Press Secretary

The AI Policy Network (AIPN) is a bipartisan, independent 501(c)(4) advocacy organization dedicated to advancing secure AI development that serves America's economic prosperity, technological leadership, and national security. We provide policymakers with technically-grounded perspectives on emerging AI capabilities and risks, with particular focus on ensuring advanced AI systems remain reliable, controllable, and aligned with their intended purposes.

About AIPN

The AI Policy Network (AIPN) is a bipartisan, independent 501(c)(4) advocacy organization dedicated to advancing secure AI development that serves America's economic prosperity, technological leadership, and national security.

The role

AIPN is hiring a Press Secretary to run our day-to-day press operation. You will own our relationships with the reporters who cover AI, technology, and national security, pitch our principals to them, and run rapid response when news breaks.

This is the right job for someone who has worked a press shop on the Hill, on a campaign, or at an advocacy organization and knows reporters by name.

The specific roles on this team may flex depending on the strengths of the person in this role and the person serving as the Deputy Communications Director. You may take on more direct digital work, more writing/editing work, or more principal-facing strategy.

Location: Washington, D.C. (hybrid)

Compensation: $90,000 – $115,000

Reports to: Communications Director

Responsibilities

Press operations

Grow, own, and maintain AIPN's media list; serve as first point of contact for inbound press

Pitch AIPN experts for print, broadcast, podcast, and newsletter coverage

Draft press releases, statements, and media advisories on deadline

Monitor coverage, flag developing stories, and coordinate AIPN's rapid response

Prepare principals for interviews: reporter backgrounders, Q&A documents, mock questions

Track and report press results; maintain the press-clip record

Team

Draft and distribute communications through AIPN's owned channels (social, web, email) in coordination with the rest of the comms team

Contribute to messaging and talking points across the team

Support events, report launches, and polling releases with press strategy and outreach

Required qualifications

3–6 years of press or communications experience in a political, advocacy, government, or campaign setting

Existing relationships with reporters and TV producers, or a demonstrated record of building them

Fast, clean writing under deadline; comfortable drafting a statement in under an hour

Experience pitching and placing stories, and preparing spokespeople for interviews

Comfort working across the political spectrum

Based in the D.C. area; available to commute to meetings and events in D.C. or our Capitol Hill office

Preferred qualifications

Relationships with technology, AI, or national security reporters

Experience running rapid response in a fast-moving news environment

Familiarity with media monitoring tools and social platforms

Background in AI, technology, or national security policy

Benefits

Technology budget, stipend for health insurance, and unlimited PTO.