Available Positions in New York
Research Associate, International Economics
CFR’s David Rockefeller Studies Program is one of the country’s largest foreign policy think tanks, with a widely respected and influential research staff. The Studies Program’s aim is to advance the discussion of American foreign policy and international affairs through its writing, publications, public outreach, and discussions. The Research Associate will work in the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomics Studies, supporting the work of the Senior Fellow focusing on the area of finance, international economics and foreign policy.
Director, Education Marketing
The Director will develop, under the direction of CFR’s Vice President, Education, a comprehensive marketing strategy for both products to academic audiences and the interested public, and oversee the implementation of that strategy.
Assistant Director, Global Communications and Media Relations
The Assistant Director is part of a team that is responsible for communications and media strategy for the CFR President.
Security Analyst
The Security Analyst is responsible for performing all procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction. The position requires a dedicated, analytical, proactive technologist with strong interpersonal and project management skills. This position reports to the Deputy Chief Technology Officer.
Product Manager
CFR is seeking a Product Manager to join its growing Digital team. The Product Manager is responsible for identifying new development opportunities, ensuring their delivery and helping improve internal and consumer-facing product experiences. The Product Manager, reporting to the Director of Product and Design, works closely with other product managers, designers and developers to define product strategy, prioritize features and ensure successful delivery of product initiatives.
Managing Director, Digital Development
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is seeking a Managing Director, Digital Development, to manage CFR’s ongoing transformation across all digital platforms. This encompasses multiple websites, interactive features, video, content management systems and movement toward personalization and customization. Reporting to the Chief Digital Officer, and working closely with the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Technology Officer, they will supervise the Digital Technology team.
Editor, Education
The Council on Foreign Relations is creating innovative educational resources, which seek to equip students and the interested public with the skills, knowledge, and perspective—the global literacy—required to understand the forces, ideas, and institutions that shape our world. These resources include World101, a growing library of multimedia primers explaining the fundamentals of international relations and U.S. foreign policy; and Model Diplomacy, a multimedia simulation program that invites participants to role-play in the context of National Security Council and UN Security Council meetings. Both products come with an array of teaching resources and activities aimed at high school and college instructors and their students. This role will serve as Editor on a small team of staff editors and interns to help create, produce, and manage a growing range of multimedia content for CFR’s World101 course.
Available Positions in Washington, DC
Writer/Editor, Asia, CFR Digital
CFR.org is the Council on Foreign Relations’s award-winning web site that is a leading source of content, analysis, and foreign policy options. It publishes a mix of resources, including interactive InfoGuides, Daily News briefs, and backgrounders. CFR.org collaborates closely with CFR’s think tank staff on its content, and features insights from CFR Fellows in a number of ways, including web briefs, op-eds, and various multimedia. The Writer/Editor will work under the direction of the site’s Managing Editor, Deputy Managing Editor, and Deputy Editor and will work closely with the CFR.org team as well as the think tank staff.
Part-Time Library Assistant
The Library provides access to books, journals, and databases to support research conducted at the Council on Foreign Relations. The Library Assistant will borrow and track materials requested by CFR staff and contribute to Library projects.
Program Associate, Washington Meetings
The Program Associate will be a member of the Washington Meetings Program, which brings major international and domestic officials, thought leaders, and others together with CFR members over the course of more than 100 meetings each year.
Assistant Director, External Affairs
CFR’s Washington External Affairs operation primarily focuses on actively engaging members of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives and their staff, bringing these top decision makers timely, relevant, and useful analyses in an effort to further inform policymaking at the U.S. Capitol. Through discussion and examination of the critical challenges facing the United States and international community, the program seeks to serve as both a direct resource for Congress and a convener of leading thinkers and practitioners both on and off the Hill in a variety of nonpartisan fora. The secondary focus on this program is facilitating limited engagement with the diplomatic community and executive branch. The successful candidate will be skilled at working in a nonpartisan, team-oriented environment.
Event Associate, Washington, DC
The Event Associate will provide support to the Event Management team in the Washington office.
Help Desk Technician
The Help Desk Technician will act as the Council’s computer services help desk operator as a member of the Information Services team, with potential for growth within the team.
Associate Multimedia Producer
CFR.org is CFR’s award-winning website and a leading source of foreign policy analysis. It publishes a mix of resources, including interactives, videos, podcasts, the Daily News Brief newsletter, Backgrounders, and interviews with foreign policy experts. CFR Digital collaborates closely with CFR’s think tank on its content and features insights from CFR fellows in a number of ways, including Expert Briefs and video interviews. The Associate Multimedia Producer will provide production, editorial, and administrative support under the direction of CFR Digital’s Managing Editor and Deputy Director for Multimedia. This is an interim, three month assignment with the possibility of extension.
Video Producer
The Council on Foreign Relations is looking for a video and storytelling professional to join our award-winning Digital team to produce and edit video segments, video series, and media pieces for our websites and various distribution channels. The candidate will have experience producing, editing, and writing short video explainers, mini-documentaries, institutional video assets, and animated graphics in both linear and interactive storytelling formats. This is an interim, three month assignment with the possibility of extension.
Digital Marketing Assistant, Global Communications and Media Relations
The Digital Marketing Assistant is responsible for ensuring high quality execution of social and advertising efforts. This individual will help to develop, execute, and report on effective and creative marketing campaigns to promote CFR, its experts, and its products and initiatives. We are looking for a high-achieving and creative professional who feels as comfortable creating engaging social content as he/she does developing analytics-based insights to inform future work. This individual should be comfortable interpreting complicated material and making this material understandable for a variety of audiences.
How to Apply
Please click on the links above to learn more and apply directly for open positions in either the New York or Washington, DC office.
Contact
For more information, please contact humanresources@cfr.org
New York Office
58 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10065
tel 212.434.9400
Washington Office
1777 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
tel 202.509.8400