Words of Mouth: Twos, The Trace, Street Spirit

What: Product Designer
Who: Twos is a conversation app made for safe one-on-one connection.
Where: Remote (US)
How much: $80-95k
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What: People & Operations Manager
Who: The Trace is a nonprofit news organization that covers gun violence in the U.S.
Where: Remote (US)
How much: $90-110k
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What: Co-Director of Development (PT)
Who: Street Spirit is a monthly print newspaper that covers homelessness from the perspective of those who are most impacted.
Where: Berkeley, CA
How much: $31-40/hr
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What: Teaching Artist (PT)
Who: Coalition for Hispanic Family Services is a community-based, family-focused organization of color providing an array of services to children and families.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $25-35/hr
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What: Production Operations Manager
Who: Variegated NYC is an interior landscaping company that designs, installs, and maintains stunning interior plantscapes.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $75-85k

What: Assistant Curator
Who: Center for Brooklyn History is Brooklyn Public Library's nationally recognized research library and public history institution.
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $70-80k

What: Sr. Fundraiser (PT, Temp)
Who: Invest in Open Infrastructure is an initiative dedicated to improving funding and resourcing for open technologies and systems supporting research and scholarship.
Where: Remote
How much: $6,000-8,000/month (9-12 months, 2-3 days/wk)

What: Administrative Coordinator (PT)
Who: The Baffler is America’s leading voice of incisive and unconventional left-wing political criticism, cultural analysis, short stories, poems, and art.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $28-30/hr (3 days/wk)

What: Graphic Designer
Who: Cooper Hewitt is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary design.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $72,737-94,563

What: Literary Manager/Dramaturg
Who: Lincoln Center Theater’s mission is to bring exceptional theater to life.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $125-135k

What: Fact Checker/Editor
Who: Project On Government Oversight works to expose waste, corruption, abuse of power, and other instances where the government fails to serve the public.
Where: Washington DC
How much: $68-80k

What: Digital Communications Coordinator; UX Engineer
Who: Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity is dedicated to advancing the dynamic legacy of 20th-century designers Ray and Charles Eames.
Where: Richmond, CA
How much: $73,500-84,425; $130-150k

What: Project Coordinator, AI Civics
Who: Data & Society studies the social implications of data-centric technologies and automation.
Where: Remote
How much: $63,500-78,000

What: Communications Intern (PT, Temp)
Who: TenBerke Architects is an architecture studio bound by the promise that architecture must build toward dignity and decency.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $20-25/hr

What: Associate Director, Web Strategy
Who: ACLU works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $128,294

What: Design Lead
Who: Civilla is a non-profit design studio reimagining public institutions.
Where: Detroit, MI
How much: $130,000-146,050

What: Sr. Producer & Editor, Documentaries
Who: GBH Documentaries Unit is dedicated to creating long-form non-fiction content for national broadcast and digital platforms.
Where: Boston, MA
How much: $110,630-140,600

What: Associate Program Director
Who: Code for America believes government can work for the people, by the people, in the new digital age.
Where: Remote (US)
How much: $108,503-132,825

What: Associate Director of Digital Content Strategy
Who: Albert Einstein College of Medicine is home to humanistic, dynamic leaders in healthcare and the biomedical sciences.
Where: Bronx, NY
How much: $123,500

What: Press Coordinator (PT)
Who: Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College produces, facilitates, and disseminates interdisciplinary research about the experiences of Puerto Ricans in the U.S.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $47-59/hr (10-13 hrs/wk)

What: National Communications Director
Who: TechTonic Justice fights the ground-level harms AI causes low-income communities.
Where: Remote
How much: $120-140k

What: Digital Media & Public Scholarship Specialist
Who: Hemispheric Institute with artists, scholars, and community leaders to study and preserve culture and performance from across the Americas.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $72-88k

What: Executive Coordinator
Who: Creative Time has commissioned and presented over 350 ambitious public art projects in partnership with thousands of artists and organizations.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $60-70k

What: Development Coordinator
Who: American Craft Council leverages the transformative possibilities of craft through storytelling, resources for artists, and unique experiences designed to bring makers and appreciators together.
Where: Remote (preference for Baltimore, Atlanta, Milwaukee or Racine)
How much: $30/hr + benefits

What: Project Curator, Women in Politics Collections
Who: Bancroft Library of UC Berkeley, is one of the largest and most heavily used libraries of rare materials in the West.
Where: Berkeley, CA
How much: $83,162-95,010

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New Funding: Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts 2027 Infinite Expansion Grants (Los Angeles) | Deadline: 8/15
These grants center on the experimental and thought-provoking work of artists presented by arts nonprofits and fiscally sponsored organizations in LA County. Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded based on the submission of an upcoming project with an artist or multiple artists.

New Fellowship: Senior Fellowships, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art (Washington DC) | Deadline: 10/15
Senior fellowships provide scholars with the opportunity to conduct full-time research in residence at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art from September 2027 through May 2028. Stipend: $50k.

New Fellowship: Center for Performance Research Artist-in-Residence | Deadline: 8/24
Center for Performance Research’s year-long Artist-in-Residence Program seeks to support NYC-based artists working within various perspectives of contemporary dance, performance, and time-based art. Stipend: $6,000.

Fellowship: Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellowship (NY) | 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 (NY) | 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 (NY) | Deadline: 9/28

Funding: Printed Matter Publisher Work Grant | Deadline: 10/4

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