Senior Designer

• Work as an experienced designer with days spent relentlessly authoring ideas and designing identities. • Inspire an exceptional quality of work in the team around you. • Consistently deliver work for the most impactful companies of today and the founders defining tomorrow.

• Generate excellent ideas and know how to articulate them expertly both visually and verbally. • Run creative catch-ups and idea generating sessions to actively increase the quality of thought in your team. • Have a strong understanding of and be able to create briefs for symbolism, typography, colour, illustration, iconography, and art direction. • Compose all design components into complete world-class brand identities, inspire and lead others to the same result, and practically support their design where needed. • Collaborate intimately with the team, learning from them and supporting junior staff. • Be able to follow direction from the senior team. • Construct client presentations and present work eloquently. • Assist with and translate immersion and strategic phases of work into design execution. • Demonstrate a deep knowledge of branding and the creative practitioners within it. • Demonstrate ownership of your role and take and action feedback from your manager to progress. • Have a strong awareness of the time required to complete design tasks and be able to successfully manage your own time, calendar, and meetings. • Have a willingness to work in person in the London studio and be open to travel globally. • Have a great understanding of Figma, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Pitch.

• Have experience leading idea generating sessions and creative catch-ups. • Have experience mentoring and practically supporting junior designers.

• Generate excellent ideas and articulate them expertly both visually and verbally. • Run creative catch-ups and idea generating sessions to actively increase the quality of thought in your team. • Spend a significant amount of time designing and create briefs for symbolism, typography, colour, illustration, iconography, and art direction. • Compose design components into complete world-class brand identities. • Inspire and lead others to the same result and practically support their design where needed. • Collaborate intimately with the team, learning from them and supporting junior staff. • Construct client presentations and present work eloquently. • Translate immersion and strategic phases of work into design execution. • Demonstrate ownership of your role and progress within it and beyond.

• Receive £52,000 to £69,000 salary. • Access meaningful and regular support from your manager for personal development and career trajectory. • Receive promotions, pay increases, and a discretionary annual bonus of up to 10% of salary. • Access significant paid maternity and paternity leave. • Enjoy 25 days holiday yearly plus UK bank holidays, one additional holiday day per year capped at 5 additional days, and studio closure between Christmas and New Year. • Receive an additional 3% pension contribution via Scottish Widows. • Access private medical insurance via Vitality Health. • Receive a monthly employee wellness benefits package via Juno of £75 per month. • Access YCN and funded relevant training opportunities. • Receive £5,000 and five days holiday after five years of service. • Receive £10,000 and four weeks holiday after ten years of service. • Work from any of the four Koto studios globally with appropriate planning.

Koto is a branding studio that pursues the best briefs and wants to inspire meaningful work. The team is encouraged to be rationally optimistic about the potential of their work, clients, businesses, and the power of brand. Koto actively cultivates leadership, culture, and spaces to encourage team members to make the work of their lives. The company has four studios globally and encourages autonomy in each team member.