Communications Officer, Media Relations

Coefficient Giving

Communications Officer focusing on media relations for Coefficient Giving. Responsible for pitching stories, monitoring coverage, and building journalist relationships.

Posted 7/24/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $145,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in media relations and public speaking, with a strong ability to craft clear and effective communication tailored to diverse audiences. Proven track record in managing high-stakes situations and building relationships with journalists while maintaining a focus on organizational reputation.

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Media Relations ExperienceSpokesperson SkillsStrong News JudgmentCrisis CommunicationRelationship Building

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Hard Skills

Press Work ManagementStory PitchingStatement DraftingInterview PreparationMedia Monitoring

Soft Skills

Judgment Under PressureCollaborative MindsetClear WritingAdaptabilityCalmness in Deadline Situations

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Public RelationsJournalismReputational Risk AssessmentAI SafetyGlobal Health

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About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serving as an on-the-record and on-background spokesperson. You'll speak with reporters on the record and on background on behalf of Coefficient Giving, representing us accurately and credibly across our portfolio.
Pitching and placing stories. You'll develop story ideas and build relationships with journalists to secure accurate, high-quality coverage of our work across topics like AI safety, global health, scientific R&D, abundance and growth, and farm animal welfare.
Building and maintaining journalist relationships. You'll cultivate and manage a network of reporters and editors across relevant beats, keep our media lists and relationship tracking up to date, and help ensure an appropriate cadence of contact with the people who cover us.
Managing reactive press work. You'll often be a first point of contact for incoming media inquiries — triaging requests, drafting statements and talking points, and coordinating fast, well-judged responses on deadline. You’ll exercise sound judgement on when a story warrants a response and when it’s better left alone.
Preparing spokespeople. You'll prepare staff, leadership, and (where relevant) grantees for interviews, producing briefing documents, Q&As, and talking points, running prep sessions and supporting media trainings, and giving candid feedback before and after interviews.
Monitoring coverage and the landscape. You'll track how we and our grantees are covered, flag risks and opportunities early, and help craft quick, calibrated responses.
Supporting reputational risk review. You'll bring a media lens to assessments of grants and communications for PR sensitivities, helping the team think through how decisions might be perceived externally.
Collaborating with the broader communications team on cross-cutting projects (e.g. the newsletter, internal communications, social media) and helping maintain our standards and processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3–7 years of professional experience, ideally including time in media relations, a press office, public relations, or journalism.
Have experience as a spokesperson. A track record of speaking with reporters on the record is strongly preferred; you're comfortable being a named, on-the-record and on-background point of contact and representing an organization in your own voice.
Have strong news judgment and instincts for press work. You understand how newsrooms operate, what makes a story, and how to pitch one. You can read a developing situation and judge whether, when, and how we should engage.
Have strong judgment on sensitive, high-stakes situations. You can weigh reputational risks, anticipate how different audiences will react, and give thoughtful counsel under time pressure. You're the kind of person colleagues trust with delicate situations.
Write clearly and quickly, and can adapt to different audiences. You can turn a complex topic into a crisp pitch, statement, or talking point, and calibrate tone for the context, without oversimplifying or overclaiming.
Build productive relationships with journalists, and with researchers, leaders, and program staff who may have very different priorities and communication styles. You're collaborative, responsive, and bring a service mindset to your work.
Stay calm under pressure. You are comfortable working on deadline and in tight, rapid-response environments.
Are interested in our work. You don't need to be an expert in our focus areas, but you should be genuinely curious about them, motivated by our mission, and comfortable getting up to speed quickly across a wide range of topics.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Excellent health insurance (we cover 100% of premiums within the U.S. for you and any eligible dependents) and an employer-funded Health Reimbursement Arrangement for certain other personal health expenses.
Dental, vision, and life insurance for you and your family.
Four weeks of PTO recommended per year.
Four months of fully paid family leave.
A generous and flexible expense policy — we encourage staff to expense the ergonomic equipment, software, and other services that they need to stay healthy and productive. This policy also includes a productivity benefit, which provides a set amount for staff to expense items that enhance their productivity.
A continual learning policy that encourages staff to spend time on professional development with related expenses covered.