Date Posted:
May 22, 2026
Position Title:
Policy Communications and Editorial Manager
Office/Company:
R Street Institute
Party:
N/A
Office Code:
Job Number:
HC-07121
Reports To:
Location:
Washington, DC
Contact:
Salary:
$75,000–$85,000, commensurate with experience
Primary Role
Secondary Role:
Job Type:
Full Time
Description:
The R Street Institute—a free-market think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. and with staff located across the country—seeks a collaborative policy communications and editorial manager.Editing opinion content and substantive policy-oriented pieces, supporting rapid response media relations efforts, translating technical policy concepts into digestible summaries, and assisting senior communications leadership with developing and executing strategic initiatives.Demonstrated experience in a communications, editorial, media relations, or marketing role, Proven knowledge of public policy, ideally with a free-market, classically liberal bent, Experience pitching media in a rapid response context in response to the news cycle, Background in editing both opinion articles and deep policy-oriented pieces with an understanding of audience diversity.
Responsibilities:
• Editing opinion content and substantive policy-oriented pieces
• Supporting rapid response media relations efforts
• Translating technical policy concepts into digestible summaries
• Assisting senior communications leadership with developing and executing strategic initiatives
Qualifications:
• Demonstrated experience in a communications, editorial, media relations, or marketing role
• Proven knowledge of public policy, ideally with a free-market, classically liberal bent
• Experience pitching media in a rapid response context in response to the news cycle
• Background in editing both opinion articles and deep policy-oriented pieces with an understanding of audience diversity
Instructions:
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Other:
The R Street Institute consistently offers pragmatic, real solutions that foster American innovation, bolster competition, and safeguard individual liberty—all with the understanding that life in a democratic society sometimes requires compromises that don’t necessarily represent first, best solutions.
