Communications Officer; AI

About Coefficient Giving

Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) is a philanthropic funder and advisor. Since 2014, we’ve directed over $4 billion in grants as part of our mission to help others as much as we can with the resources available to us. We work with a range of donors who share our commitment to cost‑effective, high‑impact giving. Our current funds include Science and Global Health R&D, Navigating Transformative AI, Abundance & Growth, Farm Animal Welfare, Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness, and more.

In 2025, we recommended more than $900 million to high‑impact causes.

We’re at a pivotal stage in our organization’s growth, with increasing public attention on our work, particularly our work on AI. We believe that excellent communications will enhance the impact of our grantmaking in this critical area.

This role will focus primarily on supporting our AI‑focused program teams and improving how our AI work is understood by key audiences. It will likely report to Naina Bajekal, the Director of Communications, though may move to another senior communications staff member later in 2026.

Responsibilities may include:

• Supporting AI program staff in communicating their work clearly and strategically. This includes helping draft and refine blog posts, research updates, and other content to make complex technical and policy work accessible to different audiences — from policymakers to potential donors to the broader public.
• Developing and maintaining clear explanations of our AI safety work for different audiences. This could include blog posts, newsletters, social media content, FAQs, explainer videos, or other formats that help people understand what we do and why it matters.
• Building strong working relationships with the team leads across our AI‑focused programs and becoming a trusted partner they can turn to for communications advice on both higher‑level strategy and individual grants. You’ll develop a deep understanding of the AI safety landscape and our grantees’ work, and you may provide communications support to priority grantees.
• Providing strategic communications advice on sensitive or high‑stakes content and decisions relating to our AI work. This could include assessing potential risks, coordinating internal responses, and helping craft quick but thoughtful responses (including on social media) to navigate complex messaging challenges in a politically charged environment.
• Supporting media relations work
  , which may include helping prepare staff for interviews, drafting statements or talking points about our AI work, and coordinating with journalists.
• Collaborating with the broader communications team on a variety of cross‑cutting projects (e.g. newsletter, internal communications) and helping maintain our standards and processes.

The exact scope of this role will evolve based on organizational needs and your strengths and interests. There is room for potential involvement in supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness and other scientific communications as well.

We’re looking for someone with roughly 3‑7 years of professional experience who combines strong communications skills with genuine interest in AI safety or adjacent fields. For candidates with exceptional experience, we’re open to hiring at a more senior level.

You might be a great fit for this work if you:

• Have strong judgment and strategic thinking. You can assess communications risks, understand different stakeholders’ perspectives, and provide thoughtful counsel on sensitive topics. You’re the kind of person colleagues trust with high‑stakes projects.
• Write clearly and can adapt to different audiences. You can make complex topics accessible without oversimplifying, and you understand how to calibrate tone for different contexts — from technical research summaries to public‑facing blog posts.
• Are interested in AI safety or have relevant context. You don’t need to be a technical expert, but you should have genuine curiosity about AI safety and governance, and ideally some familiarity with the debates and key players in this space. Experience covering AI as a journalist, working at…