About
The Midas Project is a watchdog nonprofit that holds frontier AI developers accountable through research and advocacy. It monitors, investigates, and reports on the practices of leading AI companies to promote transparency and safety standards. Its publication Model Republic covers AI industry developments.
Responsibilities
•Create article header images, social cards, and share graphics for launches and ongoing coverage
•Create YouTube thumbnails and other social media assets to increase the work's online traction
•Design data visualizations that explain research findings, including organization charts, funding and influence networks, timelines, statistical analyses, and document changes
•Design reports, one-pagers, and coalition materials for journalists, policymakers, and other partners
•Maintain and extend brand guidelines and a reusable template library across sites and channels
•Work with researchers and writers to create graphics for time-sensitive stories
•Set visual standards across the organization's communications portfolio
Requirements
•Provide a portfolio showing past work in graphics, editorial illustration, or data visualization
•Proficiency with standard design tools such as Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
•Ability to clarify complex information without oversimplifying or sensationalizing it
•Strong attention to detail; ensure every number, name, and label in a graphic is accurate
•Experience designing for the web and platform-specific social formats
•Ability to work independently, take feedback, and meet tight deadlines
•Familiarity with major AI companies, technology risks, policy debates, and safety issues, or the ability to develop this knowledge quickly
Nice to have
•Newsroom, editorial, or investigative publication design experience
•Motion graphics, video editing or animation skills
•Web design or front-end tools including Webflow
Conditions
•Part-time
•$50–$100 per hour
