saloon is a curated creative community and networking concept that exists primarily between our Discord channel and this newsletter. (okay, and Instagram @saloonnieres).

a chatroom of carefully selected creatives, industry professionals, and collaborators inform our paid public newsletter about the job opportunities, gigs, events, and partnerships happening in/all around us! the newsletter provides the creme de la creme of these opportunities with direct contact information. (+ discounts and exclusive event invites!)

we’ve built an online community to find and promote opportunities, events, and your work. talk ideas! share your writing, project, brand launch! plan, curate, execute events and collaborations with these people! slide into every and all DMs for a coffee or wine chat! get the inside scoop on work-life balance, salary, what it’s like to work at XYZ before you apply or commit or negotiate. tell us what you're going to this weekend! this is meant to be a behind the scenes space that empowers and informs us in our fields, workspaces, and interests. and to gab, obviously.

the best part? it circumvents the impervious qualities of the job market by allowing representatives from our community to post directly about opportunities at places like Vox, Conde Nast, NY Mag, Brooklinen, SquareSpace, Glossier, Graza, (our full members list here) and give their contact for reference.

why go paid?

free subscribers will have access only to the beginning of our newsletter, which includes an announcement for our new members, a blurb (and discount!) with our partner, and a member spotlight (with visionaries like Paige Hanserd,

paid subscribers will have access to the entire newsletter—including direct insight to the goings-on of the chat. all the job & gig opportunities circulating in the chat, media requests for interview contacts (at pubs like Elle, Cosmo, NY Mag, The Strategist, etc.), exclusive event invites, and partnership calls, all with direct contact information to the source so you can make the connection.

the catch?

its curation aspect. while anyone can be a subscriber to the saloon newsletter, you have to be nominated by an existing saloon member and vetted by our team to join the Discord chat.

why be exclusive?

we are keeping things slightly exclusive so as to create the best interior experience for our community—we want to make sure those that are part of our community are legitimately interested in advancing or improving their business, whatever that may be, and want to create a safe and welcoming environment so that our community feels saloon consistently holds valuable contacts, opportunities, and experiences!

what about industries outside of media/pr, fashion/beauty, food/bev and photo/design?

although we’re launching with select industries—media, fashion, beauty, food & bev, photo and design—we hope to expand our reach in the future to the arts, music, and tech spaces. at the moment, we have a “miscellaneous” category as well, for people working in adjacent spaces!

to inquire about joining saloon, or to nominate a member, look here! or email juliafharrison@gmail.com.

saloon was started by julia harrison, an editor and writer in brooklyn like everyone else, and writes