Hybrid Junior Graphic Designer: Digital and Print

Cato; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Generous vacation and sick days

Paid parental leave

Life and disability insurance

401(k) employer match

Transit/ Parking benefits

Pet discount plan

Job summary

The Cato Institute seeks a Junior Graphic Designer to join the Design team and produce a high volume of visual work that carries Cato's ideas to a broad audience.

This role is approximately 80% digital design and 20% print design, working within established brand systems and templates while contributing original concepts across multiple brand properties in a hybrid Washington, DC setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, or a related field.
• At least one year of graphic design experience within an organization or similar setting.
• Portfolio showing typography, layout, hierarchy, and color across digital and print.

Responsibilities

• Design social media graphics across platforms (feed posts, quotes, carousels, event promos).
• Create web assets (banners, headers, thumbnails, icons) with web/marketing teams.
• Develop email graphics and newsletters.
• Produce print collateral (brochures, fliers, event signage).
• Prepare print-ready files with bleeds and color spaces.
• Collaborate with designers, producers, social media, marketing, programs, and researchers.
• Track projects in Wrike/Asana; manage deadlines and file versions.
• Incorporate feedback from art direction and stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, or a related field

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

PowerPoint

Word

Wrike

Asana

Monday.com

Basecamp

Job description

The Cato Institute seeks a Junior Graphic Designer to join the Design team and produce a high volume of visual work that carries Cato's ideas to a broad audience.

This role is approximately 80% digital design and 20% print design, working within established brand systems and templates while contributing original concepts across multiple brand properties in a hybrid Washington, DC setting.