Editorial Lead - Climate, Design & Materials
tocco
Design
Posted on Apr 30, 2025
🚨We’re looking for an Editorial Lead - Climate & Materials to lead the voice of Tocco: research-backed, visually compelling, and unapologetically opinionated. Someone who can make climate design magnetic, not (painfully) academic.
💥 What you’ll do:
This is a high-autonomy role where you get to shape both the narrative and the standard for what good looks like.
- Own and evolve our content presence - across Mattermind, reports, decks, and campaigns
- Define Tocco’s editorial voice and visual tone — smart, sharp, beautiful
- Curate and produce trend reports, visual essays, and research-based narratives
- Collaborate with founders, designers, and domain experts to bring clarity to complex ideas
- Explore bold storytelling formats — from minimalist data cards to full-on editorial moments
🧱 Tools + skills you’ll use often:
- Figma — You REALLY have to master Figma.
- AI tools — OpenAI, Claude, Midjourney etc. (your co-pilots, not crutches)
- Publishing — Notion, Webflow, Strapi, Hubspot (good to have).
- Research inputs — Material science papers, trend decks, climate reports, Twitter, weird corners of the internet
⚠️ You must have:
- A distinctive editorial voice and strong narrative instinct — across longform, shortform, and visual formats
- At least 3 years of experience in editing, writing, content production
- Great command of English is a Must. Please send over your design/writing porfolio for this position
- Excellent research & synthesis skills — from climate papers to niche design blogs
- Mastery of Figma — clean layouts, strong typographic hierarchy, and visual storytelling are second nature
- Experience translating complex ideas into clear, engaging content for a non-technical audience
- Comfort using AI tools to accelerate research and content workflows
⭐️ Bonus points for:
- Background in material science, CMF, design strategy, or editorial
- Experience writing or editing for design, fashion, architecture, or climate spaces
- A sharp radar for what’s culturally relevant — and what’s just noise
- Strong trend curation instincts — you know how to spot, frame, and elevate “what’s next”
- Ability to turn deep research into punchy, accessible, and visual content formats
⭐️ What we offer:
- A seat as one of our first 10 hires, with creative ownership and trust
- A chance to set the tone — and make it iconic
- Remote-first flexibility (work from wherever makes you feel sharp)
- Equity and the freedom to push editorial boundaries
- Collaboration with a product-led, design-conscious team
- Actual impact on culture, not just clicks
🎯 You might be a fit if you’re:
- ✅ Editorially Sharp — You can cut through noise with a sentence or a layout
- ✅ Visual-First — You think in form and function — and Figma’s your playground
- ✅ Research-Obsessed — You love going down rabbit holes, but you always come back with gold
- ✅ Culturally Tuned-In — You follow signals from design, architecture, fashion, climate, and tech
- ✅ Mission-Aligned — You believe good design can move the needle on climate
- ✅ Independent — You can drive your own work, ask sharp questions, and close loops
🚫 not the job for you if...
- ❌ You need a rigid structure or constant direction
- ❌ You're afraid to take risks or have a strong point of view
- ❌ You see design as decoration, not storytelling
🏸 The ball is in your court now!
Send your portfolio (and a hello) to this form: https://form.typeform.com/to/hBYzXTeP
We’ll get back to you as soon as possible. We move fast. 🏎️