Partnering with You to Drive Social Impact Through Design
YolkWorks is a creative, collaborative studio dedicated to turning ideas into visuals that make a real impact. We work closely with mission-driven organizations to create designs that amplify voices and inspire change. With a team spread across New York, Dubai, and Addis Ababa, we bring our expertise in branding, strategy, and digital design to issues we care deeply about—racial and gender justice, human rights, and environmental responsibility. At YolkWorks, we’re all about building lasting partnerships with clients tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We’re proud to support socially conscious organizations with designs that connect, inspire, and drive meaningful impact.
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What Our Partners Say
We’re proud to support inspiring clients and their meaningful work. Here’s what they’ve shared about partnering with us—testimonials that reflect the trust, collaboration, and impact we aim to bring to every project.
Our Exposure Labs team worked with YolkWorks to create a number of social media graphics and discussion guides to support the launch of our documentary film The Social Dilemma. We were thrilled with Tigist and her team's creative leadership and ability to meet our tight timelines. Despite having only a minimal style guide in place, they consistently delivered thoughtful, high-quality designs and exceeded our expectations throughout the process e.g., turning one of our graphics into a set of fantastic animations. The team was highly responsive, thorough in implementing feedback, and showed incredible dedication and attention to detail. I would highly recommend their team and we hope to work with them again!Max Steinman, Campaigns Director, EXPOSURE LABS
The Devil's Youth Foundation has had the pleasure of working with YolkWorks on two occasions for our impact reports, and we couldn’t be happier with the experience and results. YolkWorks has consistently delivered beautiful, compelling pieces that truly capture the essence of our mission and resonate with our community. It has been a joy collaborating with them, and we genuinely value the trust and care they invest in every project. We’re grateful for their dedication to our vision and excited to continue our partnership. Highly recommended for anyone seeking top-quality design with a personal touch!Kate Whitman Annis, Executive Director, Devils Youth Foundation
Tigist and the team at Yolk Works were an absolute pleasure to work with. They helped our design project come to life in a way that was even better than what I thought possible, all while being super responsive to feedback, timely, and engaging. They'll be the first company I turn to for any future design projects, and can't recommend them enough!Sam Read, Digital Director, Peoples Climate Movement
YolkWorks is an invaluable partner for us. Our small team is focused on our day-to-day work, so knowing that we have technical expertise looking out for us and ensuring that our website is secure, accessible, and current is incredibly important. The website redesign that Tigist and her team conducted for us has brought life to our online presence and made our information much more engaging. We appreciate this ongoing partnership very much!Matt Aguiar, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, The Christensen Fund
Over years and across projects, it has been a total delight to work alongside Tigist and the Yolkworks team. One of Tigist’s superpowers is deep listening, absorbing a tremendous amount of information, taking in an organization’s vision, strategic goals, and capacity, and distilling it all into sophisticated, memorable brand solutions. Her elegant integration of visual elements — from photography and iconography to illustration and collage — and a gift for identifying distinctive, functional typography as an expression of brand voice, make her work truly stand out. The team has a unique eye for developing color palettes that are lush, brilliant, and hold the fullness and depth of a brand’s values and vision. Yolkworks is a reliable and adaptable partner, who consistently delivers high quality work with ease, grace, and laughter along the way.Amy Hartzler (Founder) + Guinevere Higgins (Collaboration Lead), Do Good Better
Our team at work got to collaborate multiple times with Yolk Works. Besides being lovely to work with, I loved how much Tigist really listened to our vision and feedback and was able to create a report that so beautifully captured what we described, we really love the final product, and constantly receive compliments on it from everyone we share it with!Mona Yeh, Program Manager, EXPOSURE LABS
Tigist was a pleasure to work with and very flexible! She was really generous with her work and went above and beyond. Thank you, Tigist!Claire Arkin, Global Communications Lead at GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives)
Tigist and the Team did an excellent job designing two websites for my companies. She also designed our logos and business cards. Always very professional.Edward Torossian, Managing Director, Troldiya Enginnering
Tigist has designed countless projects for our team – from educational guides to end-of-year reports to social assets – and we are blown away with everything she delivers. She is thoughtful, strategic, meticulous, and a true artist. Thank you, Tigist and team!!!Caroline Condren, Senior Manager of Communications & Development, EXPOSURE LABS
Tigist and team are magicians. They worked alongside us to create something that captured a large amount of work in a beautiful, modern way. Could not recommend this team enough for any design work! Plus Tigist is just lovely generally :)Tigist and team are magicians. They worked alongside us to create something that captured a large amount of work in a beautiful, modern way. Could not recommend this team enough for any design work! Plus Tigist is just lovely generally :)Samantha Adler, Campaign Manager, EXPOSURE LABS
Tigist and team are simply top-notch. They were flexible with our shifting schedule and accommodated last minute requests rapidly and with grace. The design work that have done for our non-profit is best in class and we look forward to our continued collaboration.Christy Law Blanchard, Communications Director, National Medical Fellowships
We've worked with Yolk Works on multiple projects and we are beyond impressed with the experience. Each project was handled with such care, thoughtfulness, and intention - we really couldn't be happier. Thank you to Tigist and team!Lindsay Crowder, Field & Advocacy Director, EXPOSURE LABS