Media Relations, Applications and Product Communications

About the Team

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

Our Communications team includes PR/Media Relations, Internal Communications, Events, Design, Community & Social, and other strategic comms functions. This team’s ethos is to support OpenAI's mission and goals by clearly and authentically explaining our technology, values, and approach to safely building powerful AI.

About the role

We’re looking for a talented PR professional to help shape how we share our products and progress toward building AGI that benefits everyone.

This person will support product communications and will help build and execute external communication strategies to educate press, developers, consumers, and key stakeholders on our applications, products, and technology. This includes working in close collaboration with teams across OpenAI to help drive initiatives and narratives in support of the organization’s priorities. This role will report to our Head of Products and Applications Communications.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role you will:

• Develop and execute thoughtful communications plans that educate press, consumers, developers, and the broader public.

• Build strong, trusted relationships with media and manage inbound requests on a wide range of issues.

• Partner closely with research, legal, product, and other teams across OpenAI to shape clear, consistent messaging.

• Provide strategic counsel and hands-on support to colleagues across the organization.

• Anticipate potential communications risks and design proactive mitigation strategies.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• 10+ years of professional PR and media relations experience, with a strong background in product and tech communications. In-house leadership experience is a plus.

• Experience with AI technologies or a deep personal interest in the field.

• Exceptional ability to translate complex technical information into clear, engaging consumer-facing campaigns.

• Proven track record of building trusted relationships with press, executives, partners, and other key stakeholders.

• You love working as part of a highly experienced, fast-moving team making meaningful contributions.

• Building and maintaining strong relationships is second nature to you.

• You get excited about telling stories that make technology matter to everyday people.

• You’re calm under pressure and comfortable managing complex, high-profile stories.

• You enjoy translating technical subjects for general audiences.

• You balance strategic vision with hands-on execution.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

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