Executive Assistant

Contract
On-site
$10,000-20,000/yr
San Francisco, CA

Job description


We are looking for a highly organized, proactive Executive Assistant to support a senior executive and help keep their time, communication, and priorities running smoothly.


This person will act as a force multiplier: managing scheduling and logistics, staying ahead of follow-ups, coordinating across internal and external stakeholders, and helping ensure important work does not fall through the cracks.


The ideal candidate is highly reliable, detail-oriented, discreet, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with changing priorities.


Responsibilities


  • Own and manage a complex calendar, including meetings, travel, deadlines, and competing priorities
  • Coordinate meetings across internal teams, customers, partners, investors, and other external stakeholders
  • Prepare the executive for meetings with relevant context, materials, agendas, and follow-up items
  • Track action items and proactively follow up with owners
  • Manage travel planning, itineraries, reservations, and logistics
  • Draft and manage emails, messages, documents, and other communications as needed
  • Help prioritize inbound requests and protect the executive’s time
  • Coordinate team events, offsites, dinners, and other logistics
  • Handle expenses, reimbursements, and administrative tasks
  • Maintain a high level of confidentiality and discretion
  • Identify recurring operational problems and build lightweight systems to make the executive and team more effective
  • Step into miscellaneous high-priority projects when additional ownership is needed


What We’re Looking For


  • 2+ years of experience in executive support, operations, recruiting, hospitality, or another highly organized and service-oriented role
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Strong judgment and ability to prioritize independently
  • Extremely high attention to detail
  • Comfortable working with incomplete information and changing priorities
  • Strong follow-through and a bias toward action
  • Ability to communicate effectively with people across levels and functions
  • High degree of discretion, professionalism, and trustworthiness
  • Comfortable with tools such as Google Calendar, Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slack, and Notion


Nice to Have


  • Experience supporting a founder, executive, investor, or senior technical leader
  • Experience in a startup or other fast-paced environment
  • Familiarity with the technology or AI ecosystem
  • Experience coordinating complex travel, recruiting, events, or external relationships


What Success Looks Like


A great Executive Assistant makes the executive substantially more effective. Their calendar reflects their real priorities, meetings are well prepared, follow-ups happen without prompting, logistics feel effortless, and important details are consistently handled before they become problems.

More information

Minimum education level

Bachelor's

Experience level

Expert and leadership (8+years)

Job skills

Calendar Management

Travel Coordination

Document Preparation

Meeting Support

Communication Software

Data Entry

Time Management

Company overview

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