Executive Assistant

A leading Executive Search consultancy who pride themselves on work/life balance, flexi working and offer an amazing benefits package! super social and all encompassing culture!

Executive Assistant within their sports & media/gaming practice - City based with a two days working from home!

Superb opportunity for a bright and ambitious Executive Assistant to support two highly driven and highly successful individuals within the sports & media practice. The sports side of the practice is well established and the market leader for senior level executive and board appointments in global sport across teams, leagues, sponsors, major sports events, agencies and sports bodies.

My client is looking for a candidate who enjoys the client relationship piece, helping them build their client bases and perhaps having some experience with PR and events in previous roles.

The Executive Assistant needs first class written skills as will be expected to create documentation and to proofread on behalf of the exec along with building great relationships with their clients and stakeholders.

They require an Executive Assistant with exceptional organisation skills, the ability to work on multiple projects in an extremely pacey environment. Ability to change priorities whilst remaining calm and focussed is essential in their EA. There will be extensive client and stakeholder management, ability to get under the skin of their projects will be essential to the Executive Assistant success in this role.

Executive Assistant duties will include:

• Extensive inbox and meeting co-ordination
• Complex, demanding and ever-changing diary management
• UK and global  travel itineraries
• Assignment management - Lead the project coordination and delivery of the search assignments.
• Manage the search timelines ensuring deadlines are met, action points are responded to and all necessary documentation is completed.
• Stakeholder Management; develop robust working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders
• Preparation of presentations and pitch documentation including research packs and preparing marketing materials
• Preparation and proof reading of client reports
• Business Development

Key skills:

• Ideally will have experience as an Executive Assistant within media, sports or consultancy industry.
• First class written English skills – experience of document production and proof reading.
• Proven relationship building expertise with a range of high-profile clients.
• Acute attention to detail ensuring work is produced accurately and of the highest possible standard.
• Thrive in a fast pace environment; have high levels of energy, tenacity and focus.
• Intuitive; able to assess a situation and take initiative but also not be afraid to ask for help when required.
• Advanced knowledge of the MS Office suite, in particular Outlook, Word, PowerPoint. Experience with databases preferred.

Thank you for applying to this advertisement; we appreciate your interest in this opportunity. All applications are important to us, but due to the high volume of response we receive from our advertisements, we will only be able to contact applicants that we deem suitable for this vacancy.