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The Social Change Career PodcastAuthor: PCDNetwork
Align your passion with your purpose with the Social Change Career Podcast. PCDN sits down with the world's top professionals in the social change field to learn how they are changing the world while making a living. Honest conversations turn career advice for the global changemakers. Language: en Genres: Business, Careers, Education Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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E16 S15 Building a Distributed Creative Team for Social Impact: The Story of Horae
Episode 16
Sunday, 25 October, 2026
Season 15, Episode 16 What do you turn down when you still need the work? Josephine Tse, Valentina Castillo, Adriana Castillo and Rachel Lo run the horae, a creative consultancy doing communications, design and campaigns for climate and social impact organizations. They work from Canada, Colombia, Spain and Indonesia. Why Take a Listen Impact Careers in Communications. Four different routes into this work. One started as an intern and the role turned permanent. Another knew early she wanted to do communications for these kinds of organizations. They say what they screen for when hiring, how AI has changed the first draft, and why senior creative roles still go mostly to men. Who They Won't Work For. They read a prospective client's reports before signing. Greenwashing rules a client out. Some of the team take freelance work elsewhere to cover the gap. The Truck That Took On a Coal Plant. A mobile billboard they designed drove around New York during Climate Week, campaigning against a coal plant development. The plant was not built. Climate News Without the Dread. They have a rule that every piece carries a next step for the reader. They explain how they apply it and where it gets hard. Four Time Zones, One Business. The whole operation runs on Notion. WhatsApp is reserved for emergencies, so a message there means something is urgent. Connect: the horae | LinkedIn | Instagram | Josephine Tse | Valentina Castillo | Adriana Castillo | Rachel Lo Check out the latest episode of the Social Change Career Podcast, Season 15, Episode 16, plus over 200 more at pcdn.global/listen or any major podcast platform. If this one was useful, rate it and send it to someone who needs it.
