Executive Assistant (£80k / year) - VC Backed Silicon Valley Startup London, England
Job description
Are you a proactive and motivated individual with a knack for socializing and building relationships? We're seeking an Executive Assistant to support our visionary leadership team at a dynamic Silicon Valley-based startup with offices in London, San Francisco, and Taipei. Our company, Verified by Web3 Platforms, was founded by tech executives with extensive backgrounds at Facebook, Instagram, Airbnb, Amazon, and Yahoo.
As a venture capital-backed startup, this role offers you an exceptional opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute to the creation of the world's first exclusively verified community. You'll be working alongside top-level executive leaders who formerly spearheaded some of the biggest and best technology companies in the world.
Key Responsibilities:
- Calendar Management: Assist in managing the executive team's schedules by scheduling appointments, meetings, and events. Coordinate logistical details and prepare necessary materials.
- Communication Support: Play a role in the communication process, assisting in responding to internal and external inquiries. Gain experience in drafting, editing, and reviewing correspondence, presentations, and reports.
- Travel Coordination: Facilitate travel arrangements, including flights, accommodations, transportation, and documentation.
- Meeting Assistance: Gain insight into meeting preparation by helping with agenda creation, document collation, and distribution. Attend meetings to take notes and follow up on action items.
- Stakeholder Relations: Utilize your people skills to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, handling inquiries with professionalism.
- Project Involvement: Provide support for special projects, assisting in research and data analysis. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to project milestones.
- Expense Tracking: Basics of processing expense reports, monitoring budgets, and maintaining financial records.
- Priority Handling: Assist in identifying urgent matters and facilitating prompt resolution.
- Event Coordination: Planning and executing company events, meetings, and retreats. Assist in logistics, venue selection, catering, and activities.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Education: Secondary school graduate, or university degree.
- Organization: Strong organizational skills with a desire to learn how to manage multiple tasks.
- Communication: Basic communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Technical Familiarity: Basic computer skills familiarity with social media and the ability to use Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Interpersonal Skills: Being a people person with the ability to socialize and connect with diverse personalities is important. Attention to first impressions, presentation and appearance.
- Adaptability: Openness to adjusting to changing priorities and learning in a fast-paced environment.
- Problem-Solving: Enthusiasm for identifying challenges and contributing ideas for solutions.
Compensation:
- Basic starting salary of £80,000 / year.
- Performance-based stock options and bonus at the discretion of the company.
Benefits:
- Learning and growth opportunities to develop essential administrative skills.
- Exposure to startup culture and innovation.
- The chance to contribute to a pioneering venture shaping the future of online communities.
- Direct exposure to top-level executive leaders with backgrounds at renowned technology companies.
Company Culture:
- Work hard, have fun, make history: Build products that benefit the world by working hard to create new ways to help people, while having fun doing it.
- Proceed and be bold: Take action and be confident in your decisions and actions.
- Embrace Wholeness: We believe in embracing all aspects of life in our work journey. We don't compartmentalize personal and professional lives; instead, we recognize that our holistic selves contribute to our success and growth.
- Integrate Passion and Purpose: We encourage bringing your passions and personal values into your work. Finding purpose in what you do enhances motivation and fosters a more fulfilling work experience.
- Live Authentically: Authenticity matters. We value team members who are genuine and bring their true selves to work, blurring the lines between personal and professional identities.
- Dedication should be Rewarded: We recognize that the journey to success demands dedication and hard work. We offer competitive compensation that reflects the value of integrating personal and professional lives, while acknowledging that striving for excellence requires an investment of effort and time.
Whether you're just starting your career journey or seeking to further develop your skills, we encourage you to apply with your resume. Join us in building a verified community that's making a difference, and be a part of a team that values growth, collaboration, and innovation.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee stock ownership plan
- Employee stock purchase plan
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Performance bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Language:
- English (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
