# Consumer Lifestyle Communications Manager

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Communications
**Salary:** $185k – $205k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** pr, Media Relations, consumer technology, ai technologies, communications, Storytelling, press inquiries, trend spotting, editorial judgment
**Posted:** 2026-07-27

> Communications professional to develop campaigns and storytelling for OpenAI consumer products like ChatGPT. Requires 7+ years PR/media relations experience, ability to translate technical topics for mainstream audiences, and strong media relationships.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead proactive user and seasonal storytelling that makes technology matter to everyday people.
- Support communications campaigns that showcase ChatGPT’s distinctive benefits and capabilities for global consumer audiences.
- Translate technical topics into clear, compelling narratives grounded in real-world impact.
- Build trusted relationships with consumer and lifestyle media, and manage inbound press inquiries across a range of topics.
- Partner with marketing, product, community, and global communications teams to deliver integrated campaigns.
- Spot emerging cultural and consumer trends, and move quickly to turn the right moments into relevant, high-impact storytelling opportunities.
- Identify compelling user stories worth telling to the world.

## Requirements
- 7+ years of PR and media relations experience, ideally with a strong background in consumer technology. In-house experience is a plus.
- Experience with AI technologies—or a deep personal interest in the field.
- Exceptional ability to translate complex technical information into clear, engaging communications for mainstream audiences.
- A proven ability to build trusted relationships with press, executives, partners, and cross-functional teams.
- A love of pitching and a track record of turning user stories into narratives that resonate.
- A highly collaborative, low-ego working style suited to an experienced, fast-moving team.
- Strong cultural instincts and the ability to spot emerging trends and move quickly on the right moments.
- Sound judgment and a calm, solutions-oriented approach to complex, high-profile work.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with sharp editorial judgment.
- Experience managing PR agency partners.
- Experience working with paid talent.

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