Company Description
The Museum of Advertising™ is a NYC-based nonprofit in progress, preserving and celebrating advertising as a creative discipline and cultural force. We are in the beginning stages of building the organization. Our 501(c)(3) application is in development, and full nonprofit status is expected to take at least a year to finalize.
In the meantime, we are doing the work: curating online exhibits, producing original writing and video, and planning toward a proposed pop-up exhibit in 2027.
We are founder-led, AI-augmented, and run asynchronously on Basecamp. Team members occasionally collaborate but mostly work autonomously toward weekly goals, communicating in writing. Volunteers self-manage and check in twice a week — what they’re working on Monday, what they shipped Friday. No recurring meetings.
Part-time Volunteer
This is an unpaid volunteer role, 5–10 hours per week. We are honest about the stage: there is no funding for compensation yet. As the museum secures 501(c)(3) status, grants, and sponsorship revenue, this role may convert to paid part-time or full-time employment. We make no guarantees on timing — likely a year or more — and current volunteers will be considered first.
What you get now: You'll be part of a small, self-selected team of people as motivated as you are — volunteers who chose this because they believe the mission and the work matter. You’ll also receive public credit on our website, in newsletter mastheads, and on major projects, a portfolio of real shipped work, access to the network we are building in advertising and brands, and direct experience with AI-augmented creative work. If you are looking for paid work today, this is not it. If you want to help build something from the ground up, read on.
About the Newsletter & Blog Editor role
6–8 hrs/week · Unpaid volunteer (paid roles possible as funding grows) · Remote (NYC preferred)
Own our editorial voice. You ship a weekly newsletter and a steady cadence of blog pieces — original POV, interviews, deep-dives into creative campaigns, brand stories, and craft.
What you'll do
- Plan and ship the weekly newsletter (Thursdays)
- Commission and edit blog pieces; write originals when the angle is yours
- Run the editorial calendar in Basecamp
- Collaborate with our creative studio for design and visual content
- Interview practitioners and historians when stories warrant it
You are
- A strong writer and editor with a published track record
- Knowledgeable about advertising history, creativity, or both
- Comfortable using AI to research and draft, not to publish
- Genuinely interested in the subject matter
Nice to have
- Newsletter experience (Substack, Beehiiv, Ghost)
- Blog or journalism experience
- A POV you have not yet found the right place to publish
- Experience working in Basecamp, Asana, Monday or similar in an asynchronous environment.
How AI fits
AI builds research briefs, drafts from your outlines, generates headline and subject-line variants, and formats the newsletter. You write the actual sentences that matter.
Requirements
You must be self-sufficient and a clear, concise written communicator, productive when working autonomously. This team works asynchronously, so you should be comfortable making progress without daily instruction or check-ins.
