Communications Generalist

About Metaculus

Metaculus is the premier public forecasting platform with nearly 3,000,000 forecasts on over 20,000 questions. Metaculus is "epistemic infrastructure" like Wikipedia and Our World In Data, providing the world with trusted, accurate information on a variety of questions, particularly in science and technology. Our mission is to enable everyone to model, understand, predict, and navigate the world’s most important and complex challenges.

The Role

We’re seeking a mid-career communications generalist to drive media outreach, develop content, and collaborate on social strategy. You’ll handle day-to-day press work under set priorities; pitch across science/tech/politics; write site announcements and updates; and help grow our presence across social platforms.

Responsibilities

• Media relations (primary): research targets, draft/send pitches, follow up, and maintain reporter relationships; aim for regular, credible placements.
• Announcements & updates: draft site announcements, feature updates, and support on regular newsletters.
• Social collaboration: propose and draft posts, threads, and replies across major platforms; run small experiments; and vary tone appropriately—from credible, stable pillar-of-community to playful/pugnacious when useful.
• Press releases: prepare and place when warranted.
• Provide copy-editing and drafting assistance on documents such as reports, briefs, and partnership materials.

Location

This is a fully remote position. We welcome applicants from all time zones. However, given the location of existing team members who will collaborate closely with this position, our preference is to fill this role with a candidate with consistent availability for collaboration between 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM PST (4:30 PM to 8:30 PM GMT).

• Strong existing network of journalists/editors and recent, demonstrable placements; confident pitching across science/tech/politics.
• Strong writing and editing; fast turnaround on clean, accurate copy.
• Numerate; comfortable with probabilities/forecasts and writing about results accurately (no deep math required).
• Ideally, has knowledge of forecasting and/or prediction markets, and can communicate these topics clearly.
• Operates independently with light oversight; organized and responsive.
• Nice to have: experience posting from brand accounts; familiarity with data-driven or scientific communication.

• Annual salary range of $90,000 - $140,000 USD, depending on experience.
• insurance costs, depending on country. In the US, we reimburse up to the legal maximum under a QSEHRA plan.
• In the US, we offer a 401k plan for employees.
• We provide generous parental leave; at a minimum (though it depends on jurisdiction) 14 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents and 6 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.
• We encourage our employees to meaningfully engage with and attend technical conferences and community events.
• We offer travel opportunities for regular in-person working sessions and team retreats in the US and Europe.