Media Relations, Safety Communications

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$240K/yr – $260K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own communications strategy and rapid response workstreams for AI safety narratives, shaping external messaging, media relations, and executive counsel across proactive safety practices, with cross-functional readiness and crisis support.

  • Own and guide proactive safety communications and media engagement
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to anticipate topics and readiness

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop communications strategies that highlight our proactive real-world safety practices and reinforce public confidence in how we approach responsible AI
  • Craft thoughtful, timely responses when questions or issues emerge, helping audiences understand what we’re doing and why
  • Prepare materials including statements, FAQs, and backgrounders that make complex information clear and credible
  • Partner closely with cross-functional teams to anticipate emerging topics and build readiness plans
  • Build and strengthen relationships with journalists covering AI safety, technology, and policy
  • Provide calm, trusted counsel to leaders and teammates on sensitive or fast-moving narratives
  • Help establish clear processes for monitoring external narratives and responding with empathy, accuracy, and care

Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional PR and media relations experience; corporate and/or crisis communications experience is preferred, in-house experience is a plus.
  • Experience with AI technologies or a strong personal interest in AI.
  • Exceptional ability to translate complex technical information into clear, persuasive external-facing content.
  • Proven success in building relationships and collaborating with press, executives, partners, and other stakeholders.
  • You’re energized by translating technical work into stories that people understand and care about
  • You bring clear thinking, good judgment, and calm focus to high-profile projects
  • You value precision and accountability, but can also think creatively about framing and narrative
  • You want to be part of a team helping to shape how the world understands safe and responsible AI

Preferred

  • 10+ years of professional PR and media relations experience; corporate and/or crisis communications experience is preferred, in-house experience is a plus.
  • Experience with AI technologies or a strong personal interest in AI.
  • Exceptional ability to translate complex technical information into clear, persuasive external-facing content.
  • Proven success in building relationships and collaborating with press, executives, partners, and other stakeholders.
  • You’re energized by translating technical work into stories that people understand and care about
  • You bring clear thinking, good judgment, and calm focus to high-profile projects
  • You value precision and accountability, but can also think creatively about framing and narrative
  • You want to be part of a team helping to shape how the world understands safe and responsible AI
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OpenAI

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OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit.To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership.At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

Founded in 2015
San Francisco, California, USA
9.9K employees (629 in marketing)
91% recommend to a friend
100% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$240K/yr – $260K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Media Relations median pay in the United States

$100K/yr

Most pay falls between $88K and $123K. Based on 254 salaries.

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Funding

Total Funding
$189B
Last Raise
$110B
Corporate Round, 17 days ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Corporate Round • $110B
  • Dec 2025
    Corporate Round • $1B
  • Oct 2025
    Secondary Market • $6.6B

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
266.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.5%
Direct
37.3%
Referral
9.4%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~9.9K
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Media Relations, Safety Communications

OpenAI · San Francisco, CA · Hybrid