Here’s a new post: IDEO.org is seeking both a Design Strategist and a Communications Designer to join our Health XO program in designing solutions to improve reproductive health for adolescents in Nigeria for 6 months, starting as early as January 2017, and working between Nigeria and our San Francisco studio.
Given your experience and network, you may know someone or have some great ideas about who we could reach out to. If you or someone you know is interested, please email our hiring lead michelle@ideo.org and we can set up time to talk more about the opportunities:
THE OPPORTUNITIES:
The right candidates for Design Strategist and Communications Designer will work with a multi-disciplinary team of designers to improve adolescent reproductive health for the world’ s poor through human-centered design. You will leverage insights gathered from our partner team for the low-income people we seek to serve and transform into new products, services, and experiences that we will design, prototype, and test.
The ideal DESIGN STRATEGIST candidate is a service-oriented design thinker who loves guiding others in the human-centered design process and is interested in helping young people make informed choices about their futures and their reproductive health in West Africa. Multi-touchpoint experience design and the ability to coach others in the process is essential, as well as a demonstrated passion for solving challenges facing the world’s most impoverished communities.
The ideal COMMUNICATIONS DESIGNER is a graphic designer, systems thinker, and visual storyteller who loves collaborating with other builders and thinkers across IDEO.org. You’ll bring design excellence to projects ranging from crafting beautiful storytelling for partner solutions to building up and managing solution brand and design assets. Additional example responsibilities include: Development of rough to refined prototyping of messages, services, solutions in collaboration with team and partners; Ability to quickly refine prototypes both in context and remotely; and working collaboratively with non-designers and designers alike.
If you love coming up with revolutionary and holistic solutions, working in emerging economies, and believe in the power of reproductive health—this position is for you!