Media Relations, Policy Communications

About the Team

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We believe our research will eventually lead to artificial general intelligence, a system that can solve human-level problems. 

Our Communications team includes PR/Media Relations, Internal Communications, Events, Design, Community & Social, and other strategic comms functions. This team’s ethos is to support OpenAI's mission and goals by clearly and authentically explaining our technology, values, and approach to safely building powerful AI.

About the Role

We’re seeking to hire an exceptional PR professional to join our small, high-impact team to communicate progress on our mission to to develop Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) that benefits all of humanity. This person will support corporate communications and help build and execute our program around global policy and issues management. This includes partnering with our global affairs, legal and product teams to drive external communications that broadly educate on our technology, efforts and principles. This role will report to our Policy Communications Lead. 

The ideal candidate should bring a strong mix of strategic and tactical comms ownership. Ability to move fast and collaboratively on complex issues in a changing environment is critical. Passion for new technology and storytelling is key.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA or Washington, DC. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and execute communication plans including strategies for educating press, policymakers, and the general public 

• Forge deep relationships with media and manage inbound requests on a range of issues

• Partner cross-functionally with global affairs, legal, product and other teams at OpenAI 

• Provide counsel and support to team members across the organization

• Anticipate comms risks and establish risk mitigation strategies 

You might thrive in this role if you: 

• You want to be a part of a small, highly-experienced team that makes meaningful contributions

• Building and maintaining relationships are your forte

• You want to tell stories about technology that will have significant impact on the world

• You seek and are comfortable managing high-profile, complex stories under tight deadlines

• Educating general audiences about highly technical subjects is a challenge you enjoy

• You excel in both strategy and tactical execution

• 10+ years of professional PR and media relations experience. In-house leadership is a must, government experience is a plus. 

• Strong track record of driving media campaigns in support of policy priorities and issues 

• Background in technology communications and knowledge of AI 

• Proven success in building relationships and collaborating with press, executives, partners and other stakeholders

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.

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