Associate, Public Relations, External Affairs & Communications

About Bridgewater

Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for the most sophisticated global institutional investors.

Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit to understand how the world’s markets and economies work — using cutting edge technology to validate and execute on timeless and universal investment principles.

Founded in 1975, we are a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment for excellence. By fostering a culture of openness, transparency, and inclusion, we strive to unlock the most complex questions in investment strategy, management, and corporate culture.

Explore more information about Bridgewater on our website here.

Our Culture

Our culture is anchored in excellence, meaning constant improvement, and it is deeply tied to our mission. Because markets are objective, competitive, and getting smarter everyday, we need to keep rapidly improving to have any chance of beating them. Truth is our most essential tool for engaging with the markets and constantly improving because once you know what's true about your problems and opportunities, you can determine how to get better. Valuing truth means being transparent about your decision-making and mistakes, giving and receiving feedback with humility, and fighting for the best answers over hierarchy, ego, or self-interest. Operating this way is hard – it's only possible because we build meaning in our work and relationships. This meaning comes from the audacity of the mission, and the joy of working alongside people who make you a better version of yourself. The culture, like Bridgewater itself, is always evolving. In 1997 our founder Ray Dalio wrote down his lessons, starting with a Philosophy Statement which remains our foundation. This later evolved into a set of 300+ Principles. In 2022, when Ray transitioned the company, we re-underwrote several of those principles and evolved others, with a specific focus on Meritocracy. Today the culture sits, alongside our people, as our most important edge. When we get it right, it’s the engine that powers everything else.

About External Affairs & Communications

The goal of Bridgewater’s External Affairs & Communications function is to shape and defend the firm’s reputation with key stakeholders and the broader public. We align external perception with internal reality by reinforcing institutional strength, amplifying core narratives, and protecting the firm’s business and people. The function sets the vision and strategy for press and media engagement, secures strategic opportunities for senior leaders and spokespeople, manages reputational risk, supports commercial and client objectives, and delivers a best-in-class digital experience across owned channels (primarily web and social). This work requires strong judgment, rigorous execution, and close coordination across the firm and externally.

About the Role

The Associate, Public Relations is a member of Bridgewater’s External Affairs & Communications team and plays a critical role within the Press & Media pillar. The role is responsible for helping translate firm priorities and external communications strategy into high-quality execution across media engagements, external messaging, and press operations.

Reporting to the Head of Public Relations and working closely with stakeholders across the firm, this role supports both reactive and proactive media efforts, manages core press operations, and helps ensure Bridgewater’s external communications are accurate, thoughtful, well-coordinated, and aligned with firm priorities. The Associate will be deeply involved in drafting and refining external-facing materials, coordinating media interactions, and supporting employees and senior leaders in high-stakes, fast-moving situations.

This role requires strong judgment, excellent written communication skills, and the ability to operate with ownership in a complex, dynamic environment. Successful candidates are highly organized, comfortable managing multiple workstreams, and motivated by delivering consistently high-quality outcomes while navigating risk, sensitivity, and ambiguity.

You will be a click for the role if you:

• Have a strong interest in press, media relations, and external communications, and are motivated by shaping how complex organizations engage externally.

• Are highly organized and operationally strong, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining quality and follow-through materials.

• Take an ownership mindset — you don’t just execute tasks, you think ahead, flag risks, and look for ways to improve outcomes materials.

• Bring sound judgment and discretion, especially when working on sensitive, confidential, or reputationally significant topics.

• Are a collaborative partner who can work effectively across teams and levels, including with senior leaders.

• Thrive in fast-paced, high-stakes environments and approach challenges with pragmatism, rigor, and professionalism.

You will drive the following responsibilities:

• Own day-to-day execution across the Press/Media pillar, operating within strategy and direction set by senior leadership while exercising sound independent judgment.

• Execute inbound media requests, including risk assessment, coordination, drafting talking points, and follow-ups.

• Support proactive outbound media engagement in support of firm priorities, including senior leader prep, interview coordination, and conference and speaking opportunities.

• Draft, edit, and refine external-facing written materials (e.g., talking points, briefing documents, backgrounders) with precision, judgment, and attention to risk.

• Support risk management efforts by proactively identifying sensitivities, flagging potential issues, and helping manage fast-moving or confidential situations.

• Own core Press/Media operations, including media scans, client media monitoring, conference tracking, stakeholder updates, meeting preparation, and vendor coordination.

• Maintain organized systems and documentation that enable transparency, continuity, and scalability within the Press/Media function.

• Demonstrate an ownership mindset by continuously identifying opportunities to improve processes, quality, and impact.

We are looking for candidates with the following minimum qualifications: 

• 4+ years of professional experience in press, media relations, or strategic communications, ideally within an agency or similarly fast-paced, high-accountability environment.

• Demonstrated experience working directly with media, including pitching stories, managing relationships, and handling inbound requests.

• Strong written communicator with the ability to draft and refine external-facing content with clarity, precision, and sound judgment.

• Highly organized and reliable, with a proven ability to manage multiple workstreams in high-stakes environments.

• Exhibits sound judgment and discretion around sensitive, confidential, or reputationally significant topics; understands when to escalate and ask for help.

• Comfortable partnering with senior stakeholders and executives, including preparing materials and representing the Press/Media function with professionalism and expertise.

• Collaborative team player who works effectively across Communications, Content, Digital, Commercial, and other internal and external partners.

• Operates with an ownership mindset, taking accountability for outcomes and proactively identifying risks, opportunities, and improvements.

Physical Requirements:

The onsite requirement for this role is four days per week at our Westport, CT campus, with occasional time spent at our New York City office. Note: New York-based candidates may have the opportunity to increase their NYC office presence over time.

Compensation:

The wage range for this role is $150,000-200,000 inclusive of base salary and discretionary bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 80-90% of this wage range.

Why Choose Bridgewater?

It takes all types to make Bridgewater great. We seek a diverse group of innovative thinkers and push them to engage in rigorous and thoughtful inquiry. We develop people through an honest examination of their abilities and performance, enabling personal growth and professional development. We strive to provide you opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential.

One of our core priorities at Bridgewater is to enable our employees to build a great life and career, and we believe our benefits are an important extension of that philosophy. As such, currently Bridgewater offers a competitive suite of benefits.

Explore more information about Bridgewater’s benefits on our website here.

Bridgewater reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations.

This job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Bridgewater has the right to change any and all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to, job responsibilities, qualifications and benefits. Nothing in this job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer