Media Relations, Safety Communications

OpenAI

Location
San Francisco
Salary range
USD $240,000 – $260,000 base
Workplace
Hybrid
Job family
T&S Operations
Posted
Today

The T&S Network estimates this role to be P4, Staff. Key skills at this level: authors a framework, architecture or strategy that teams outside their own adopt, influences teams they hold no authority over, by argument and evidence, and designs for the failure mode, not only the happy path.

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Estimated from the posting rather than stated by the employer: asks for 10+ years · posts $240k to $260k base at a frontier lab.

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The role, in T&S terms

Written by the T&S Network from OpenAI's posting.

Media relations work that explains how OpenAI prepares for and responds to safety issues in its AI products, sitting in the Communications team. The role shapes external narratives about safety practices and builds press relationships on AI safety, technology and policy coverage.

What you'd do

  • Develop communications strategies that highlight proactive real-world safety practices and public confidence in responsible AI
  • Write timely responses when questions or issues emerge, explaining what the company is doing and why
  • Prepare statements, FAQs and backgrounders that make complex safety information clear and credible
  • Coordinate with other teams to foresee new topics and prepare response plans
  • Maintain working ties with reporters who cover AI safety, tech and policy
  • Give steady guidance to executives and staff on delicate or quickly changing stories
  • Create workflows for tracking outside coverage and replying carefully and accurately

What it asks for

  • Ten or more years in professional PR and press relations
  • Corporate or crisis communications experience (preferred)
  • In-house communications experience (preferred)
  • Experience with AI technologies, or a strong personal interest in AI
  • Turn technical detail into clear, convincing public-facing copy
  • Track record of building relationships with press, executives and partners

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About OpenAI

AI and model safety · San Francisco, CA · 1,001 to 5,000 people · Founded 2015

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AI research company behind ChatGPT and the GPT family of models.

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