IDEO.org has an opportunity for a business-savvy design thinker to join the New York studio this summer. Our studio works domestically and internationally on a range of urgent social impact goals from health equity in the US to digital identity for refugees around the world. This generative role requires a unique blend of real-world experience and theory, entrepreneurial zeal and boardroom polish. Design Interns work collaboratively, creatively, and flexibly within interdisciplinary teams and with our partners. If you love mapping complex systems, developing razor sharp strategies, telling compelling stories, and believe in the transformative power of design - this position is for you! Internships last between 8 to 12 weeks, beginning in June 2020. MBA students in their first year are highly encouraged to apply.

IDEO.org has an opportunity for a business-savvy design thinker to join the San Francisco studio this summer. As part of a multi-disciplinary design team, you’ll blur the lines between business strategy and creativity, helping to design new-to-world offers that are desirable for end-users as well as feasible and financially sustainable for the partner organization. You’ll be part strategist, part operational guru, and part creative problem solver. You’ll work alongside builders and thinkers from different backgrounds. Business acumen is a given. Demonstrated passion for solving challenges facing the world’s most impoverished communities is a must. If you love coming up with revolutionary business models, working in emerging economies, and believe in the transformative power of design - this position’s for you! Internships last between 8 to 12 weeks, beginning in June 2020. MBA students in their first year are highly encouraged to apply.

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

IDEO.org is nonprofit design consultancy. 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.

IDEO.org has an opportunity for a Film/Video Intern to join our San Francisco studio this Spring (March- June- months can be flexible). The intern will work with teams across the organization on a range of projects and formats—from short stories, to field research interviews, to documentary style pieces. This may include international travel, creating assets that support our project deliverables and helping with storytelling efforts related to IDEO.org’s mission as a nonprofit. You will be joining multidisciplinary teams working on some of the biggest challenges affecting marginalized communities around the world, learning new design and storytelling skills, and working in a deeply collaborative culture.

IDEO.org has an opportunity for a Design Lead 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.

You may have built your career as a graphic designer, working at an agency, or creating film and video stories, but now you’re fluent in the full design process—from research to strategy to implementation—and comfortable leading teams through it.

IDEO.org is looking for contract Interaction Designers to join our San Francisco studio.

As an Interaction Designer, you’ll design and prototype websites, apps, and other digital experiences with human centered insights and needs at their core. You’ll be inspired by how technology can leapfrog limitations and pain points in today’s user experience, as well as imagine new uses for technology to address access, literacy, security, and other barriers. Ultimately, you’ll create innovative user experiences that will help low-income people move from distrust, disenfranchisement, and exclusion to become confident and empowered.

IDEO.org has an opportunity for a Design Research Lead to join our Nairobi 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.

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

IDEO.org has an opportunity for a Business Design Lead to join our Nairobi studio

IDEO.org’s Business Designers are a part of multi-disciplinary design teams, blending business strategy and creativity— helping our partners across the developing world bring new offerings and ventures to market. With frequent trips that take you across Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East, you’ll be part design researcher, part strategist, and part operational guru, working alongside other builders and thinkers from different backgrounds.