WHERE CULTURE CALLS HOME
Group Black is a pioneering Black-owned media company dedicated to connecting brands with diverse audiences. Committed to fostering an inclusive media ecosystem, Group Black amplifies diverse storytelling and deepens the investment pipeline for diverse-owned businesses. Informed by marketing and creative expertise, Group Black crafts contextually relevant strategies that resonate with a multicultural generation. Group Black is where culture calls home.We know that your voice creates the path to our success.
We are a place where employees can be authentic, creative, and energized by the people and work they touch each day.Working with our Chief Strategy Officer, this Executive Assistant position is the perfect opportunity for someone looking to collaborate behind the scenes to support our executive leadership.
Your Day-to-Day:
- Act as a scheduling liaison for your Executive partners by managing calendars, paying close attention to prioritizing their time most effectively.
- Provide meeting support through scheduling, preparation, note taking, setting up calls/videos, and providing follow up + action items.
- Execute day-to-day administrative tasks including general organization, booking travel, processing expenses and updating contacts.
- Plan, coordinate, and execute speaking engagements and events.
- Coordinate and prepare for executive and company meetings and conference calls; including the arrangement of logistics, meeting space, communications and catering.
- Handle ad hoc projects and personal assistance, on an as-needed basis.
- Support the wider Marketing and Brand Strategy teams in day to day tasks and logistics.
Key Projects:
- Our EAs work independently, manage multiple tasks and projects with competing priorities and deadlines, screen and prioritize communications from external and internal sources.
- You will play an integral role in the culture and team environment.
- Opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a fast-growing start-up company.
- Fun company events and celebrations with a focus on inclusion and collaboration across all levels of the organization.
What you bring to the team:
- 5+ years of experience in an administrative role, at least one of which supporting a C-level executive (experience at fast-growing startup, a plus).
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional level experience.
- Able to engage with senior executives, investors and entrepreneurs in a professional manner.
- Keen sense of organization and project management and you can skillfully manage multiple calendars at a fast pace.
- Experience managing complex professional and personal calendars.
- Experience prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at the same time.
- Extreme attention to detail.
- Professional communicator, both written and verbal skills.
- Passion for helping others.
- Advanced proficiency with MS Office Suite and other collaborative tools.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
- Ability to quickly complete complex tasks, with little or no supervision.
- Excellent follow-up and follow through skills.
- Ability to stay on top of and anticipate competing and changing priorities.
- Commitment to the mission, vision, and objectives of the organization.
At Group Black we believe in leveraging our hiring process as a way to support transparency. The monthly pay for this opportunity is $6,250 - $7,000. Our job offer compensation philosophy, which impacts actual compensation, is based on a number of important factors, including, but not limited to, internal and market equity, financial budgets, and the individual’s skills, qualifications, experience, and education.Group Black is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. Group Black is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know.
