IDEO is a San Francisco design consultancy whose stack mixes prototyping tools (Figma, Framer, ProtoPie, Arduino) with immersive and 3D engines (Unity, Unreal Engine, ARKit, SolidWorks), pointing to physical-digital prototyping across disciplines. Hiring is accelerating and skews heavily toward senior design talent, while job posts flag designing trustworthy AI products and a shift to AI-native work as live pressures.
Notable leadership hires: Director
IDEO is a privately held design consultancy headquartered in San Francisco, California, with 201–500 employees. Its practice covers product design, interaction design, organizational design, brand identity and innovation consulting for client organizations. Client work ranges from rapid prototypes for consumer testing to brand implementation, exhibition graphics and business ecosystem illustration. The firm hires across the United States, China and the United Kingdom, and runs its commercial operations on tools such as HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Sprout Social.
IDEO uses Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Framer, ProtoPie and Webflow for design, Unity, Unreal Engine, ARKit and SolidWorks for 3D and immersive work, plus React, Python and C# for prototyping code.
Yes. Design dominates IDEO's open roles, mostly at senior and director level, with hiring velocity accelerating and smaller openings in product and security.
IDEO is hiring in the United States, China and the United Kingdom, with headquarters in San Francisco, California.
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