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Jobs
What: Visual Design & Communications Associate; Development Lead
Who: Street Lab transforms the street-level environment of New York City to improve lives, strengthen neighborhoods, and bring New Yorkers together.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $70-85k; $80-100k
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What: Marketing Manager
Who: SWA Group is a is a global landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm building community, nurture ecosystems, and reconnect people with nature and each other.
Where: Los Angeles, CA
How much: $90-100k
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What: Tech Design Project Specialist (PT, Contract)
Who: Mika Tajima’s artistic practice materializes techniques developed to shape the physicality, productivity, and desires of the human body.
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $75-150/hr
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What: Communications Coordinator
Who: Urban Peace Institute advances safety and justice by building community-led systems that end the cycle of mass incarceration and ensure freedom from violence.
Where: Los Angeles, CA
How much: $70-80k
What: Registrar & Collections Manager
Who: Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has celebrated the art, life, and independent spirit of Georgia O’Keeffe with visitors from around the world.
Where: Santa Fe, NM
How much: $75-80k
What: Program Manager
Who: Fallingwater Institute works to create and disseminate new ideas that promote harmony between people and nature.
Where: Mill Run, PA
How much: $64,500
What: Sr. Editor
Who: Community College Research Center studies community colleges because they have the potential to dramatically improve educational equity and social mobility in the United States.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $83-95k
What: Sr. Researcher, AI Civics
Who: Data & Society studies the social implications of data-centric technologies and automation.
Where: Remote
How much: $78-97k
What: Disability Equity Coordinator
Who: Philadelphia’s Office for People with Disabilities ensures the City is inclusive to people of all abilities through advocacy and education.
Where: Philadelphia, PA
How much: $60-75k
What: Digital Collections Coordinator
Who: Library of Congress shares its vast collections of books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, audiovisual materials, and priceless artifacts to cultivate curiosity and spark imagination.
Where: Washington DC
How much: $102,415-133,142
What: Account Associate (Temp)
Who: The Campaign Workshop are the go-to strategic partner for anyone who’s making the world a better place.
Where: Remote
How much: $57-69k
What: Sr. Product Manager; Sr. Engineer; Sr. Designer
Who: NYC’s Public Interest Technology (PIT) Crew is a new team that builds the technology, products, and services needed to deliver a more affordable New York City.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $100-180k; $100-180k; $75-160k
Who: The Cutting Room Floor began as a fashion and culture podcast and is evolving into a broader media company built on the belief that thoughtful conversation can meaningfully contribute to the industry it examines.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $90-100k; $80-90k
What: Finance & Operations Associate
Who: Public Art Fund brings dynamic contemporary art to a broad audience in New York City and beyond.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $65,500-69,400
What: Executive Director
Who: House Foundation for the Arts cultivates cultural engagement through live music concerts, interdisciplinary performances, exhibitions, and educational initiatives.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $95-105k
What: Exhibit Developer; Exhibit Project Manager
Who: Liberty Science Center’s mission is to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers and excite learners of all ages about the power, promise, and pure fun of science and technology.
Where: Jersey City, NJ
How much: $65-75k; $75-85k
What: Studio Assistant
Who: Purl Studio designs and sells exceptional yarn for knitting, crochet, and other fiber art.
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $22-26/hr
Who: New York Civil Liberties Union is one of the nation's leading advocates on behalf of constitutional rights and liberties.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $105-115k
What: People Operations Associate
Who: Egg Collective is a design firm working with natural materials that are intended to stand the test of time.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $60-70k
What: Digital Accessibility Lead
Who: New York Public Library has been an essential provider of free books, information, ideas, and education for all New Yorkers for over 125 years.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $120-125k
What: Education Manager
Who: Clockshop is an arts and environmental advocacy nonprofit.
Where: Los Angeles, CA
How much: $70k
What: Sr. Digital Designer
Who: Project Drawdown is the world’s leading guide to science-based climate solutions.
Where: Remote
How much: $110-120k
What: Sr. Product Designer
Who: Allegheny County’s Department of Information Technology provides applications, infrastructure, emerging technology, and the associated services in support of the county's mission.
Where: Pittsburgh, PA
How much: $105-115k
What: Civic Science Fellow
Who: Open Environmental Data Project builds spaces to grow the global conversation on environmental data access and use.
Where: Remote
How much: $78k
What: Program Director
Who: United States Artists supports artists and their essential role in society.
Where: Remote (US)
How much: $110-120k
What: Education Coordinator (PT)
Who: Gowanus Canal Conservancy is dedicated to facilitating the development of a resilient, vibrant, open space network centered on the Gowanus Canal.
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $34,375-35,500
What: Essays Editor (PT)
Who: The Guardian is a global news organization that delivers fearless, independent journalism.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $62-65k
What: Writer/Researcher (Temp); Analyst & Visualization Specialist (Temp)
Who: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations works tirelessly to improve the lives of working people.
Where: Washington DC
How much: $78,941
Who: Pew Research Center’s Science and Society team studies how the public understands and experiences science innovations and issues at the center of societal discussion and debate.
Where: Washington DC
How much: $95,370
What: Project Manager (PT)
Who: Hemlock & Forge is a community development corporation focused on addressing homelessness and housing equity in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Where: Remote within PA or DE
How much: $38-42/hr (25 hrs/wk)
What: Arts Program Manager
Who: Vanderbilt University’s core purpose is to create, preserve, and disseminate knowledge through teaching, research, and the arts.
Where: Nashville, TN
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Classifieds
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✷ Career Coaching with Tarot ✷ Feeling stuck in your career and looking for a fresh perspective? Let’s pull some tarot cards and explore possibilities. I’m not predicting your future. You’re getting back in touch with your intuition and having some fun.
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Calls
New Call for Pitches: Love TV? Send us your pitch! | Deadline: Ongoing
Episodes is a new imprint publishing books of writing on television. Through thought-provoking long-form essays, Episodes seeks to explore and unravel television and its impact on contemporary culture. Send thoughtful pitches of cultural criticism through the lens of contemporary TV shows to [email protected]. We can't wait to read them!
New Funding: Printed Matter Publisher Work Grant | Deadline: 10/4
This program offers funding to independent presses with a history of artists’ book publishing. In 2026, three unrestricted grants of $10,000 USD will be awarded to three independent artists’ book publishers.
Call for Pitches: Axis of Culture Seeking Writers on Art, Philosophy, Theory | Deadline: 7/20
Funding: Architectural League 2026 Independent Projects Grants (New York) | Deadline: 7/22
Call for Submissions: Wendy’s Subway Carolyn Bush Award (New York) | Deadline: 7/24
Call for Submissions: Wendy’s Subway 2026 Book Prize | Deadline: 7/24
Fellowship: Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellowship (New York) | Deadline: 7/31
Call for Submissions: Protopian Prize Fiction Contest | Deadline: 7/31
Call for Submissions: Casting Call for The Cycles at the Collapsable Hole (New York) | Deadline 7/30
Fellowship: Adrianna Newell Fellowship for Queer Image Makers (Upstate NY) | Deadline: 7/31
Residency: Work in Progress Residency at Textile Arts Center (NY) | Deadline: 7/31
Call for Submissions: Taos Film Festival | Deadline: 8/1 (Early); 11/1 (Regular)
Call for Proposals: Railyard Park Conservancy Call for Artists (Santa Fe) | Deadline: 8/5
Call for Applications: Metropolitan New York Library Council’s Cross-Reference Coalition - “Public Study” (NY) | Deadline: 8/7
Call for Submissions: The Rest Fest Video Art & Short Film Submissions | Deadline: 8/28
Call for Submissions: Campfire Stories: Tales from America’s National Parks - Volume 3 | Deadline: 8/31
Call for Applications: Pratt Center Community Planning & Research Accelerator (NY) | Deadline: 8/31
Funding: Liu Shiming Artist Grants | Deadline: 8/31
Fellowship: Queens Museum Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists (New York) | Deadline: 9/28
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