The job board was started in 2017 by two design friends — Mollie Ruskin and Sarah Fathallah — who have spent their careers working in non-profit, international development, tech and government design. They’d been hired, hired other designers, done contract work, and helped organizations grow their design muscles from all angles.

After noticed a growing interest in designers turning to social impact work, and organizations looking to grow their design capacity, they created a free international jobs list to help accelerate all this design goodness.

A vibrant community had emerged and interest in more connection arose. In spring of 2019, a Slack community was created to spark more connection and support between seasoned and newby designers-for-good alike.

A few definitions
(for our purposes)

“Design” =

All fields and disciplines of design, not limited to but including:

> Design/user research
> Design strategy
> Service design
> Interaction design / UX / IA
> Product design
> Communication design / Graphic design
> Illustration
> Content design

“Social change” =

Working toward some kind of world betterment, through means such as:

> Advocacy & organizing
> Direct service
> Philanthropy
> Government reform
> International development
> Social enterprise
> Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
> Journalism