Help shape the next phase of Climate Designers
We’re looking for a few motivated and driven people to help take Climate Designers to the next level
Volunteering at Climate Designers is real work and it comes with real returns. You’ll build and run an actual function within an established global organization, which means the systems, programs, and content you create are yours to claim and speak to.
This is a leaderful organization. Many of our programs were created by community members who came in with a project and a vision. We provided the platform, the infrastructure, and the support to help them bring it to life. You get out what you put in, and if you’re willing to lead, there’s real room to do it.
The connections you make here (with designers, educators, climate professionals, and partner organizations across five continents) are genuine. You’ll have an official title, visibility across our platforms, and a named affiliation with an award-winning organization.
For many of our volunteers, this is also where they get hands-on experience they’re not getting in their day jobs: leading people, shaping strategy, and doing work that sits squarely at the intersection of design and climate. If that’s where you want to go, this is a good place to build toward it.
Build something with purpose alongside a team of smart, passionate volunteers
Help shape what’s next for Climate Designers as we relaunch our member programs
Broaden your professional network with like-minded creatives across the globe
Bring your ideas to life on an established platform (we provide the container, you lead the work)
Get access to all of our content for free
Learn more about volunteer expectations and consider applying!
Newsletter Team
Every month we publish a newsletter that shares upcoming events, both internal and external, opportunities, resources, and inspiration. It is a collective effort and shared space for stories, projects, and inspiration from the team and community. Check out past newsletters here and you can learn more about what we include in them on our submission form. We’re currently building out our editorial team and opening things up to guest writers.
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We are seeking curators for our newsletter editorial team that are deeply immersed in the climate + design ecosystem with a pulse for events and what’s happening across that intersection globally.
Curators should have a high level of awareness of how climate + design intersect and the opportunities for change, both at the broad systemic level and by industry. We are looking to build a team with varied geographic locations and areas of climate focus.
Monthly responsibilities include:
Find and curate external events, conferences, and opportunities across the intersection of design and climate
Contribute an editorialized inspirational case study
Collaborate with contributors to the newsletter and refine content together
In your application, let us know what climate + design subjects you follow closely and an example or two of the types of projects and inspiration you’d like to include in the newsletter. Please familiarize yourself with the newsletter prior to applying.
This is a light time commitment of 1-2 hours a month that takes place towards the end of the month.
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Our readership is full of design leaders with their own platforms writing on topics at the intersection of design and climate, and we are excited to partner and uplift each other’s work. We’d like to open this publication up to guest features from those who are already writing pieces and publishing content relevant to our audience. This is ideal for those with appropriate pieces ready to go who are seeking additional reach.
Your work would reach a global audience with a lean towards the USA. We are full of design leaders and practitioners across creative disciplines, many in product design, brand design, arts, education, and sustainability strategy.
If you’re interested in being a guest writer/creator, please share your publication with us and some examples of your work. We are open to other forms of content creation, as long as there is a written component. Please also include the specific piece you would be interested in sharing, or describe the topic if it’s in progress.
Design Team
Oversee the look & feel, voice & tone of the Climate Designers brand. Create assets across our programs, platforms, and communications by working closely with leads across the organization to ensure our design output is cohesive, intentional, and worthy of the community we’re building.
Our design team has a strong background in graphic design, visual design, branding.
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This role oversees the look and feel of the Climate Designers brand and creates direction for assets across our programs, platforms, and communications. Works closely with leads across the organization to ensure our design output is cohesive, intentional, and worthy of the community we're building.
Maintain and evolve the Climate Designers visual identity
Design templates and direction for creative assets across programs, events, social media, and the website
Support other programs with design needs across HQ
Ensure brand consistency across all platforms and communications
Time commitment: About 1–2 hours per week with a 6-month commitment.
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Translates our various programs into content that connects with designers where they already are. Team members include content creators and designers who develop original content rooted in Climate Designers material. You're fluent in visual storytelling, know how to make complex ideas land quickly, and care deeply about climate.
Create original social media content for Instagram and LinkedIn
Adapt and repurpose content from the newsletter, Resource Library, and Field Guide blog
Highlight Chapter and Hub activity and amplify member stories
Develop and maintain a consistent posting cadence across platforms
Track engagement and use insights to refine content strategy over time
Time commitment: About 1–2 hours per week with a 6-month commitment.
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Are you a marketer who knows newsletter tools inside and out, and how they all compare from personal experience? Do you live for LinkedIn algorithms and the latest in how to leverage media channels most effectively?
We often have newsletter and marketing product questions for which an expert in the field would be extremely valuable, particularly if you have experience working with non-profits navigating financial constraints.
We are seeking an advisor to guide us on the following:
How to leverage our media channels most effectively within limited bandwidth
Strategy for growth and engagement across channels and changing algorithms
Newsletter strategy for managing multiple lists
This is a lightweight advisory role, an hour or two here and there as needed. We are exclusively seeking an experienced industry professional for this role. If that’s you, let us know in what ways you’d like to support us. We’d love to hear from you!
Other Roles
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We are seeking to build a team to develop and manage our domestic and international Chapters & Hubs. You’ll work with existing documentation and onboarding systems, but we welcome your experience in developing better processes. The team as a whole will continue to build more resources and training materials to support our Chapter & Hub leaders.
We are seeking to build a team in the following roles:
Chapter & Hub Management Lead: You would be the point person interfacing with interested new Chapter & Hub leads, answering questions, onboarding, and managing the Chapter & Hub team.
Chapter & Hub Regional Leads: We are seeking three regional leads covering the Americas, EMEA, and Asian time zones to act as the point person and representative for Chapters & Hubs within each region, as well as facilitate occasional events for leads to connect with other Chapters & Hubs near them.
Time commitment: About 1–2 hours per week with a 6-month commitment.
Note: This is different then a regular Chapter/Hub Leadership role. If you are interested in that role, click here. -
Produces and manages our recurring monthly events as well as one-off programming. You will handle logistics, coordinate, and work behind-the-scenes to make events feel effortless. You're organized, reliable, and you know that great events are built, not stumbled into.
Produce and manage recurring monthly virtual events including Successes & Struggles and specialty roundtables
Manage event logistics on Luma including scheduling, promotion, and follow-up
Coordinate with facilitators, speakers, and team leads ahead of each event
Track attendance and engagement to improve programming over time
Support one-off events tied to campaigns, chapters, or partner programs
Time commitment: About 1–2 hours per week with a 6-month commitment.
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We are seeking a skilled Podcast Audio & Video Editor to support the production of our podcast, Doom & Bloom, across audio and video platforms. You will work within existing workflows, templates, and brand guidelines while bringing your own experience to help refine and improve our post-production process over time.
As an editor, you will be responsible for assembling full podcast episodes, editing multi-camera video, cleaning and balancing audio, tightening dialogue for clarity and pacing, and delivering platform-ready exports. You will also create short-form clips for social and promotional use, identifying compelling moments and producing vertical and square edits with captions.
This role collaborates closely with the host and production team to maintain the voice, tone, and storytelling style of the show, while helping improve workflows, organization, and turnaround times.
Required experience:
Proficiency in Descript for transcript-based editing and collaboration
Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro for final video editing and delivery
Strong audio editing skills and attention to pacing and clarity
Time commitment: Approximately 3–6 hours per episode, with a 6 month commitment preferred. Weekly FRI meeting with the team. Beyond that, scheduling is flexible, with deadlines aligned to episode releases.
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Develop learning experiences and course offerings for the climate design community, and work closely with the New Wave Research Project to advance our understanding of how climate can be woven into design education at every level. This is a role for designers and educators who want to shape what the next generation of climate-conscious practitioners actually learns.
Develop curriculum for Climate Designers educational programs and cohort offerings
Support the New Wave Research Project in its work with design educators
Research and identify gaps in climate design education across disciplines
Create learning materials, frameworks, and resources for practicing designers and students
Connect with design schools and educators to bring climate into the classroom
Time commitment: About 1–2 hours per week with a 6-month commitment.
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We are seeking support on fundraising. We have done a lot of research and outreach, but are new to the non-profit world and are looking to level up with the help of experienced fundraisers. Please note we are pursuing grants, foundations, donations, corporate giving, etc… and are not a startup pursuing VC funding.
This could be a light advisory role in the following capacities:
Grant research
Grant writing
Fundraising strategy
This could also mean a bigger role for those interested in supporting our organization in a meaningful way. In this case we are open to all forms of future compensation agreements as per industry standards.