The Role

You’re an experienced digital designer who lives and breathes brand-led UX and UI. You combine technical precision with creative ambition and know how to deliver exceptional digital work, both independently and as part of a collaborative team.

At Koto, you’ll help shape world-class digital experiences that bring brands to life across platforms — creating work that’s as thoughtful as it is beautifully executed.

Your Responsibilities 

1. Generate high-quality ideas rooted in brand, UX, and UI — and communicate them clearly, both visually and verbally. You bring your team along with you through creative catch-ups and idea sessions that push thinking and raise the bar.

2. You spend most of your time designing. You understand — and can write clear briefs for — accessibility, animation, development, UX, and UI. You know how to bring these elements together into cohesive digital experiences that are conceptually strong, technically sound, and visually distinctive.

3. Work closely with your team, learning from others and supporting more junior designers. You take direction from senior team members and contribute constructively to group critique and feedback sessions.

4. You can build and present client decks that explain the “why” behind your work, bringing confidence and clarity to presentations that adapt to the needs of different stakeholders.

5. You help translate insights from immersion and strategy phases into strong design outcomes, making the strategy feel tangible.

6. You possess a deep understanding of how brands thrive in digital spaces and how to extend a brand system online effectively. You recommend suitable development partners and collaborate comfortably with developers to bring your work to life.

7. You’re proactive, open to feedback, and take responsibility for your growth. You manage your own time, meetings, and deadlines with care.

8. We work in person at our London studio, with flexibility. You’re open to occasional global travel — from Stuttgart to San Francisco.

9. You have a strong working knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, Figma, Illustrator, and Pitch — and know when and how to use each effectively.

About You

• 4+ years of experience in digital design, ideally within branding or creative studios.
• Confident in accessibility, design systems, responsive design, and interaction.
• Strong portfolio showcasing brand-led UX/UI work across platforms.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative, fast-moving studio environment.
• Clear communicator with excellent visual and verbal storytelling skills.
• Passionate about craft, detail, and making brands feel alive online.

Our Responsibilities

1. We will ensure you have meaningful and regular access to your manager to support your personal development and career trajectory.

2. We will actively reward performance with promotions, pay increases and a discretionary annual bonus of up to 10% of salary to all employees.

3. We ensure Koto is an equal environment for all its employees.

4. We will support you in taking family leave and offer significant paid maternity and paternity leave.

5. We will actively encourage you to take 25 days' vacation annually, in addition to US bank holidays and a studio closure over the December Holidays.

6. We will contribute an additional up to 4% to anyone wanting to contribute to our 401 (k) plan.

7. We deploy a monthly ‘employee wellness’ benefits package via Juno of $100 per month.

8. We offer access to YCN and fund relevant training opportunities to any employee looking to develop themselves and their career.

9. We reward five years of service with $5,000 and five days' vacation. We reward ten years of service with $10,000 and four weeks' holiday.

10. We will allow you to work from any of the four Koto studios globally, for a set period, with appropriate planning and application.

Our Culture

• At Koto, we encourage our team to be ‘rationally optimistic’ about the potential of our work, our clients, their businesses, and the power of brand.
• We pursue the best briefs, aim to inspire meaningful work, and for those interested, provide an opportunity to make the work of their lives. We are actively cultivating leadership, culture, and spaces to encourage this.
• We work in person with an optional WFH day on Friday, and an additional two weeks of remote work a year. We believe this produces the best work, mentoring opportunities, collective learning, and culture.
• We encourage autonomy in each member of our team, allowing them to manage their own time, hour,s and personal commitments appropriately to complete work.