Current Job Postings
Podcast Producer
Job Description: The Future of Life Institute is hiring a producer for the Future of Life Institute Podcast to help with the production and growth of the show. The Producer will be responsible for the editing, production, publishing, and analytics tracking of the audio and visual content of the podcast. The Producer will work with and under the close supervision of the Host and Director of the podcast, and also within FLI’s outreach team.
Location(s): Remote, preferably between the time zones of PST to CET.
Hours: Full-time equivalent, flexible hours.
Contract Type: Consultancy.
Compensation: $20-$30 per hour.
Responsibilities:
- Reviewing audio/video content for quality.
- Coordinating with the audio/video editor to develop episodes.
- Publishing podcast content to video and audio feeds.
- Reviewing podcast transcriptions and constructing WordPress pages.
- Creating or managing the creation of design materials such as thumbnails, logos, and video elements.
- Selecting highlights of the podcast to publish on our social media channels.
- Coordinating with our social media team for the effective promotion of content.
- Tracking analytics and metrics for understanding trends and best practices.
- Working with the host to improve the overall content and quality of the show.
- Researching potential guests.
Required Traits/Qualifications:
- Idealistic, self-motivated, highly organized, detail-oriented, industrious, and generally capable.
- Excited by the prospect of joining a small but very influential team looking to improve humanity’s future.
- Fluency in English.
- An ability to work independently and quickly, with a proactive work-ethic. Physical location is largely immaterial but the willingness to travel to occasional events is important. Though the Podcast Producer will work closely with the outreach team, the position requires an ability to work geographically separate from the rest of the team, as well as an ability to manage one’s time responsibly.
- A strong interest in technology and existential risk, as well as the power and potential of existential risk outreach.
- Enjoys engaging with and creating audio and visual content.
- A bachelor’s degree (or due to receive one in Summer 2021).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience with podcasting, YouTube, and content creation.
- Strong interest in one or more of the following domains: effective altruism, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, nuclear weapons, lethal autonomous weapons, global catastrophic and existential risk.
- Experience with WordPress.
- Familiarity with audio and video editing programs.
Application Procedures:
Stage 1: Access this application form and respond to the prompts (max 500 words per answer).
Stage 2: Interviews with the Host & Director of the podcast as well as with FLI board members.
Deadline: July 31st, 23.59 GMT, with rolling applications thereafter until the role is filled.
Questions or concerns may be directed to lucas@futureoflife.org
Social Media Manager
Job Description: The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is hiring a Social Media Manager to represent our organization across a range of social channels and enhance our online presence. The Manager will work under the close supervision of the Director of Communications and within FLI’s outreach team.
If you’re the kind of person who gets a special kind of thrill out of identifying maximally effective strategies for communicating your views and arguments, you’d enjoy this job since the Manager will play an important role in revamping our communications strategy. Moving forward, our approach to communicating about existential and global catastrophic risk is going to be grounded in data from a wider range of fields – from cognitive representations of the future to anthropological case studies about risk communication in natural disaster zones – all of which our new Manager would have the opportunity to engage with.
FLI is a non-profit working to mitigate existential and global catastrophic risks from powerful technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, through policy and outreach. Our work includes advocating for better policymaking on emerging technologies in the US and abroad, providing grants for existential risk reduction and AI safety research, running conferences, and performing public outreach.
Location(s): Remote, preferably within the time zones ET to CET.
Hours: Full-time equivalent, flexible hours.
Contract Type: Consultancy.
Compensation: $20-$30 per hour, commensurate with experience.
Responsibilities:
- Researching, creating and posting engaging content on our social media platforms.
- Creating and managing paid social media campaigns.
- Tracking and analysing social media analytics.
- Writing FLI’s monthly newsletters.
- Identifying opportunities for FLI to reactively and proactively contribute to and influence discussions, online and offline, related to our areas of focus.
- If proficient in further languages, translating content.
- Providing general support to other members of the outreach team.
Required Traits/Qualifications:
- Idealistic, self-motivated, highly organised, detail-oriented, industrious, and generally capable.
- Excited by the prospect of joining a small but very influential team looking to improve humanity’s future.
- Fluency in English; advanced writing skills are particularly important.
- An ability to work independently and quickly, with a proactive work-ethic. Physical location is largely immaterial but willingness to travel to occasional events is important. Though the social media manager will work closely with the outreach team, the position requires an ability to work geographically separate from the rest of the team, as well as an ability to manage one’s time responsibly.
- A strong interest in technology and existential risk.
- Interested in the power and potential of social media.
- A bachelor’s degree (or due to receive one in Summer 2021).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience managing at least one of the following social media platforms: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Reddit and Instagram.
- Strong interest in one or more of the following domains: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, nuclear weapons, lethal autonomous weapons, climate change, global catastrophic and existential risk.
- Additional language proficiency, especially Spanish and Portuguese.
Application Procedures:
Stage 1: Access this application form and respond to the following prompts (max 500 words per answer):
- What do you think about existential risk?
- What’s one thing you think FLI could be doing better on its Twitter page?
Stage 2: If we are interested in pursuing your application, we will provide you with a short writing task.
Stage 3: If you perform well in the written task, you will be called for interview(s).
Deadline: Rolling applications until the position is filled.
Questions or concerns may be directed to socialmedia@futureoflife.org
Website Manager
Job Description: The Future of Life Institute is hiring a Website Manager to develop, maintain and update our website content and constantly improve the User Experience of the website.
Location(s): Remote
Hours: Full-time equivalent, flexible hours.
Contract Type: Consultancy.
Compensation: $25-$35 per hour, commensurate with experience.
Responsibilities:
- Create appropriate website content aligned with the organization’s mission
- Improve the User Experience of the website regularly
- Plan, implement, manage, monitor and upgrade the organization’s website
- Conduct content audits to eliminate redundant and/or duplicate information
- Create strategies to grow subscriber base and web traffic metrics
- Collect data and report on traffic, rankings, engagement and other SEO aspects
- Identify, assemble, and manage teams of external designers, web developers, and other vendors, as needed.
Required Traits/Qualifications:
- A strong interest in technology and existential risk
- Excited by the prospect of joining a small but very influential team looking to improve humanity’s future
- Expert knowledge of WordPress
- Excellent content creation and writing skills in English
- Knowledge of standard and current SEO practices and experience with SEO reporting
- Strong understanding of Google Analytics and Google Search Console
- Idealistic, self-motivated, highly organized, detail-oriented, industrious, and generally capable.
- Strong attention to detail with an analytical mind and outstanding problem-solving skills
- An ability to work independently and quickly, with a proactive work-ethic. Physical location is largely immaterial but willingness to travel to occasional events is important. Though the website manager will work closely with the outreach team, the position requires an ability to work geographically separate from the rest of the team, as well as an ability to manage one’s time responsibly.
- Bachelor’s degree
Preferred Qualifications:
- Work experience as a website manager
- UX/UI experience a plus
- Basic graphic design skills and a keen sense of aesthetics
Application Procedures:
Stage 1: Visit this page, upload your CV and respond to the following prompts:
- What do you think about existential risk?
- What’s one thing you think FLI could be doing better on its website? Be specific.
Deadline: Rolling applications until the position is filled.
