COPYWRITER & EDITORIAL ASSISTANT (ART & CULTURE FOR SOCIAL/DIGITAL)

District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)

$54K/yr – $72K/yrMid Level4+ years expContract

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own cross-channel messaging for art and culture content, shaping tone, voice, and editorial storytelling across social, editorial, and campaigns.

  • Content creation and copy across organic and paid social, long-form features, and editorial materials.
  • Collaborate with artists, writers, editors, and designers to reflect authentic voices in campaigns.
  • Coordinate production, revision cycles, and CMS publishing to ensure quality before going live.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Write and refine copy for digital channels, including organic and paid social media content, short-form video scripts, artist profiles, project and exhibition descriptions, editorial features, interviews, SEO-optimized content, newsletters, and marketing decks.
  • Collaborate closely with artists, writers, editors, and designers to produce digital campaigns and editorial content that reflect a range of authentic voices.
  • Coordinate the production and editing of editorial commissions, essays, and reviews; incorporate feedback through multiple rounds of revision.
  • Manage web and digital publishing using a CMS; ensure quality control before content goes live.
  • Contribute written insights to client decks and reports as needed.
  • Your primary focus will be the development of messaging, copy, and tone of voice for cross-channel content to support broader communications goals.

Requirements

  • 3-5 years of professional digital copywriting experience, ideally within a creative agency, arts, or cultural marketing setting.
  • Deep knowledge of contemporary art and culture, with fluency in both fast-turn social and long-form editorial formats.
  • Familiarity with CMS, email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, Klayvio), Google Analytics, Meta Business Suite, and project management tools (Airtable, Basecamp)
  • Strong organizational skills and experience managing multiple deadlines.
  • Portfolio demonstrating writing for art, culture, or related fields—social campaigns, editorial work, and digital storytelling.

Preferred

  • Experience commissioning or editing art/culture writing.
  • Interested in content creation and social media.
  • Familiarity with digital publishing tools (e.g., Figma, Canva, Adobe Creative Suite).
  • Awareness of accessibility and SEO best practices.

Benefits

  • flexible schedules, a hybrid work model, and cultural benefits that encourage ongoing engagement with the arts
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Digital Counsel

Digital Counsel is a New York creative agency founded by experts in the fields of contemporary art and media. We provide advertising by artists. Our services encompass digital marketing strategy, content creation, including editorial and artist commissions, social media management, paid media advertising, and guerilla marketing. We also offer branding, website design, and full stack development. Select clients include Hyundai Artlab, Rockefeller Center, Harmony Korine’s EDGLRD, The Armory Show, Aspen Ideas: Climate, a partnership between the City of Miami Beach and the Aspen Institute, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA).We are the first official affiliate of Cultural Counsel, the “big tent” (Vanity Fair) communications firm that provides media strategy for the world’s top institutions, art organizations, and brands, including A24, Mellon Foundation, and Times Square Arts. Together, our sister companies bring an innate understanding of trends and cultural themes sharpened by decades of working in the art world.As a social-first firm led by artists, we understand the nuanced distinctions within the contemporary art world—as well as an instinctual plan to communicate key narratives to the wider public. We deliver premium services designed to amplify earned media, as well as a full suite of advertising and digital marketing tools.

Founded in 2022
New York, New York, USA
10 employees (5 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
262
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.6%
Direct
53.6%
Referral
6.6%
Social
9.9%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~11

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (20% of company)
Median Career Experience
7 years
Median Tenure
2.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4