.
• At times you will work autonomously seeing projects to fruition (assumption), you will be able to identify priorities and manage own workload effectively you will also be selfmotivated and a quicklearner, willing to be handson and work at tasks outside of normal duties, to support company's 1000 day strategy.
• You'll need to be someone who always remains positive and motivated, inspiring colleagues to maintain a similar attitude.
• We're looking for a team player who embraces the company culture, gets involved with the various initiatives
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills

EXERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Design/ Architecture (essential)
• Experience in a similar role, working with Autodesk drawing package (Autocad Essential) & Visualising in 3DS MAX or Sketchup
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, in pa