You are either considering or beginning a career in digital design. You have a small portfolio of work, a curiosity for how brands live online, and big ambitions for where you want to go. No professional experience required.

At Koto, you’ll work alongside strategists, designers, and writers to help create thoughtful digital experiences rooted in brand, UX, and craft. This is an opportunity to learn by doing — contributing to real projects while developing your skills in a fast-moving studio environment.

Your Responsibilities

1. You are learning how brands behave in digital spaces — across websites, interfaces, motion, and interaction.

2. You spend your days designing and actively improving your craft across UX, UI, typography, layout, systems, and storytelling.

3. You learn from the team around you through observation, collaboration, feedback, and doing.

4. You demonstrate curiosity around digital experiences, design systems, accessibility, and how ideas translate into execution.

5. You contribute to real client and studio work, helping develop concepts, mockups, presentations, and design explorations.

6. You participate in critiques, reviews, and team conversations with openness, curiosity, and a willingness to grow.

7. You are proactive, engaged in studio life, and look for opportunities to support the team however you can.

8. You are willing to work in person at our Culver City studio and can attend both work and meetings on time.

About You

• Your focus area and passion are in digital design, UX/UI, branding, or interactive experiences.

• You have a portfolio, personal projects, or experiments that show creative thinking and curiosity.

• You are excited about the internet, brands, culture, and how design shapes online experiences.

• You have a basic understanding of tools like Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, or a strong willingness to learn.

• You are collaborative, proactive, and open to feedback.

• You care deeply about craft, ideas, and getting better every day.

Our Responsibilities

1. We will ensure you receive meaningful feedback throughout your internship to support your personal and professional development.

2. We will ensure you are engaged with the realities of the agency, doing the same work we do.

3. We will ensure you have frequent access to our team and opportunities to learn from them where possible.

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

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, want 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 20 days 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, hours, and personal commitments appropriately to complete tasks.