Life at KIASA
Pay, leave, health and the practical details
The same principles in every studio, adjusted to local law and custom. Here is what you can expect, written plainly.
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Good benefits should be easy to understand and hard to lose. Ours are the same at every level, from graduate to partner, and they start on your first day, except ownership, which starts after your first year.
The details below are a summary. Your offer letter sets out exactly what applies in your country, and the people team will walk you through it before you sign.
At a glance
What every KIASA person receives
Published pay bands
Every level has a salary band, visible to everyone inside the firm and reviewed each year against the market.
Ownership and profit share
After one year you become an owner. The annual profit share is split equally among owners, whatever their level.
At least 25 days of leave
Plus public holidays, and a four-week paid sabbatical every five years.
Twenty weeks for new parents
At full pay, for every parent, however your family arrives, with a phased return if you want one.
Health and wellbeing
Private health cover where the public system leaves gaps, and confidential counseling for you and your household.
Learning budget
Ten learning days a year and $2,000 or the local equivalent for courses, books and conferences.
The details, by topic
Pay
Each of our seven levels has a published salary band in each country. Your offer names your level, where you sit in its band, and why.
Pay is reviewed every April. Movement within a band follows your review; moving up a level comes with a new band.
Ownership
KIASA is owned by the people who work in it. After one year, every permanent employee becomes an owner at no cost to them.
Owners share the annual profit equally, see the accounts each quarter and vote on new partners at the annual meeting.
Leave
At least 25 days of paid leave a year, plus public holidays, and more where local law or custom gives more.
After five years, a paid sabbatical of four weeks, to be used within the following two years. Many people add it to their annual leave.
Family
Twenty weeks of leave at full pay for every new parent, through birth, adoption or surrogacy, and a phased return over four weeks if you want it.
Ten days of paid leave a year for caring for a family member, separate from your annual leave.
Health
Private health cover for you and your dependents where the public system leaves gaps, chosen country by country.
Confidential counseling for you and anyone in your household, up to eight sessions a year, with no need to tell anyone at KIASA.
Working arrangements
Most people come to the studio two or three days a week. Part-time and compressed hours are available in every role after your first three months, by agreement with your team.
We pay for a proper desk, chair and screen at home, and the internet connection that goes with them.
Why it is this way
Benefits chosen by the people who use them
Because KIASA is owned by its people, benefits are decided by them too. Every two years the owners vote on one change. The twenty weeks of parental leave came from that vote in 2024; the caring leave came from the one before.
Who we areBenefits people use
- 94%
- of new parents at KIASA took their full twenty weeks in 2025.
- 23 days
- of leave taken on average last year, and we chase people who take too few.
- 88%
- of our people say the benefits are clear and fair.
KIASA people survey, June 2026, and internal records. Sample figures.
“I took the full twenty weeks with both of my children. Nobody asked when I was coming back, and my project lead had the handover planned before I asked.”
Questions about the details?
Ask the recruiter named in your first email, or write to the people team at any time.