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Communications Lead, The Anthropic Institute

Menlo Ventures, California, MO, United States


About Anthropic
Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About The Anthropic Institute
Anthropic is a public benefit corporation building some of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence systems. That work yields unique insights but also creates unique responsibilities. The Anthropic Institute (TAI) is a new function within Anthropic that will work to advance the public conversation around AI.

The Anthropic Institute is comprised of research teams tackling some of AI’s most consequential societal challenges: the Frontier Red Team, which stress tests our systems against catastrophic risks; Societal Impacts, which studies how Claude is used by millions of people; and Economic Research, which tracks AI’s impact on people’s jobs and the larger economy.

The Institute’s mission is to reduce information asymmetries between Anthropic and the outside world, find and name the hard questions implied by powerful AI systems, and publish these findings so that policymakers, researchers, technology leaders, and the public can reckon with what’s here and what’s ahead.

About the Role
We are seeking an experienced communications professional to serve as a dedicated communications partner to the Head of Public Benefit. This is a rare opportunity to work alongside an executive leading some of the most consequential research of our time—work on the economic impacts of AI, the implications of self‑improving systems, the changing offense and defense balance, and the societal effects of powerful AI on real people and communities.

This role sits at the intersection of executive communications, brand strategy, and portfolio management. You will be the single point of contact and dedicated communications advisor for Jack Clark, managing day‑to‑day communications requests and strategic engagements across his full portfolio. Working closely with the Institute’s communications, policy, and research teams, you will ensure that the Institute’s work is coordinated, consistent, and lands with the audiences it deserves—far beyond the AI and policy communities.

You will also lead the creation and execution of Jack’s personal brand platform. Jack is one of the most prominent voices in AI—the founder of Import AI and a co‑founder of Anthropic—and this role will involve shaping how he shows up across media, speaking engagements, written platforms, and public conversations as he leads this new chapter.

Key Focus Areas
Executive Communications and Brand Platform for Jack Clark

Serve as the single point of contact and dedicated communications advisor to Jack Clark, Anthropic’s Head of Public Benefit and leader of The Anthropic Institute

Lead the creation and execution of Jack’s personal brand platform, defining how he shows up across media interviews, podcasts, speaking engagements, written commentary, and social media

Assist in preparing Jack for high‑profile media engagements and public speaking, developing talking points, briefing materials, and post‑engagement analysis

Identify and secure strategic media opportunities, panel placements, and speaking engagements that advance both Jack’s platform and the Institute’s mission

Support for Anthropic Institute Communications

Work with communications colleagues to develop an overarching communications strategy for The Anthropic Institute, tracking key areas of work across the Economic Index, Societal Impacts Research, and beyond

Work with members of the policy and editorial teams to design the Institute’s publishing and content strategy, ensuring outputs reach the largest possible audience—whether through the Anthropic blog, the Institute's own site, microsites, interactive experiences, video, audio, or other formats

Translate complex research across economics, societal impacts, frontier red teaming, and AI safety into compelling public narratives that reach audiences beyond the AI and policy communities

Build and maintain relationships with media, researchers, and thought leaders across economics, labor, national security, and general interest outlets—not just technology press

Lead communications for select Institute publications and projects

Coordinate with Anthropic’s broader communications, editorial, and policy teams to keep messaging aligned while maintaining the Institute’s distinct voice and mission

Responsibilities

Serve as the single point of contact for Jack Clark across all communications needs, managing intake, prioritisation, 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, labour, 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

You May Be a Good Fit If You

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

Compensation
The annual compensation range for this role is $255,000 – $320,000 USD.

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

Location‑based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas. We will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa if an offer is made and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

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