SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
WASHINGTON, DC
THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
THE BEST-ISH BAGELS IN THE WORLD.
OUTTA THIS WORLD OPPORTUNITY.
DEEPER THAN BAGELS
Call Your Mother is the Jew-ish deli where Boca meets Brooklyn, grandma-level hospitality meets seriously good bagel sandwiches, and hard work meets face-melting vibes.
Husband-and-wife team Andrew and Chef Dani built Call Your Mother around a simple idea: make scrumptious, nostalgic food and unforgettable experiences without being bougie or taking ourselves too seriously. From our first little farmer’s market stand in 2018, to shops across the DMV, Colorado, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Miami in 2026, we’re spreading carb love all over the map and our ovens are just getting warmed up! We’ll take bagels to mars if the locals are hungry up there.
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…