Senior Public Relations Manager - Corporate Affairs & Public Policy
About The Position
Higgsfield AI is seeking a Senior PR Manager, Corporate Affairs & Public Policy to shape our public narrative on responsible AI, creative rights, safety, and the future of AI-powered video. This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco. This leader will develop clear positions on complex policy issues, lead communications on sensitive topics, and prepare executives to engage with press, policymakers, customers, and partners. You'll work closely with Legal, Product, Trust & Safety, and enterprise teams to ensure our public statements reflect how our products and policies work in practice. This role reports closely into executive leadership and partners across Communications, Legal, Product, Trust & Safety, and enterprise teams.
Requirements
- 7-12 years of experience in corporate communications, public affairs, policy communications, or public relations.
- Experience communicating on complex or sensitive issues in technology, AI, media, entertainment, or another closely regulated field.
- Strong understanding of issues involving creative rights, content safety, privacy, and responsible AI.
- Excellent judgment and the ability to develop clear, defensible messaging under pressure.
- Experience partnering with Legal, Product, policy, and executive teams.
- Strong relationships with policy, technology, or business media and relevant external stakeholders.
- Ability to challenge unsupported claims constructively and work across teams to strengthen them.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-moving startup environment.
Nice To Haves
- Executive communications and issues management experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Develop Higgsfield's public positions on responsible AI video, creative rights, consent, safety, and the benefits of AI for creators and businesses.
- Translate complex product and policy decisions into clear, defensible language for executives, press, policymakers, customers, and partners.
- Identify where Higgsfield has a credible point of view and where more evidence or operational work is needed before speaking publicly.
- Lead external communications on issues involving likeness and celebrity use, copyright and training data, deceptive content, elections, child safety, moderation, privacy, and data handling.
- Prepare statements, FAQs, spokesperson briefs, and response plans before issues arise.
- Coordinate timely, accurate responses across Communications, Legal, Product, and Trust & Safety.
- Partner with Legal, Product, Trust & Safety, and enterprise teams on changes to terms, safeguards, data practices, and product capabilities.
- Explain changes in ways that are accurate and understandable to customers and the public.
- Maintain consistency across Higgsfield's public materials on content moderation, creator rights, training, and enterprise data treatment.
- Build relationships with policy reporters, creator and entertainment groups, rights holders, civil society organizations, industry associations, and relevant policymakers.
- Bring external concerns and perspectives into internal discussions and decisions.
- Identify opportunities for constructive engagement on the issues shaping AI-powered creativity.
- Prepare executive remarks, interviews, briefings, panels, testimony, and private stakeholder meetings on policy issues.
- Help leadership communicate with clarity and credibility on sensitive topics.
- Surface gaps between public claims and product reality, then work with the accountable teams to resolve them before making those claims.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- a competitive 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- additional benefits and perks
- The opportunity to work on ambitious AI products alongside a highly experienced, fast-moving, and international team.
- Significant ownership, direct impact, and opportunities for professional growth as the company scales.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
