Application Guide

How to Apply for Growth

at CivAI

🏢 About CivAI

CivAI is a unique nonprofit focused on making AI risks tangible and understandable to diverse audiences through concrete demonstrations, not just theoretical discussions. Unlike typical tech companies, it combines technical AI understanding with public communication and social impact, offering a mission-driven environment where your work directly informs public understanding of critical technology.

About This Role

This Growth role at CivAI involves designing and executing creative experiments to communicate AI risks to the general public, turning successful approaches into scalable processes. You'll be responsible for identifying target audiences, collaborating with creators and partners, managing multi-platform launches, and rigorously measuring impact—directly advancing the organization's mission of public AI education through innovative outreach.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might involve brainstorming a new experiment to demonstrate AI bias via an interactive demo, collaborating with a writer on blog content, analyzing metrics from a recent social media campaign, and refining a process to scale a successful outreach tactic. You'll switch between creative ideation, partner coordination, and data analysis to drive public understanding of AI risks.

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🎯 Who CivAI Is Looking For

  • Has startup growth experience with a strong experimentation mindset, able to design tests, measure outcomes (e.g., engagement metrics, conversion rates), and iterate based on data
  • Demonstrates proven success in communicating complex social issues to broad audiences via campaigns, social media, or mass media, ideally with portfolio examples
  • Exhibits high personal agency—can independently initiate projects like a new demo series or partnership and drive them to completion despite ambiguity
  • Is comfortable wearing multiple hats in a lean nonprofit, switching between strategic planning, hands-on content distribution, partner management, and data analysis

📝 Tips for Applying to CivAI

1

Highlight specific experiments you've run in past growth/marketing roles—detail the hypothesis, action, metrics measured, and learnings applied

2

Showcase any public-facing work on social issues (e.g., climate change, privacy) and quantify reach or impact, as CivAI focuses on AI risk communication

3

Demonstrate your ability to work with creators/contractors by mentioning collaborations that produced distributed content (e.g., videos, articles, social campaigns)

4

Tailor your resume to emphasize scalability—describe how you turned a one-off success into a repeatable process or system

5

Research CivAI's existing demos and content (e.g., on their website) and suggest one concrete experiment idea for communicating AI risks to a new audience

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

["Explain why you're passionate about AI risk communication specifically, linking to CivAI's mission of public education through demonstrations", 'Detail a past campaign or experiment where you measured results rigorously and iterated based on learnings, ideally related to social issues or technology', 'Describe your experience working with external partners or creators to produce and distribute content, highlighting collaboration outcomes', 'Mention your proactive approach to growth—share an example of a project you initiated and how you persevered to launch it']

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Explore CivAI's website and existing demos—understand their current approach to AI risk communication and identify gaps or opportunities
  • → Review their social media presence (e.g., Twitter, YouTube) to analyze content style, audience engagement, and distribution channels
  • → Learn about key AI risks (e.g., bias, misinformation, safety) to discuss how you'd make them tangible for non-technical audiences
  • → Research the nonprofit's partners or past campaigns to see how they collaborate externally and tailor your examples accordingly
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💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Walk us through an experiment you designed to communicate a complex issue to the public—what was your creative action space and how did you measure success?
2 How would you identify and refine an ideal customer profile for an AI risk demo targeting, for example, educators or policymakers?
3 Describe a time you managed a multi-platform launch (e.g., content, social media, press). What challenges did you face and how did you measure impact?
4 How do you balance creativity in experiments with the need to build scalable, repeatable processes? Give an example from your past work.
5 What's one AI risk you think is under-communicated to the public, and how might you create a concrete demonstration for it at CivAI?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Applying with generic growth/marketing experience without highlighting specific experiments or measurable results—CivAI values data-driven iteration
  • Failing to demonstrate experience with public-facing communication on social issues—this role requires translating AI risks for mass audiences, not just technical teams
  • Showing discomfort with ambiguity or lack of examples initiating projects—the role demands high agency in a lean, experimental environment

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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