In a small office that operates at the global level, on any given day I might work closely with the secretariat for the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Wealth Inequality, plan interviews with top-tier national and international media outlets and edit opinion pieces to be placed in similarly topnotch publications. Or, I might interview graduate student applicants, discuss media strategy, advise on events at the Vatican and lead office meetings. I field dozens of media requests each month, deciding which interviews are strategically important as well as beneficial for their audience.

The job requires excellent relations with the media, universities, publishers, governments and nonprofit institutions, the ability to juggle competing priorities, agility in the face of obstacles, a commitment to getting things done quickly but well, discretion and a deep interest in policy, economics and world affairs.