Sr Graphic Designer

575 Anton Blvd, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA

Posted Friday, August 28, 2026 at 7:00 AM

At El Pollo Loco, we are on a mission to be the nation’s leading fire-grilled chicken restaurant. When it comes to our people, we are all about growth. Whether that means specialized training, a clearly laid out career trajectory or collaborating cross-functionally, we are committed to the success of our people the same way we’ve been committed to the success of the El Pollo Loco brand for the last 50 years.

In fact, we see you as our secret ingredient. While our chicken is fire, it’s our people who set us ablaze.

Our restaurants are only the tip of the flame! If you’re looking for an innovative, winning, and welcoming workplace, then a flamin’ good career in our Restaurant Support Center is right for you.

At our Support Center, we believe our best work is done Together, when departments collaborate and everyone is confident in contributing their ideas. This is why we are in the office 3 days per week.

Let’s Get Loco!

What’s in it for you!

• STRONG office culture recognized as a Great Place to Work® and driven by our core values:
  Simple. Together. Relentless. Ownership. Nimble. Growth
• Competitive pay and bonus potential
• Medical + Dental + Vision Insurance + HSA Savings Account
• 401(K) Retirement Plan with company match and immediate vesting
• Paid Vacation + Sick Pay + 12 Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program

The Senior Graphic Designer serves as the design team’s day-to-day creative execution lead and a creative thought partner to the Senior Manager. Taking art direction and base design elements from the Senior Manager of Graphic Design, this role leads the development of complete, high-fidelity asset systems across digital, print, social, and in-restaurant channels. Beyond execution, the Senior Graphic Designer contributes original ideas and design perspectives during ideation and concepting, pushing beyond only fulfilling the brief.

As both a hands-on designer and a project leader, this role produces senior-level creative work on priority initiatives, serves as a trusted resource and project leader for the design team, building out full campaign asset suites, and partnering with cross-functional teams and external agencies to bring brand campaigns to life on time and on brand. Receiving creative direction and partnering with the Senior Manager, Graphic Design.

• Lead the end-to-end execution of major creative initiatives, creating new design directions and translating exiting design elements into complete, high-fidelity asset systems across digital, print, social, and in-restaurant channels.
• Produce high-fidelity design work for priority brand campaigns, key initiatives, and elevated creative that requires senior-level craft.
• Serve as a trusted resource for the design team, offering feedback and technique expertise when needed to help them hone meticulous, high-quality execution. Provide project leadership across campaign work in flight, ensuring quality, consistency, and brand adherence across the team’s output.
• Working alongside the design team to build out the complete range of adaptations, resizes, and channel-specific creative from established concepts.
• Serve as a creative thought partner to the Senior Manager and design team during ideation and concepting, contributing original ideas, creative perspectives, and design recommendations that push the work forward and elevate campaign concepts beyond the initial brief.
• Serve as a day-to-day project lead on creative work in flight, managing timelines, deliverables, stakeholder feedback, revisions, and cross-functional coordination.
• Partner with marketing, product, communications, and other internal…