Communications Lead, The Anthropic Institute

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. About The Anthropic Institute Anthropic is a public benefit corporation building some of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence systems. That work yields unique insights but also creates unique responsibilities. The Anthropic Institute (TAI) is a new function within Anthropic that will work to advance the public conversation around AI. The Anthropic Institute is comprised of research teams tackling some of AI’s most consequential societal challenges: the Frontier Red Team, which stress tests our systems against catastrophic risks; Societal Impacts, which studies how Claude is used by millions of people; and Economic Research, which tracks AI’s impact on people’s jobs and the larger economy. The Institute’s mission is to reduce information asymmetries between Anthropic and the outside world, find and name the hard questions implied by powerful AI systems, and publish these findings so that policymakers, researchers, technology leaders, and the public can reckon with what’s here and what’s ahead. About the Role We are seeking an experienced communications professional to serve as a dedicated communications partner to the Head of Public Benefit. This is a rare opportunity to work alongside an executive leading some of the most consequential research of our time—work on the economic impacts of AI, the implications of self-improving systems, the changing offense and defense balance, and the societal effects of powerful AI on real people and communities. This role sits at the intersection of executive communications, brand strategy, and portfolio management. You will be the single point of contact and dedicated communications advisor for Jack Clark, managing day-to-day communications requests and strategic engagements across his full portfolio. Working closely with the Institute's communications, policy, and research teams, you will ensure that the Institute's work is coordinated, consistent, and lands with the audiences it deserves—far beyond the AI and policy communities. You will also lead the creation and execution of Jack's personal brand platform. Jack is one of the most prominent voices in AI—the founder of Import AI and a co-founder of Anthropic—and this role will involve shaping how he shows up across media, speaking engagements, written platforms, and public conversations as he leads this new chapter.

Requirements

Have 10+ years of experience in communications, with significant depth in executive communications, thought leadership, or public interest/policy communications
Have a track record of translating complex, technical, or academic research into public narratives that reach audiences well beyond specialist communities
Can embrace the “weird” - AI is a new field where the unexpected and unusual happens all the time.
Have built and executed brand platforms for senior executives, thought leaders, or public intellectuals—and have managed their day-to-day communications logistics
Are equally comfortable crafting high-level messaging strategy and producing content under deadline
Have strong media relationships across a range of verticals—technology, economics, national security, policy, and/or general interest
Can move between strategic messaging and fast-turnaround tactical execution without losing quality
Are intellectually curious about AI’s impact on the economy, society, national security, and the future of work—and can engage substantively with researchers working on these problems
Are excited about using AI tools in your own workflows to multiply what a small team can do
Care deeply about AI safety, responsible technology development, and Anthropic’s public benefit mission
We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Serve as the single point of contact for Jack Clark across all communications needs, managing intake, prioritization, and day-to-day logistics for his portfolio
Coordinate across the Institute’s communications team, policy team, and editorial team to ensure Jack’s priorities are represented and his voice is consistent across all external moments
Lead the creation and ongoing execution of Jack’s brand platform across all channels
Translate technical research on economics, societal impacts, AI safety, and frontier capabilities into narratives accessible to diverse audiences, in partnership with the Institute’s research communications team
Prepare Jack and other Institute leaders for media interviews, podcast appearances, congressional hearings, and speaking engagements
Build and maintain relationships with media across technology, economics, national security, labor, and general interest verticals
Create high-quality content across formats—blog posts, research summaries, briefing documents, talking points, social content, and innovative digital formats
Build repeatable playbooks and processes that allow a lean team to punch well above its weight