Communications Associate

Future of Life Organizations

22h•$75,000 - $115,000

About The Position

The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is hiring a Communications Associate to join our fast-paced and dynamic team! Our outreach projects currently include (but are not limited to) top-tier press outreach, building a network of aligned content creators, creating a series of AGI-focused PSAs, executing a national public engagement campaign and more. In the next 6-12 months, we plan to scale up our outreach and campaign efforts even further to produce targeted content for a broad range of key audiences. To enable this, we need detail oriented and message-savvy talent to drive these projects forward. The Communications Associate will report directly to the US Communications Manager. Who we are FLI educates and engages lawmakers, key stakeholders, and the general public about transformative technologies and their implications. We advocate for policies and approaches that mitigate catastrophic risks while advancing positive futures for humanity.

Requirements

Based in the US.
2+ years of getting your hands dirty in communications, PR, public affairs or a similar field where you picked up a bias toward action.
A way with words: you can write a killer press release or oped in your sleep, and craft social posts that people actually want to engage with.
Fluency in social media platforms and the tools that make them work.
The confidence to pitch journalists and producers with the savvy to know what'll make them bite.
The organizational superpowers to juggle seventeen things at once without breaking a sweat.
A collaborative spirit and genuine willingness to roll up your sleeves on whatever the team needs, whether that's wrangling print vendors or keeping everyone's calendars in sync.
The courage to raise your hand when you need help.
Solutions-focused mindset, with proven aptitude and initiative in solving comms problems.

Nice To Haves

We prefer this role to be based in the West Coast of the US.
You've navigated the non-profit or tech world before, can speak designer-ese, and/or know your way around project management tools.
Familiarity with the AI landscape, and a passion for steering AI away from unacceptable risks and towards amazing human futures.
Familiar with platforms like Muck Rack, SproutSocial, Canva
You've worked with very busy bosses, so you know how to manage up and work proactively with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

Support our robust media relations apparatus. You'll craft press releases that actually get read, pitch stories that land, and become reporters' favorite person to hear from.
Help take our social media presence to the next level, dreaming up posts that stop the scroll, keeping our content calendar humming, and jumping on trends before they're over.
Be the glue that holds our communications operation together, partnering with designers to bring ideas to life, keeping our internal systems from descending into chaos, making sure nothing falls through the cracks, and generally being the person who makes everyone else's job easier.
Take the lead on exciting earned media initiatives, support the policy team's public communications work, and generally help FLI keep the future human.