SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
WASHINGTON, DC
WE'RE HIRING A SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER, BASED IN WASHINGTON, DC!We're looking for a talented, scrappy, and highly creative Senior Graphic Designer to help bring our big personality and creative ideas to life. You'll be our go-to person for just about everything visual: packaging, menus, merch, signage, digital channels, social media, and beyond. One day you might be designing a new bagel box, the next dreaming up a ridiculous T-shirt or illustrating a bagel children's book.
Our style is colorful, playful, sometimes a little weird, and purposefully imperfect. We're looking for someone with the technical skills to execute beautiful, high-quality work, but the creative instincts to know when a little rough-around-the-edges charm makes something even better. We need someone who can think big, execute the details, and make a lot out of a little. Someone who loves great design but doesn't need a big agency, a huge budget, or a perfect brief to make something awesome. We're ambitious, collaborative, a little unconventional, and big believers that great ideas can come from anywhere.
If you're the kind of person who gets just as excited about a clever new campaign as you do about seeing something you designed come to life in the real world, we'd love to meet you.
If you're picking up what we're laying down, keep reading!
YOU'LL CRUSH THIS ROLE IF YOU...- 5+ years of professional graphic design experience and a portfolio demonstrating both original creativity and excellent execution, preferred experience in growing restaurant, hospitality, food, beverage, or lifestyle brands.
- Expert-level Adobe Creative Suite skills, particularly Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
- Strong technical knowledge of print production, packaging, dielines, colors, materials, and vendor-ready artwork.
- Experience designing across physical and digital formats, including merchandise, social media, websites, and email.
- Experience working directly with production vendors and managing projects from creative concept through final delivery.
- Great taste, a sense of humor, curiosity, and an appreciation for design that doesn't take itself too seriously.
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, and the ability to manage competing deadlines.
- A resourceful, hands-on mentality. You're comfortable taking ownership, figuring things out, and getting things done.
- Any additional experience in photography, video, or motion design skills; or familiarity with website CMS tools, email platforms, and emerging creative technologies.
- Digging our BIG V.I.B.E.S. (Vibrancy, Integrity, Belonging, Energy, and Seize the Moment).
- BONUS POINTS if you're a pretty pretty good copywriter with a knack for clever headlines, playful wordplay, and making a few words work really hard
Shall we proceed? If you blurted out an audible "YES INDEED!" then please keep reading.
WHAT YOU'LL REALLY BE DOING- Design all the things. Create packaging, menu boards, signage, merchandise, print materials, and digital assets for social media, templated emails, and our website.
- Take ideas from concept to reality. Create technically accurate, production-ready artwork, packaging dielines, and specifications, with a strong understanding of materials, printing methods, and costs.
- Own our creative production partners. Manage relationships with printers, fabricators, merchandise suppliers, and other production vendors. Coordinate quotes, timelines, proofs, approvals, and quality control to deliver great work on time and on budget.
- Bring the creativity. Brainstorm campaigns, LTOs, shop openings, brand moments, and unexpected ideas that make people smile and keep Call Your Mother interesting.
- Keep us looking like us. Protect and evolve our visual identity, finding the sweet spot between thoughtful design and the playful, purposefully unpolished personality that makes Call Your Mother special.
- Own the details. Manage multiple projects, maintain organized files and current versions, catch errors before they reach our shops, and find smart, cost-effective ways to get things done.
- Be part of the team. Collaborate closely with Marketing, Operations, People & Culture, IT, Culinary and our founders to turn ideas into reality, quickly and thoughtfully.
AND FINALLY, IF YOU NEED MORE REASONS TO APPLY:- Competitive salary $90,000, plus annual bonus opportunity and stock options.
- Health Insurance. Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Unlimited paid time off because you deserve it...duh.
- 100% Paid, 12 week parental leave for time with the itty, bitty baby!
- 401(k) with 4% company match. Plan for a bright and beautiful future!
- Step your knowledge game up. Free English and Spanish classes, plus Duolingo reimbursement.
- Early Wage Access. Instantly get up to 50% of your eligible earned wages before payday!
- Wellness & Fitness Membership through Classpass to stay healthy and balanced!
- Real support when life gets complicated. Confidential therapy and professional resources for mental health, legal guidance, financial wellness, and more.
- BAGELS ON THE HOUSE! Plus 50% off when you're off the clock.
TO APPLY: Send us your resume and portfolio. We'd especially love to see examples of physical products you've taken through production, along with creative campaigns or brand work you're most proud of.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands for this position include seeing, hearing, speaking, reading, and communicating effectively; standing, walking, reaching, bending, and performing repetitive physical movements; lifting up to 50 pounds; and safely operating equipment and tools using manual dexterity. This role also requires working in a fast-paced environment around hot equipment, sharp tools, and varying temperatures, and occasionally working in confined spaces. These physical requirements may be accomplished with or without reasonable accommodation.
