Associate Consultant

Gapingvoid Culture Design Group; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

401K matching

Educational assistance

Professional organization membership

Parental leave

PTO 20 days + 4 holidays

Connectivity reimbursement

Buddy onboarding

Job summary

Gapingvoid Culture Design Group is seeking an Associate Consultant to support and learn in transforming organizations into high-performing cultures. You’ll design experiences, artifacts, and insights that shift behavior in government and enterprise settings.

You’ll bridge clients, consultants, and creatives to keep projects moving, producing communications and cultural artifacts that spread new norms while learning across design, business, and social science.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
• 1-3 years of professional experience in a related role.
• Comfort working in ambiguity with a ‘get stuff done’ mindset.
• Deep curiosity about people, behavior, design, systems, and storytelling.
• Exceptional organization and attention to detail.
• Strong communication, clear and empathetic.
• Adaptability and poise in fast-moving environments.
• Emotional intelligence and presence in high-trust conversations.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with bias for action.
• Passion for the mission and complexity of the Department of War.
• Willingness to travel 1-2x per month (up to 30%).

Responsibilities

• Project Administration: You’ll support the operational side of projects by managing calendars, organizing files, tracking deliverables, and troubleshooting tools and systems.
• Client Communications: You’ll draft clear, jargon-free communications that ensure clients are informed, aligned, and engaged throughout every phase of a project.
• Event Planning & Coordination: From culture launches to high-level facilitation sessions, you’ll help orchestrate events that become turning points for client culture.
• Data Collection & Analysis: You’ll design and run surveys, interviews, and facilitation exercises that capture stakeholder insights and support system-level change.
• Experience Design & Facilitation Support: You’ll help design client engagements, support facilitators, and capture insights in real time.
• Presentation & Creative Development: You’ll shape decks, visual tools, and cultural artifacts to communicate ideas with clarity and impact.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Emotional intelligence

Storytelling

Ambiguity tolerance

Project coordination

Client communications

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

As an Associate Consultant, 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 culture 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
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong bias for action and innovation
• Passion for the mission and complexity of the Department of War
• Ability to travel 1-2x per month (up to 30%) to various client locations

ABOUT GAPINGVOID

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

Alongside competitive pay, we provide a people-first benefits package that supports your health, growth, and sense of purpose. Here’s what we offer to full-time employees after a successful 90-day, 1099 Contracting period.

Remote-first flexibility with core hours (Mon-Fri, 9-5 ET) and task-based autonomy

• 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 to 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

Please Note: The first 90-days will be on a Contract-to-Hire basis (without the benefits listed above) to ensure we are a mutually good fit. The monthly range for this 1099 Contractor term is $5,415 - $7,085/mo., equivalent to the expected annual compensation ($65,000-85,000) when you become a Full-Time Employee with Benefits.

Hiring Timing: We anticipate bringing this role onboard as upcoming client engagements begin over the coming months. While the exact start date may vary based on project timing, this posting represents a planned hire for our consulting team. We are reviewing applications and interviewing candidates now, so we're ready to move quickly as projects launch.