Overview
Human-Centered Design Associate Jobs in United States at Gapingvoid Culture Design Group
YOUR IMPACT ON CULTURE DESIGN©
As an Associate, you’ll play a supporting and learning role in transforming organizations into inspiring, high-performing places to do meaningful work. You’ll help design and deliver the experiences, artifacts, and insights that shift behavior and build culture in complex government and enterprise environments.
Day to day, you’ll act as a connector, bridging clients, consultants, and creatives to keep projects moving. You’ll be a maker, producing communications, presentations, and cultural artifacts that spread new norms. You’ll be a learner, diving into design, business, and social science while building your craft as a culture strategist. And you’ll be an organizer, making sure the details that bring it all to life don’t slip through the cracks.
You’ll be part of our Consulting team, working alongside consultants and creatives to deliver high-impact projects that integrate creativity, systems thinking, and human-centered design. At Gapingvoid, we use culture as a lever for meaningful change, and you’ll be right at the center of it.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
Project Administration: You’ll support the operational side of projects by managing calendars, organizing files, tracking deliverables, and troubleshooting tools and systems. This includes anticipating roadblocks and providing solutions that keep projects running smoothly. By keeping the details under control, you’ll free the consulting team to focus on high-value strategy and engagement.
Client Communications: You’ll draft clear, jargon-free communications that ensure clients are informed, aligned, and engaged throughout every phase of a project. This includes preparing briefing materials, drafting follow-up notes, and coordinating with consultants to translate complex ideas into accessible language. Your work will help clients feel supported, heard, and confident in the process.
Event Planning & Coordination: From launches to high-level facilitation sessions, you’ll help orchestrate events that become turning points for client culture. You’ll manage logistics such as vendor coordination, registration, travel, and on-the-ground support, ensuring every detail is accounted for. These moments matter – you’ll be trusted to help create seamless experiences that feel intentional, professional, and transformative.
Data Collection & Analysis: You’ll help design and run surveys, interviews, and facilitation exercises that capture the lived experience of stakeholders. Beyond gathering data, you’ll also support consultants in analyzing trends, surfacing insights, and framing stories that connect individual voices to system-level change. This is where curiosity and rigor meet: turning raw information into the fuel for transformation.
Experience Design & Facilitation Support: You’ll help design client engagements that spark new ways of thinking and working. This includes preparing materials, supporting facilitators during sessions, and capturing insights in real time. You’ll learn how to read a room, adapt in the moment, and contribute to the flow of conversations that build alignment and unlock new perspectives.
Presentation & Creative Development: You’ll help bring strategy and insights to life through polished presentations and reports. Working with consultants and creatives, you’ll shape decks, visual tools, and cultural artifacts that communicate complex ideas with clarity and impact. These deliverables become the anchors that clients return to as they build their culture.
WHAT YOU BRING
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Design, Business, Communications, and Marketing; or equivalent work experience in design, project coordination, or consulting.
- 1–3 years of professional experience in a related role (internships, fellowships, or early career positions count)
- Comfort working in ambiguity and moving quickly without all the answers, and a “get stuff done” mindset
- Deep curiosity about people, behavior, design, systems, and storytelling
- Exceptional organization, attention to detail, and follow-through
- Strong communication – clear, empathetic, and jargon-free
- Adaptability and poise under pressure; thrives in fast-moving environments
- Emotional intelligence and presence in high-trust, high-stakes conversations
- Passion for the mission and complexity of the Department of Defense
- Ability to travel 1–2x per month (up to 30%) to various client locations
ABOUT GAPINGVOID
We don’t fix broken culture.
We build human operating systems.
Gapingvoid exists to transform how organizations think, feel, and perform – from the inside out. We create Culture as a System (CaaS)™️: a behavioral programming discipline that treats culture like code. It debugs dysfunction, installs belief, and maintains performance – scalably, measurably, and under pressure.
Our team is a mix of culture designers, behavioral scientists, artists, storytellers, anthropologists, and learning strategists – united by a relentless pursuit of excellence and a bias for bold, meaningful change.
We Cut Through BS.
We Design Belief.
We Install Devotion.
Work sits at the bottom of most people's identity stack. Dead last. Beneath family, friends, hobbies – everything else that matters to them. We flip that script. Joining Gapingvoid means stepping into a fast-moving, emotionally intelligent environment where we care audibly, lead with clarity, and build systems that last. It’s intense. It’s meaningful. It’s transformative.
BENEFITS YOU CAN EXPECT
We don’t just create meaningful work—we embody it. Alongside competitive pay, we provide a people-first benefits package that supports your health, growth, and sense of purpose. Here’s what you can expect when you join the G-Team:
Remote-first flexibility with core hours (Mon–Fri, 9–5 ET) and task-based autonomy
Health & Wellness
- 100% coverage of employee Vision and Dental insurance
- 80% coverage of employee basic Healthcare insurance
Financial Security & Development
- 401K matching: 100% match up to 4%, plus 50% match on the next 2%
- Educational assistance by approval
- Professional Organization Membership for relevant professional organizations
Work-Life Integration
- Parental Leave: Up tp 12 weeks paid leave after one year of employment
- PTO: 20 days per year, plus 4 end-year reflection & restoration days and 6 paid Holidays
- Connectivity Reimbursement: $100/month max
- 5 Year Anniversary: 5 extra days PTO & $2,500 personal travel
Onboarding & Support
- Personal buddy system to ease your onboarding journey and beyond
*Detailed information available upon request
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A note on timing:
This is an evergreen role, and we’re continuously building our Consultant pipeline. While we review every application and respond to all candidates, our response times may vary based on current client work and hiring needs.
We truly appreciate your interest in Gapingvoid and your time spent on our application!
Title: Human-Centered Design Associate
Company: Gapingvoid Culture Design Group
Location: United States
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