Senior Media Strategist

FAR.AI is hiring a Senior Media Strategist to oversee earned media strategy, ensuring research and team visibility in press, podcasts, and newsletters that shape perceptions of AI risk.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute earned media strategy, including planning for research releases, events, and announcements.
• Determine which findings are newsworthy and how to frame them for top-tier outlets, podcasts, and newsletters.
• Build and maintain relationships with reporters covering AI and AI policy at national, international, trade, and policy outlets.
• Manage judgment calls when publishing safety issues in frontier models, including handling pushback from developers.
• Lead media training for researchers and leadership, including message development, briefing notes, and mock interviews.
• Handle inbound media requests, including incidents and model-release news cycles, often on short notice.
• Write and place op-eds and pitches, collaborating with technical writers to explain research.
• Set goals for each release and hold the team accountable to them.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years in media relations, press strategy, or journalism, with experience leading campaigns.
• Established relationships with AI and AI policy reporters and a track record of earned coverage in top-tier outlets.
• Informed perspective on AI risk coverage and what constitutes good coverage.
• Experience making judgment calls under competing pressures, including criticizing powerful organizations without damaging relationships.
• Comfort with technically fluent reporters who will verify claims and resistance to hype.
• Strong writing and fast turnaround skills, able to produce plans or replies within hours.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Background as a working journalist in technology or policy.
• Experience preparing researchers or executives for podcasts and broadcast interviews.
• Experience designing or running media training programs.
• Experience translating technical or scientific work for general audiences.
• Experience managing reactive communications.

Logistics:

Location: Remote globally. Hiring available in most countries.

Hours: Full-time (40 hours/week), with preference for overlap with EST timezone (12pm - 5pm EST).

Hiring Process: Application form, recruiter screen, paid test task, hiring manager interview, team interviews, values interview, and reference checks.