IDEO.org is a nonprofit design studio on a mission to design a more just and equitable world. We partner with nonprofit organizations, foundations, and governments to design programs, products, and services focused on improving health, economic mobility, and wellbeing.

We are currently seeking a Marketing & Communications Lead to join our team (based in either New York or San Francisco). As a core member of IDEO.org’s Global Communications Team, you will craft and implement communication strategies that help us tell compelling, timely stories about our work across a variety of channels. Equal parts brand strategist and project manager, you’ll collaborate with teams across the U.S. and Kenya to envision, design, and execute on marketing initiatives that build momentum around the value of design in the social sector.

IDEO.org is a nonprofit design studio on a mission to design a more just and equitable world. We partner with nonprofit organizations, foundations, and governments to design programs, products, and services focused on improving health, economic mobility, and wellbeing.

We’re currently looking for an Interaction Design Lead to join our New York studio. As part of a multi-disciplinary design team, you’ll work hand-in-hand with our partner organizations and the communities they serve across the U.S. and around the world—identifying opportunities for design, imagining new possibilities, and bringing those ideas to life through engaging digital experiences.

Our ideal candidate has experience in the full life cycle of digital design—from concept to prototyping to execution, and a healthy dose of curiosity. Part researcher, part strategist, and part maker, in this role you might be sketching wireframes for a new digital service one day, hosting a co-design workshop the next, and wrapping up the week building scrappy digital prototypes to test in the real world.

You may have built your career as a UX designer, creative coder, digital media artist, or software designer, but by now you’re comfortable flexing your skills in a number of ways, and leading teams through the design process.

We’re on a mission to design a more just and equitable world. And we want your help. 

We partner with nonprofit organizations, foundations, and governments to design programs, products, and services focused on improving health, economic mobility, and wellbeing.

We are currently seeking a Partnerships Lead to join our Nairobi studio. In collaboration with the Director of Partnerships, you will be responsible for identifying new opportunities, pursuing the right partners, facilitating great transitions for our teams who work on these engagements, and maintaining long-term relationships. You will support design teams on the ground and ensure that the solutions we create lead to real and lasting impact in the lives of the people we’re designing with.

In this role you'll have the opportunity to go deep and build expertise on a broad set of issues, such as health and well-being for adolescent girls, rural livelihoods, and women’s economic empowerment. You’ll gain deep exposure to the design process, ramping up quickly through on-the-ground fieldwork. You’ll also have opportunities to showcase the studio’s work to a wider audience, where you’ll represent this way of working through creative storytelling.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker, strong writer and communicator, and detail-oriented. You’re a quick learner and collaborative - ready to roll up your sleeves and join a team that’s helping to bring human-centered design to some of the world’s toughest challenges.

About IDEO.org

We’re a tight-knit group of designers, strategists, builders, writers, and connectors fueled by curiosity, optimism, and a passion for social change. Our work tackling some of the world’s toughest design challenges takes us all over the world—from communities across Asia and Africa to neighborhoods in our own backyards.

Project Background:

IDEO.org is in search of a campaign manager for one of our cornerstone programs in Kenya. We launched a communications campaign to spread awareness about the importance of Early Childhood Development in Siaya County in partnership with the Siaya County Government and other local organizations.

The current brain science shows that 80% of a child’s brain is developed between conception and the age of 3; first 1000 days of life, but parents often aren’t interacting with and responding to their children in a way that supports this development. Brain science shows that children who get attention from their caregivers during the first 1000 days of life do better in school and find themselves on paths to success, as they are able to maximise their full potential.

Please provide your resume and cover letter communicating your interest in the position, your skills and experience for the role, and your availability to join the project for the project period. Applications will be accepted through October 23, 2020 for an anticipated start date of November 1, 2020.

Commitment to Diversity

At IDEO.org, we are committed to the work of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion within our organization and in the world. Our purpose of having disproportionate, world-changing impact through design is directly connected to our ability to bring many different perspectives to the table. This applies to our candidates, the people we hire, the clients and customers we serve, and the communities we learn from in our research.

As a human-centered organization, we are committed to working with and designing for people of every race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic status, physical ability or attribute, religion, national origin, or political belief. We recognize that this commitment requires ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices.