PR Specialist | Earned Media, Podcasts & Thought Leadership

Build Public Authority for the Future of Human Intelligence

About Human Intelligence

At Human Intelligence, we're building a future where artificial intelligence helps people better understand themselves, better understand each other, and ultimately create a happier, healthier, and more connected world.

We believe the most powerful ideas deserve to be seen, heard, trusted, and shared.

Our work sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, health, wellbeing, education, human performance, leadership, behavior, and technology. We're building products, platforms, communities, and educational experiences that help people make better decisions, improve their lives, strengthen relationships, and unlock greater human potential.

Now, we're looking for a PR Specialist who can help bring those ideas to the world through earned media, podcasts, thought leadership, speaking opportunities, and strategic public visibility.

This is not paid hype.

This is not advertorial PR.

This is not sponsorship-led visibility.

This is about earning credibility through compelling stories, timely angles, strong relationships, high-quality outreach, and strategic positioning.

Why Top Performers Join Human Intelligence

This isn't a traditional PR assistant role.

You won't simply update media lists or send generic press releases.

You'll become one of the key people responsible for helping Human Intelligence build public credibility, authority, and global visibility.

You'll help position approved leaders, spokespeople, products, services, ideas, and insights in the right media conversations at the right time.

You'll pitch journalists.

Secure podcast interviews.

Identify keynote opportunities.

Develop thought leadership angles.

Build media relationships.

Create briefing notes.

Track results.

Use AI to research faster, personalize smarter, and operate with greater precision.

If you understand earned media and know how to create natural public interest without relying on paid placements, this role is for you.

Compensation Snapshot

Employment Type

Independent Contractor

Location

Remote

Preferred Hiring Regions

Philippines and Southeast Asia

Time Commitment

Full-Time

Monthly Base Compensation

USD $1,000–$1,500 per month, depending on your PR experience, media relationships, earned placement history, AI proficiency, communication skill, and overall alignment with the role.

Performance Incentives

Eligible for performance incentives of up to USD $500 per month based on verified earned media placements, tier-1 podcast bookings, keynote or speaking wins, and KPI over-performance.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a PR Specialist who knows how to generate genuine media interest.

Someone who can identify a timely angle.

Write a compelling pitch.

Research the right journalist, producer, podcast host, or event organizer.

Follow up professionally.

Secure the opportunity.

Prepare the spokesperson.

Track the outcome.

And do it again with consistency.

You'll help build public authority across Human Intelligence's ecosystem by securing earned visibility in relevant media, podcasts, industry publications, speaking platforms, influencer collaborations, and thought leadership opportunities.

This role is ideal for someone who is organized, proactive, outcomes-focused, confident communicating with senior leaders, and comfortable owning PR outcomes end-to-end.

Why This Role Matters

The world is full of noise.

The best ideas don't always win simply because they exist.

They need the right positioning.

The right story.

The right timing.

The right messenger.

The right platform.

As our PR Specialist, your work will help more people discover the mission, products, leaders, and ideas behind Human Intelligence.

You will help build credibility.

Increase trust.

Expand reach.

Strengthen public authority.

Create opportunities for thought leadership.

And help ensure important ideas reach the people who need them most.

About the Role

As our PR Specialist, you'll be responsible for securing earned media, podcast interviews, speaking opportunities, thought leadership placements, and strategic visibility opportunities across relevant industries and audiences.

You will partner closely with Marketing and senior leadership to ensure our public messaging is timely, credible, compelling, and aligned with business priorities.

This is an AI-first PR role.

You'll be expected to actively use AI for research, media list building, pitch personalization, trend analysis, angle development, workflow management, briefing preparation, reporting, and continuous improvement.

What You'll Be Doing

Earned Media & Press Placement

• Secure earned media placements across TV, radio, digital publications, magazines, newspapers, industry media, and authority platforms.
• Pitch approved Human Intelligence leaders, products, services, ideas, and insights into relevant media narratives.
• Identify timely, newsworthy angles aligned with public-interest trends, current events, health, wellbeing, AI, education, longevity, human performance, and technology.
• Build and maintain relationships with journalists, editors, producers, and media gatekeepers.
• Write media pitches, press angles, journalist notes, spokesperson briefs, and follow-up communications.
• Manage media follow-up, scheduling, briefing, and placement logistics from start to finish.

Podcast Placement

• Identify and secure high-quality podcast interviews for approved Human Intelligence spokespeople.
• Research and qualify podcasts based on audience size, credibility, engagement, brand fit, and topic alignment.
• Prioritize tier-1 podcast opportunities with strong reach and public credibility.
• Pitch podcast hosts and producers with tailored angles that create genuine interest.
• Prepare interview briefing notes and spokesperson preparation materials.
• Track podcast outreach, responses, bookings, publication status, and audience reach.

Keynote & Speaking Opportunities

• Research global conferences, summits, panels, virtual events, and speaking opportunities aligned with Human Intelligence's core themes.
• Pitch approved speakers for keynote, featured speaker, panel, interview, and expert commentary opportunities.
• Write speaker abstracts, session titles, event proposals, bios, and speaker positioning documents.
• Prioritize value-exchange opportunities wherever possible, including speaking in return for exposure, access, booth presence, partner benefits, or strategic visibility.
• Track opportunities, deadlines, submissions, responses, bookings, and results.

Influencer & Authority Partnerships

• Identify relevant influencers, creators, experts, podcast hosts, educators, industry figures, and thought leaders.
• Vet opportunities based on reach, credibility, engagement, audience trust, and brand fit.
• Support non-paid value-exchange collaborations where appropriate.
• Coordinate outreach, relationship management, deliverables, follow-up, and documentation.
• Ensure every collaboration strengthens credibility, not just visibility.

Thought Leadership & Profile Building

• Help strengthen the public profiles of approved Human Intelligence leaders and spokespeople.
• Build consistent narrative themes across media, podcasts, speaking opportunities, and thought leadership platforms.
• Support the creation of spokesperson bios, positioning statements, talking points, media briefs, and authority-building materials.
• Work with Marketing to ensure PR opportunities are supported with strong copy, assets, landing pages, social content, and follow-up campaigns.

AI-First PR Execution

Use AI to improve:

• Media research
• Journalist list building
• Podcast research
• Pitch personalization
• Trend scanning
• Angle development
• Event research
• Influencer research
• Briefing notes
• Reporting
• Outreach tracking
• Workflow automation
• Public positioning
• Thought leadership development

Reporting & Accountability

• Track outreach volume, response rates, positive response rates, booked opportunities, placements, reach, and results.
• Maintain organized PR trackers and CRM records.
• Provide weekly updates and monthly performance reports.
• Ensure outreach, media lists, placements, and results are documented clearly and consistently.
• Help make PR activity repeatable, scalable, measurable, and continuously improving.

Our Culture

At Human Intelligence, PR is not about chasing attention.

It's about earning trust.

We're building public visibility through substance, credibility, strong ideas, meaningful impact, and intelligent positioning.

AI-First PR

Artificial intelligence is embedded into how we work.

We expect every PR Specialist to actively use AI to improve research, outreach, personalization, tracking, writing, trend analysis, reporting, and strategic planning.

AI helps us move faster and think more strategically.

Human judgment ensures our stories remain credible, relevant, ethical, and emotionally intelligent.

Human-First Messaging

Everything we communicate should ultimately help people.

Our public visibility should educate, inspire, clarify, and build trust.

We want our media presence to contribute meaningful ideas to public conversations around health, AI, education, wellbeing, human performance, and the future of human understanding.

Earned Authority

We value real credibility.

This role is focused on earned visibility, not paid placements, advertorials, sponsorship-only PR, or empty vanity metrics.

We want someone who knows how to create natural media demand through relevance, timing, relationships, and strong storytelling.

Ownership

We're looking for someone who owns outcomes.

If a pitch doesn't land, improve the angle.

If a media list isn't strong enough, rebuild it.

If a spokesperson needs better preparation, create the briefing.

If a trend emerges, identify the opportunity.

If AI can improve the workflow, implement it.

High Standards

PR requires precision.

Names matter.

Titles matter.

Timing matters.

Follow-up matters.

Tone matters.

Facts matter.

Every pitch, email, briefing note, tracker, and report must be accurate, polished, professional, and thoroughly reviewed before it is sent or shared.

Continuous Learning

Media changes constantly.

AI changes constantly.

Public conversations change constantly.

We're looking for someone who stays curious, monitors trends, learns quickly, adapts messaging, and continually improves how Human Intelligence shows up in the world.

Ready to Build Public Authority That Matters?

If you're excited about earned media, podcast placement, thought leadership, AI-first PR, and helping important ideas reach the world...

We'd love to hear from you.

Join Human Intelligence and help build the public authority behind a mission designed to help people live healthier, happier, more connected lives.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

We're looking for an experienced PR operator who can secure real earned visibility independently.

You should have:

• 5+ years of experience in Public Relations, Communications, Media Relations, Earned Media, Thought Leadership, or Earned Visibility.
• Proven track record securing earned media placements without relying on paid PR, advertorials, or sponsorship-only placements.
• Strong media pitching ability across journalists, producers, editors, podcast hosts, and event organizers.
• Experience writing strong journalist pitches, producer pitches, podcast pitches, speaker abstracts, bios, briefing notes, and follow-up communications.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• Excellent organization and follow-through.
• Ability to manage multiple outreach streams at the same time.
• Strong research capability.
• Confidence communicating with senior leaders and preparing spokesperson materials.
• Ability to work independently in a fully remote environment.
• Strong attention to detail.

AI-First PR Experience

We're specifically looking for someone who actively uses AI to work faster, smarter, and more strategically.

Experience using AI for:

• Media research
• Journalist list building
• Podcast research
• Event research
• Pitch personalization
• Trend monitoring
• Angle development
• Briefing notes
• Outreach tracking
• Reporting
• Workflow optimization

will be highly regarded.

Experience using ChatGPT and modern AI productivity tools is expected.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in one or more of the following areas will be highly regarded:

• Health
• Wellbeing
• Artificial intelligence
• Education
• Human performance
• Longevity
• Psychology
• Technology
• Digital health
• Thought leadership
• Executive visibility
• Speaker placement
• Podcast booking
• Influencer partnerships
• International PR

What Success Looks Like

You'll be successful if you consistently:

• Secure earned media placements in relevant, credible outlets.
• Build strong journalist, producer, podcast, event, and influencer relationships.
• Achieve strong positive response rates across qualified outreach.
• Secure tier-1 podcast interviews and authority-building conversations.
• Identify and win keynote, panel, and speaking opportunities.
• Build public authority for approved Human Intelligence spokespeople.
• Maintain accurate reporting, outreach records, and placement documentation.
• Use AI to improve research, targeting, personalization, and workflow efficiency.
• Collaborate effectively with Marketing and leadership.
• Strengthen Human Intelligence's credibility, visibility, and public trust.

KPI Expectations

Success in this role will be measured against clear earned visibility outcomes, including:

• Positive response rate across qualified media targets.
• Conversion from outreach to booked opportunities.
• Quality of media placements.
• Podcast interview bookings.
• Speaking opportunity wins.
• Estimated earned reach.
• Influencer or value-exchange collaboration outcomes.
• Authority growth indicators including inbound media interest, branded search, public mentions, and spokesperson visibility.
• Quality, accuracy, and consistency of reporting.
• Alignment between PR activity and business priorities.

You'll Thrive Here If You...

• You know how to create genuine media interest.
• You are not dependent on paid PR.
• You understand how to craft angles journalists actually care about.
• You follow up professionally and consistently.
• You are organized, proactive, and reliable.
• You communicate with confidence, warmth, and professionalism.
• You embrace AI as part of your daily workflow.
• You have exceptional attention to detail.
• You enjoy building relationships.
• You are outcome-focused.
• You can work independently without constant supervision.
• You are motivated by helping meaningful ideas reach more people.
• You want to contribute to a mission that improves health, wellbeing, education, understanding, and human connection.

Benefits

Compensation

Employment Type: Independent Contractor

Location: Remote

Monthly Base Compensation

USD $1,000–$1,500 per month, depending on your PR experience, earned media track record, communication skills, AI proficiency, media relationships, and overall alignment with the role.

Performance Incentives

In addition to your monthly retainer, you may be eligible for performance incentives of up to USD $500 per month, tied to verified and documented PR outcomes such as:

• Earned media placements
• High-quality podcast bookings
• Keynote or speaking wins
• Tier-1 or Tier-2 authority placements
• Qualified influencer or value-exchange collaborations
• Strong pitch response rates
• Measurable reach and visibility outcomes
• KPI over-performance

Performance incentives are contingent on verified results, documented deliverables, and agreed KPI achievement.

Payment & Contractor Terms

This is an independent contractor engagement.

Payment is made in USD through the approved payment method.

Contractors are responsible for their own taxes, insurance, benefits, and statutory obligations in their own jurisdiction.

This role is outcomes-driven, with performance measured by quality, reliability, documentation, communication, earned visibility, KPI achievement, and verified PR outcomes.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Help build public authority for a mission-driven AI-first organization.
• Work on ideas that genuinely improve people's lives.
• Secure visibility across health, AI, education, wellbeing, longevity, performance, and human development.
• Collaborate with senior leaders, marketing, partnerships, and executive stakeholders.
• Use AI to make PR research, outreach, and reporting faster and smarter.
• Enjoy meaningful ownership over earned visibility outcomes.
• Work remotely with flexibility and an outcome-focused culture.
• Build a portfolio of meaningful earned media, podcast, speaking, and thought leadership wins.

Professional Growth

We're looking for a PR specialist who can grow with the organization.

As Human Intelligence expands, outstanding performers may have opportunities to progress into broader roles such as Senior PR Specialist, Thought Leadership Manager, Media Relations Lead, Public Authority Manager, Head of PR, Director of Communications, or broader marketing and visibility leadership.

If you're passionate about earned media, meaningful visibility, intelligent storytelling, and helping important ideas reach the world, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help build the public authority of Human Intelligence.