Junior Graphic Designer Short Term Employee

Kikoff: The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale

Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money.

We're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially.

Why Kikoff

This is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life real-customer impact.

About Kikoff

We're looking for a Junior Graphic Designer who's eager to grow their visual design skills within a performance marketing environment and help bring the Kikoff brand to life across every marketing touchpoint—paid social, email, paid, and web. This role is ideal for a designer who is hungry to learn, has a strong design foundation, and is excited to understand why great creative works—not just how to execute it.

You'll work closely with our Senior Designer, copywriters, marketers, and PMMs in a high-velocity creative environment—shipping, testing, and optimizing on-brand work that drives real results.

This is a full-time hybrid position at our San Francisco HQ. You'll be joining a fast-moving team where your work will have a visible impact and where you'll have real room to grow. Currently, the Creative team works in the SF office 3 times a week.

Please include a portfolio of your work.

What You’ll Do

Support the visual execution and evolution of the Kikoff brand across channels.

Participate in creative ideation and concept development, contributing your creative perspective to help drive business objectives.

Design creative assets across a wide range of channels—Paid Social, Emails, Website, and more

Work within Kikoff's brand guidelines while exploring ways to push and refine our design language across touchpoints.

Create static and motion assets for campaigns, ads, and content (short-form animations, product demos, UI flows, etc.).

Explore and experiment with AI tools (Midjourney, Runway, Figma plugins, etc.) to accelerate and enhance your design workflows.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to brainstorm, test, and iterate on creative concepts quickly and efficiently.

Uphold brand and compliance standards across all design output.

Who You Are

0–2 years of design experience (agency, in-house, internship, or strong freelance work all count)

A portfolio that demonstrates a solid design eye across at least a few channels (marketing, social, brand, or product).

Foundational knowledge of visual hierarchy, typography, color, and layout for digital storytelling, especially in social media placements.

Proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite; any exposure to motion tools like After Effects is a plus.

Curious about AI-powered design tools and open to experimenting with them to enhance your work.

Organized, communicative, and able to manage feedback and revisions across multiple projects.

Collaborative and detail-oriented, with a genuine desire to learn and level up.

Bonus Points

Experience designing within fintech, SaaS, or other highly regulated industries.

Familiarity with UX/UI design principles or web animation frameworks.

Familiarity with social best practices

Passion for data-informed design and rapid creative testing.

Location: Hybrid (3 days in our San Francisco office)

Short Term Employment: 40 hours per week

Base Range

$80,000 - $100,000 USD

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