Volunteer: Climate House: Design + Integration of Core Brand Asset

This is a volunteer opportunity provided by Taproot Foundation, a nonprofit creating social change through pro bono connections. Climate House is in a pre-launch phase and preparing for its first public programming in late 2026/early 2027. We have been going through an iterative brand design process and require the support of a graphic designer to generate a complementary brand asset to be integrated into 2 .pdf templates to be used as external communications documents. The icon will be rendered into 8 parts: 8 distinct static frames that visualize building a house frame by frame, moving from laying the foundation in frame 1 to a complete small house icon rendered by the 8th frame. When integrated into the deck, it will have the feel of a flipbook. Climate House is in a pre-launch phase and preparing for its first public programming in late 2026/early 2027. We have been going through an iterative brand design process and require the support of a communications strategist to advise and help us generate core text-based messaging that can tell the story of our brand in a compelling, succinct, and accurate way. This project will make our organization more legible pre-launch. This will help ensure partners and potential supporters are meeting the version of us that best communicates what we do, mirroring our theory of change which relies on demonstration over explanation. I will share our current brand assets for reference and be available for processing calls and feedback calls to help inform and refine messaging. Climate House US ("Climate House") Mission: Climate House is a creative think tank using the arts to illustrate actionable pathways forward—and bring them to life. Our Mythos Embodied Climate: Climate change is not the abstract, technical issue it’s often framed to be–but a universal, ambient one experienced through our bodies and daily lives. CH communicates using universal sensory language, to reintegrate our understanding of climate change as real in the felt sense, and as a core defining issue shaping everything around us. Universal Sensory Language: By speaking this universal language of the senses, we can communicate in a language everyone speaks and understands. This helps reframe climate as an everyone issue–providing an opportunity for the general public to reclaim their agency in understanding it and engaging with its solutions creatively, collaboratively, and meaningfully. Culture-First: Culture is the fabric of daily life. CH uses a broad suite of cultural tools to meet people where they are, designing programming that is audience-tailored and culture-first, recognizing this as the carrier oil for engaging with more complex topics. Show-not-tell: Because seeing is believing, we design programs that show, not tell. All of our programs are seared with a blueprint, grounding solutions on the experiential plane, allowing our audience to feel solutions that are so actionable, they can taste them.