The Director Brand Design leads the design process for new and remodeled Focus Brands restaurant locations. This position oversees the design teams efforts to ensure they create innovative and striking designs that satisfy one individual Brands design criteria and operational standards.
The Director collaborates across multiple stakeholders, including Brand marketing, Operations Development team, Vendors, Franchisees, and Franchisees A&E Team, to provide status updates, test fits, and final conceptual layouts that optimize space functionality, budgets, and Brand identity.
The Director will also collaborate with the Brand and coordinate all architectural design activities with designated Focus Brands third party Design and Architectural Firms. This role will also collaborate with other internal Directors in design to establish standards, economies of scale, and best practices for Focus Brands.
The Director of Brand Design works collaboratively with the Regional Development Directors to support all new and remodeled Franchise locations, providing support through Design Development phases and leads Design Decisions.