IDEO.org has an opportunity for a Partnerships Lead to join our New York City studio, starting this summer. As part of a dynamic and multi-disciplinary team, you’ll help IDEO.org build and maintain partnerships within our US Equity Practice, which focuses on fighting poverty and inequality in America—its root causes and its effects. Our work spans several issue areas, from criminal justice reform to creating financial inclusivity.

While you may not be a trained designer, you’re eager to explore new ways of building solutions that meet the needs of those living in poor and vulnerable communities and you have a track record of creating new partnerships and expertise in a field relevant to IDEO.org’s Equity practice.

IDEO.org has an opportunity for a Design Lead to join our Nairobi studio. This person should be skilled in graphic or interaction design. As a Design Lead, you'll lead multidisciplinary design teams to turn human insights into tangible products and services that improve the lives of low-income people. You may have started your career as an interaction, industrial or communications designer, but by now you’re fluent in the full design process—from research to strategy to implementation—and comfortable leading teams through it.

Craft is a given. Leadership experience is a must. Passion for fighting global poverty is absolutely critical.

IDEO.org has an opportunity for a Design Research Lead to join our San Francisco studio. As a seasoned researcher, you’ll be responsible for two domains of expertise:

• • Ethnographic Research: Planning and conducting qualitative research with diverse communities and synthesizing what you learn into crisp insights that set the direction for the design of new products and services that improve people’s lives.
  • Data-Augmented Design: Incorporating data science methods into a hybrid research process that considers micro and macro insights in synthesis and decision-making.
  • As a senior member of our design community, you’ll also lead projects—guiding a multidisciplinary team through the human-centered design process—from research through ideation, and ultimately, bringing new solutions to life.

IDEO.org has an opportunity for a Senior Impact Specialist to join our San Francisco studio. In this role you’ll be instrumental in helping us establish our evidence base for the ways in which a design-led approach to problem-solving can achieve impact at scale. You’ll work closely with design teams as we strengthen how we leverage data and measurement in the design process and ensure that we are learning what we need to optimize our services and products out in the world.

IDEO.org is looking for an energetic and highly motivated Studio Coordinator to run the daily operations of our San Francisco studio. As part of our dynamic team, you will wear multiple hats. In addition to ensuring our studio is running smoothly, you will play a critical role championing experience for our studio and providing administrative support to our Talent function. You will be a key member of our core team and you’ll gain significant exposure to organizational functions including HR and Operations. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys the dynamic nature of a fast-paced environment. This position is right for you if you are a real go-getter, willing to get your hands dirty and help with whatever tasks come your way, and have a sincere passion for creating meaningful experiences for people around you.

IDEO.org has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Human Resources professional to join our team in New York City! You are the ideal candidate if you thrive in a dynamic, creative environment and mix fun with rolling your sleeves up and getting a lot of great work done. Comfortable with ambiguous situations, you will collaborate with the Leadership Team to develop, manage, and ensure all aspects of the Human Resources function align with and contribute to the business objectives.

IDEO.org has an opportunity for a Director of Partnerships to join our Nairobi studio. As part of a dynamic and multi-disciplinary team, you’ll help IDEO.org build and maintain partnerships within our Nairobi studio and develop the strategy for the type of work the studio will do going forward. This role goes beyond simply business development - you will be responsible for identifying opportunities, pursuing the right partners, bringing in compelling and impactful work, and creating great transitions for our teams who work on these engagements, including maintaining the relationships in the long run.

IDEO.org is has an opportunity for a Monitoring and Learning contractor to join a project team in Nairobi for a fixed-term contract of 5 months, from late May through September 2019. In this role you’ll be responsible for day-to-day management of field monitoring during set-up and implementation of the 8-week live prototype and subsequent activities to refine the program and its monitoring framework for scaled implementation.

IDEO.org has an exciting opportunity for an energetic and highly motivated Operations Specialist to join our organization in New York. As part of our nimble and dynamic team, you will wear multiple hats, get great insight into what it takes to run a design non-profit, and work in a super creative, fun and collaborative environment. This is not your traditional non-profit!

We are looking for someone who is a critical thinker who can analyze situations and make decisions geared toward the organization’s best interests rather than those of a single team. In addition to ensuring our risk mitigation is high, both when it comes to compliance, legal, and the safety and security of our staff, you will also play a critical role championing the general experience around operations for our people and supporting our robust operations function. You will be a key member of our core team and you’ll gain significant exposure to all organizational functions including HR, Business Operations, and Finance. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys the dynamic nature of a fast-paced, ever-changing, creative environment.

IDEO.org has an opportunity for a Sr. Designer with an expertise in building brands, visual storytelling, and movement building, to join our San Francisco studio. In this role, you'll lead multidisciplinary design teams through a rigorous process to create tangible products and services that improve the lives of low-income people. You will skillfully navigate the complex ecosystems we work within to ensure that our solutions can launch, scale and sustain in market in order to affect real change in the world. Your passion lies in creating compelling experiences that shift hearts and minds. You stand up for beauty and are adept at telling stories that transcend language and culture through emotion and human connection.