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Junior Designer

5 day weekFlexible HoursCA$70k – CA$80kRemote · Canada

The 4-day week in Canada

About the role

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 $70,000-80,000CAD / 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.

French-language job description

About the role

We are looking for a junior designer to join our team, working remotely anywhere in Canada.

In this role, you will contribute to the creation of impactful brand and advertising communications, in static and animated formats. You are a creative person with solid foundations in brand systems, visual storytelling and execution quality, and you know how to translate complex ideas into attractive visuals and layouts. You have an eye for detail and a passion for evolving brands. You also have a global view of all touchpoints.

Responsibilities

  • Design and produce impactful creative for brand campaigns and always-on channels, including social media, the website, emails, display ads and animation.

  • Support creative studio members in production tasks: creative versioning, copy updates, translated versions and other production design tasks, mainly for static or digital formats. Animation experience is an asset.

  • Maintain high standards of execution quality and design excellence, and deliver error-free production files in all required sizes and formats for marketing channels.

  • Help preserve the KOHO brand identity by ensuring consistency, clarity and execution quality at all touchpoints.

  • Stay up to date with brand design and motion design trends, and apply best practices to keep the KOHO brand fresh, expressive and relevant.

  • Explore and integrate AI tools as well as design and animation systems to improve efficiency, experimentation and creative output.

  • Continuously experiment with new tools, techniques and work methods to raise execution quality and increase creative impact on a large scale.

  • Help develop a collaborative, feedback-driven design culture that promotes knowledge sharing and cohesion.

Requirements

  • At least 1 year of experience in brand design or marketing design, ideally in the financial technology, technology or consumer brands sector

  • Bachelor’s degree in design (or equivalent experience)

  • Strong portfolio demonstrating brand systems thinking, visual mastery, attention to detail and a solid grasp of fundamentals

  • Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills

  • Proficiency in Figma, the Adobe Creative Suite, email creation tools and AI tools (such as Flora, Weavy, Midjourney, etc.)

  • A growing understanding of animation principles and systems (timing, easing, transitions)

Compensation

The budgeted salary range for this position is $70,000 to $80,000 CAD per year.

At KOHO, we are committed to salary transparency for all candidates. Compensation at KOHO is determined based on various factors, including but not limited to: comparable salary market data in Canada, technical skill assessment, a holistic view of the career path, and internal pay equity with other KOHO team members.

KOHO is for builders.

If you’re energized by challenge, motivated by mission, and want to be part of a team that punches above its weight - we want to hear from you.

The KOHO culture is one of collaboration, creativity, and diverse perspectives. We are committed to building and fostering an inclusive, accessible environment for everyone. If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding accessibility needs, please contact peopleaccessibility@koho.ca and the People and Culture team will be happy to help.

AI Disclosure: KOHO uses artificial intelligence (AI) in certain aspects of its recruitment process to screen, assess, or select applicants. For any questions or concerns, please contact us at talent@koho.ca.

Note: this posting is for an existing vacancy that we are seeking to fill.

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About KOHO

Canadian fintech (prepaid Mastercard account, cash advance and credit tools, bank licence pending); a fully remote team with flexible hours.

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