Why McDonald’s Poster Campaign Misses the Mark

A case study in logo overconfidence

Barry W. Enderwick
Better Marketing
Published in
5 min readFeb 22, 2021

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McDonald’s new Out Of Home poster campaign
McDonald’s new Out Of Home poster campaign

As a marketer who started out in design and cut his teeth doing both at Netflix, I am of the opinion that graphic design, in the service of business, always has a job to do. That job changes company-to-company and project-to-project. Whether it’s to attract new customers, getting current customers to buy more, or amplify a…

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Brand/marketing executive, Kaizen (ex Netflix). I write on startups, strategy, business, culture & design. Also Sandwiches Of History on Insta/TikTok/YouTube