Junior Designer

About KOHO

We’re on a mission to make financial services better for every Canadian. That means no hidden fees, no predatory interest rates - just financial products designed to help our users spend smart, save more, and build real wealth. We’re a performance organization with a strong heart: we care deeply about outcomes, and everything ties back to our mission - to financially empower a generation of Canadians.

At KOHO, we’re not your average 9-5. We believe real impact comes from people who are trusted, empowered, and supported to do their best work - without sacrificing their lives to do it. We prioritize work-life integration, not just work-life balance. That means asynchronous collaboration, flexible hours, and a remote-first setup built around autonomy and high trust.

KOHO is entering its next chapter - leaner, smarter, more AI-integrated. We’re building for impact, not bureaucracy. If you thrive in environments that value clarity, ownership, and bold thinking, you’ll fit right in.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Junior Designer to join our team, working remotely from anywhere in Canada.

In this role, you’ll support the execution of compelling brand design and advertising communications across static and motion-based mediums. You’re a creative designer with a strong foundation in brand systems, visual storytelling, and executional craft—comfortable translating complex ideas into engaging visuals and layouts. You bring a strong eye for detail, a passion for evolving brands, and the ability to think holistically across touchpoints.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute compelling creative for brand campaigns and always-on channels, including social, dotcom, email, display advertising, and motion.
• Support creative studio members with production design across creative versioning, copy updates, translation versioning, and other production-oriented design tasks, with a primary focus on static or digital formats. Motion experience is welcome.
• Uphold high standards of craft, design excellence, and mistake-free production assets at all required sizes and formats across marketing channels.
• Help uphold KOHO’s brand identity, ensuring consistency, clarity, and craft across all touchpoints.
• Stay ahead of brand and motion design trends, applying best practices to keep KOHO’s brand fresh, expressive, and relevant.
• Explore and integrate AI tools, design and motion systems to improve efficiency, experimentation, and creative output.
• Continuously experiment with new tools, techniques, and workflows to elevate craft and scale creative impact.
• Help evolve a collaborative, feedback-driven design culture that encourages knowledge sharing and alignment.

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience in brand design and/or marketing design, ideally within fintech, tech, or consumer brands
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in design
• Strong portfolio demonstrating brand systems thinking, visual craft, attention to detail, and fundamentals
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, email building tools & AI Tools (such as Flora, Weavy, Midjourney, etc..)
• A growing understanding of motion principles and systems (timing, easing, transitions)

The budgeted salary range for this role is $70,000-80,000 CAD / year.

At KOHO, we are dedicated to providing pay transparency to all candidates. Compensation at KOHO is determined through various factors including but not limited to: comparable salary market data within Canada, technical skill assessment, a holistic view of previous work history, and internal pay equity with other KOHO team members.