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About the Role

We are hiring our first Head of Communications & PR to drive Apollo's earned media presence and ensure Apollo's research and perspectives reach the right audiences. This is a senior strategic role, and you will be Apollo's first communications hire, building the function from the ground up. The primary objective is to ensure Apollo is recognised as a credible, go-to source on frontier AI safety topics where it has genuine expertise, building the organisation's profile, ensuring the CEO's research perspective and expertise reach the audiences where they're most needed, and building crisis communications preparedness as Apollo's US profile grows.

Responsibilities

• Develop a high-level, long-term media strategy for Apollo, identifying relevant research expertise and planning research output and public engagement.
• Move Apollo from opportunistic, reactive media engagement to a deliberate communications approach.
• Maintain and evolve a comms calendar mapping Apollo's research agenda to external moments and target speaking engagements.
• Advise leadership on communicating complex technical material clearly and credibly.
• Shape and execute Apollo's external communications, establishing Apollo as a recognised, credible source on frontier AI safety issues.
• Build and execute a strategy to ensure the CEO's research expertise and perspective on AI safety reach the right audiences.
• Shape and execute external communications for Apollo leadership, ensuring the CEO is recognised as a credible expert.
• Lead the translation of technical research into clear, media-relevant materials for US and international audiences.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure external messaging aligns with research integrity and organisational priorities.
• Build and maintain deep, trusted relationships with US journalists across AI, technology, and adjacent beats.
• Proactively place research-led and issue-driven stories, exclusives, and op-eds.
• Actively pitch and secure speaking engagements for Apollo leadership and select staff globally.
• Manage inbound media interest and prepare leadership for media engagements.
• Build and maintain a communications preparedness framework for crisis response.
• Establish response protocols, escalation paths, and pre-prepared materials as standard operational practice.
• Build templates, self-serve playbooks, checklists, and sign-off workflows to establish consistent comms quality.
• Partner closely with London-based operational support to ensure consistent execution across geographies.

Requirements

• 7–8+ years of senior communications experience in strategic communications, science or technology journalism, or comparable roles.
• Comfortable operating in an environment where honesty and accuracy take precedence over message control.
• Demonstrated experience building a communications function or long-term media strategy from scratch at a scaling organisation.
• Demonstrated track record of proactively pitching and placing stories with top-tier US outlets.
• Proven track record of elevating organisational brand and earned media presence, ideally in technology, research, or adjacent domains.
• Past success developing and executing thought leadership strategies that have significantly boosted executive profiles over a 6–12 month period.
• Established relationships with US journalists covering AI, technology, and/or policy.
• Strong editorial judgement and narrative instinct, including knowing when not to engage publicly.
• Experience building or owning crisis communications frameworks, with an understanding of reputational risk management.
• Ability to translate complex technical material into clear external narratives without oversimplifying.
• Experience building organisational brand and thought leadership programs from scratch.
• Familiarity with AI safety, advanced AI systems, or adjacent technical domains or a demonstrated ability to master a new technical domain quickly.
• A track record of proactive story placement and earned media results.
• Experience communicating on behalf of research organizations or technical teams where credibility and accuracy were non-negotiable.
• Experience operating primarily in the US, with UK/EU as secondary.
• Experience with crisis communications planning in a high-profile organisation.
• Experience supporting senior leadership positioning at an organisational level.

Skills

• Strategic communications
• Science journalism
• Technology journalism
• Media strategy
• Communications strategy
• Narrative architecture
• Thought leadership
• Brand building
• Research translation
• Earned media
• Relationship building
• Crisis communications
• Communications operations
• AI safety
• Advanced AI systems

Location

• US-based
• San Francisco
• New York
• Washington, DC

Work Type

• Full-time
• In-person
• Remote

Experience Level

• Senior

Salary/Compensations

• $150,000–$240,000

Benefits

• Competitive, US-based salary
• Equity and competitive benefits
• Opportunity to build the communications function and external voice from the ground up
• Collaborative, intellectually rigorous environment
• Strategic autonomy with real global impact
• Flexible work hours and schedule
• Unlimited vacation
• Paid work trips, including staff retreats, business travel, and relevant conferences
• A yearly $1,000 professional development budget

About the Company

• Apollo Research is a mission-driven AI safety organisation focused on identifying and mitigating high-impact risks from advanced AI systems, including deceptive alignment and related failure modes.
• We operate at the intersection of technical research, governance analysis, and real-world impact to ensure advanced models act as intended and contribute positively to society.
• At Apollo, we aim for a culture that emphasizes truth-seeking, being goal-oriented, giving and receiving constructive feedback, and being friendly and helpful.
• Apollo prioritizes getting things right over getting attention, and the communications role should reflect that.

Equal Opportunity

• Apollo Research is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• We value diversity and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.