Media Relations, AI Technology

Full Time
San Francisco, CA
Posted
Job description

About the team
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.
Our Communications team includes PR/media relations, Public Policy, employee communications, design, and other external-facing 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.
This approach, combined with OpenAI’s technological achievements, has led to widespread, global attention in outlets including New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, The New Yorker, The Today Show, Cosmopolitan, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, CNN, WIRED, BBC, Daily Mail, El Pais, Le Figaro, TBS News - to name just a few.
About the role
We’re seeking to hire a highly experienced PR/Media Relations professional to expand our small, high-impact team. This role is a blend of strategic and tactical Comms ownership surrounding OpenAI’s AI systems like DALL-E, GPT-3 and Codex (the system that powers GitHub Copilot) as well as our research on Alignment and safety.
The growing impact and visibility of AI technology, like DALL-E, has led to high-profile and widespread interest in OpenAI from reporters and media outlets all over the world. We believe it is our responsibility to educate external audiences about the benefits and risks of our technology, communicate our values and intentions, and explain our approach to the safe development and deployment of AI.
This role reports to our Director of Public Relations.
This role is based in our San Francisco HQ or remotely within the United States. We offer relocation assistance to new employees.
In this role, you will:

  • Develop and execute strategic communication plans
  • Act as a single point of contact for specific reporters
  • Manage inbound media requests
  • Partner cross-functionally with teams across OpenAI to plan for research or product launches and momentum
  • Provide guidance and support to team members across the organization
  • Partner with external PR agencies working with OpenAI

We’re looking for a blend of qualifications, including:

  • 10+ years of professional PR and media relations experience
  • Led in-house or agency-based PR media campaigns strategy and execution
  • Knowledge of ML and AI technology and industry
  • Proven success in building and managing relationships with press, colleagues, and executives

You’ll thrive in this role if:

  • 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, highly visible stories
  • Educating general audiences about highly technical subjects is a challenge you enjoy
  • You excel in both strategy and tactical execution

The annual salary range for this role is $144,000 – $230,000. Our total compensation also includes generous equity in OpenAI and benefits.
Benefits and Perks

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • 401(k) plan with 4% matching
  • Unlimited time off and 18+ company holidays per year
  • Paid parental leave (20 weeks) and family-planning support
  • Annual learning & development stipend ($1,500 per year)

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.
At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or other legally protected statuses. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via accommodation@openai.com.
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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $144,000.00 - $230,000.00 per year

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