Communications Lead, The Anthropic Institute

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead external communications for Jack Clark at the Anthropic Institute, shaping brand, media readiness, and cross-channel storytelling.

  • Own intake, prioritization, and day-to-day logistics for Jack’s communications portfolio.
  • Must-have: 10+ years in executive/policy/public-interest communications.
  • Standout: Proven ability to translate complex research into accessible public narratives and prep for media engagements.

Job Description

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

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
  • Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Benefits

  • Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.
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