OOH Earth is in public beta — community-funded, open-source, and run by a lean core team plus a global volunteer network. We're looking for members, engineers and organisers who want to make public-space advertising visible, accountable and subvertible.
We've stopped reading CVs too closely. Some of the best members we know had never mapped a thing before their first walk; some of the most decorated never shipped at all. The five things below are what really tells us who'll do their best work here — and, honestly, who we'll enjoy the ride with.
You'd rather map the billboard than argue about it. The people who flourish here move first — file the report, run the action, ship the fix, then talk about it.
Our data, code and methods are public and forkable. You're at ease in the open — sharing the credit, leaving the receipts, building things anyone can inspect and borrow.
The atlas lives or dies on accuracy. You cite your sources, check before you claim, and never let a good story outrun the facts.
Community-funded, no ad money. The reward isn't a windfall — it's public space reclaimed and a movement that outgrows you.
We centre the Global South, the overlooked, the advertised-at. You bring real care for people into the work — not just polish for the product.
Same standard for a paid contractor and a first-week volunteer. These don't bend.
We map what brands pay to hide in plain sight. Visibility is the point.
No ad money. The treasury and the work answer to members.
Every tool must work on a phone, in the street, offline, at night, under pressure.
Open-source data, open methods. What we build, anyone can fork and field.
Most of the network is volunteer-run — but we back our people. Honest support, and no false promises of a salary.
Where the community treasury allows, we reimburse reasonable field costs — transport, printing, access tools — so volunteering never costs you money to do.
Small grants for members and ambassadors running local campaigns, subvertising actions or city meet-ups. Apply through your coordinator.
Member credentials, a public record of your contributions, and honest references for jobs, grants or study.
Hands-on mentoring in mapping, investigation, organising and open-source tools — you leave sharper than you arrived.
Short, transparent, no hoops.
Send a short note — who you are, what you'd build, and a link or two.
A 30-minute call with the core team. No take-homes, no whiteboards.
A paid micro-task or a trial shift on a real piece of the atlas.
Credentials, comms, and your first field project.
You don't need our permission to start. Map an ad near you today — or pitch the role you think we're missing. And if you can't give time, funding the movement is its own kind of joining.