Senior Communications Analyst

Milltown Partners; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary bands and bonuses

401(k) with company match

Healthcare options

PTO and holidays

Winter break

Parental leave

Sabbatical leave

Hybrid work model

Career development

Job summary

Milltown Partners in San Francisco seeks a Senior Analyst to deepen research and analysis, shaping client advice and contributing independently. You’ll work across live challenges for technology clients and investors, bringing a clear point of view and rigorous analysis beyond summaries.

You’ll use tools like Factiva, Meltwater and Claude to produce rigorous insights, and you’ll help craft client communications while developing advisory skills in business strategy and policy.

Qualifications

• Minimum 18 months professional experience in communications or policy.
• Strong written and verbal communication for diverse audiences.
• Experience researching and translating findings into clear analysis.
• Understanding of reputation management and corporate storytelling.
• Experience using AI tools safely and critically (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini).
• Interest in technology industry opportunities and challenges.
• Curiosity about technology, policy, investment and media.
• Desire to develop advisory skills in business strategy and communications.
• Collaborative mindset and willingness to learn from colleagues.
• Commitment to seeking and acting on feedback.
• Interest/experience in technology policy, financial communications, or stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with AI tools in academic or professional settings.
• Technical interests—websites, apps or similar projects.

Responsibilities

• Use Factiva and Meltwater to monitor media and policymakers.
• Leverage AI studio and Claude/Notebook LM to produce rigorous analysis.
• Draft content for CEOs, policymakers, journalists and investors.
• Contribute to discussions on client communications and audiences.
• Translate complexity into clear, actionable insights.
• Help manage logistics: scheduling, agendas, and tracking.
• Collaborate across the firm to sustain a high-standard advisory environment.

Skills

Media monitoring

Policy analysis

AI tools use

Research synthesis

Client advisory

Stakeholder engagement

Written communication

Collaboration

Tech policy interest

Tools

Factiva

Meltwater

Claude

Notebook LM

ChatGPT

AI studio

Job description

Our clients operate at the frontiers of innovation - we advise technology companies driving change, global investors funding the future, the giants of sport and entertainment, and influential individuals on the communications and policy challenges that define their reputations. Our work spans corporate and financial communications, policy and public affairs to engage regulators and policymakers, policy communications and leadership communications. We underpin the full breadth of our capabilities with research-driven insights and campaigns. We're also pioneering AI-enhanced advisory work for both our clients and internal innovation, using technology to unlock insights from data at unprecedented scale and speed.

The role

Great communications and policy advice starts with brilliant research and analysis. As a Senior Analyst at Milltown Partners, you'll bring a more developed perspective to that work – not just producing the analysis that informs our advice, but beginning to shape it. You'll have enough experience to work with greater independence, take ownership of your outputs, and start to contribute meaningfully to how we solve problems for clients.

You'll work on live challenges across a range of sectors and issue types. You might be leading the media and stakeholder analysis for a technology company navigating a regulatory investigation. You could be tracking policy developments across multiple jurisdictions to help a global investor understand the landscape they're operating in. The work is substantive, the clients are sophisticated, and the expectation is that you'll bring a clear point of view, not just a summary.

We're looking for people who are ready to apply and develop what they know in a high-standards advisory environment.

What you'll do

You'll use research platforms like Factiva and Meltwater to monitor media, track policymakers and stakeholders, and understand the landscape our clients operate in. You'll leverage our internal AI studio and tools such as Claude and Notebook LM to produce analysis that's rigorous and useful. This isn't about summarising - it's about finding the thread that matters and pulling on it.

You'll contribute to discussions about what our clients should do and how they should communicate. You'll learn to think about audiences (investors, policymakers, journalists, employees), channels (owned platforms, media, policy engagement) and timing. You'll develop your own perspectives on the issues our clients face - whether that's AI regulation, competitive dynamics or stakeholder positioning - and share them with colleagues and clients.

From media briefings to policy analysis to internal reports, you'll draft content that's clear, compelling and tailored to purpose. You'll write for CEOs, policymakers, journalists and investors - often all in the same week. The ability to translate complexity into clarity is fundamental to the work.

You'll help manage the logistics that keep client work moving - scheduling, monitoring, agendas, and making sure nothing falls through the cracks. It sounds simple, but doing it well makes everything else possible.

Contribute to a collaborative culture

You'll work with people across the firm, give and receive feedback regularly, and help create an environment where everyone can do their best work. At Milltown, we're all in this together - comradeship isn't just a value, it's how we operate.

What we're looking for

You’ll have at least 18 months professional experience in communications, policy or a related field, and you'll be ready to build on it in a more demanding advisory context.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write independently for different audiences and purposes
• Experience conducting research and translating findings into clear, logical analysis and arguments
• Understanding of how reputation management and corporate storytelling work in practice, including how communications shapes outcomes for influential organisations and individuals
• Experience using AI tools (eg. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) effectively, safely and critically
• Interest in the opportunities and challenges facing the technology industry
• Intellectual curiosity about a broad range of subjects relevant to our clients, including technology, policy, investment and media
• A genuine desire to develop advisory skills in business strategy, public policy and communications
• Collaborative instincts - you value working with others and learning from people around you
• A commitment to seeking feedback and acting on it
• Demonstrable interest or experience in one or more of the areas where we work (e.g. technology policy, financial communications, stakeholder engagement)
• Experience using AI tools effectively in an academic or professional setting
• Technical interests - whether that's building websites, apps or other projects

We're an independent, employee-owned firm, which means the people who work here share in our collective success. We operate across London, Brussels, San Francisco, New York, and Washington D.C., advising technology companies, global investors, iconic brands and influential individuals on the communications and policy challenges that define their reputations.

Our culture is built on five values: brilliance, restlessness, comradeship, inclusivity and integrity. We expect a lot from each other, but we also invest in each other—through honest feedback, shared learning and genuine care that goes beyond the work itself.

We're also serious about building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We have measurable commitments around representation, inclusion, and supporting underrepresented communities through pro bono work. Creating an environment where everyone can thrive is central to how we operate.

By joining us, you’ll have access to:

• Competitive, transparent pay with open salary bands, plus twice-yearly bonuses
• 401(k) with company match, eligible from day one
• Robust healthcare options, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus dedicated mental health support
• 26 days PTO, 10 sick days, and 10 public holidays
• Two-week company-wide winter break
• Paid parental leave
• Sabbatical leave
• Hybrid working model with three days in office (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)
• Structured career development with clear progression pathways and a defined career framework