Knit
Executive Assistant to the CEO
New York City (Hybrid) · Exec
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About the role
- The Executive Assistant to the CEO is responsible for maximizing CEO effectiveness by ensuring his time, commitments, communication, and logistics run seamlessly.
- The purpose of this role is to maximize the amount of time the CEO can focus on high-leverage work that only he can do.
- Success | What outcomes you're responsible for...
Responsibilities
- Own the CEO's calendar and time. Manage and prioritize meetings with strategic intent, protect focus time, anticipate conflicts, and think several weeks ahead.
Requirements
- You have 5+ years of experience supporting a CEO or founder in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment, ideally at Series B stage.
- Required Skills & Experiences
- Style & Taste: You have strong instincts for how the CEO should show up across every touchpoint, from comms and meetings to travel, events, thank you notes, and beyond.
- You are exceptionally organized and detail-oriented, and you communicate with clarity, brevity, professionalism, and responsiveness across internal and external stakeholders.
- You know what to handle independently, what to escalate, and how to navigate competing priorities without constant direction.
- You have strong instincts for how the CEO should show up across every touchpoint, from comms and meetings to travel, events, thank you notes, and beyond.
Nice to have
- Keep the CEO prepared.
- Ensure the CEO has the context, materials, agendas, and follow-ups needed for meetings and important commitments.
- Coordinate key stakeholders.
- Stay ahead of commitments.
- Track deadlines, follow-ups, and action items so nothing requiring the CEO's attention falls through the cracks.
- Pace: You have 5+ years of experience supporting a CEO or founder in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment, ideally at Series B stage.
Compensation
- In accordance with our pay transparency guidelines, the expected salary range of the Executive Assistant to the CEO is $150,000 - $160,000 annually.
- Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate's level, experience, and qualifications upon joining Knit.
Benefits
- modern, entrepreneurial, polished, thoughtful, high-integrity, and never performative.
Company info
- Serve as a highly responsive point of coordination for executives, board members, investors, candidates, customers, and other important stakeholders. - Stay ahead of commitments.
- Our company values We are the Championship Team.
- Coordinate key stakeholders. Serve as a highly responsive point of coordination for executives, board members, investors, candidates, customers, and other important stakeholders.
- Your judgment reflects the intersection of a high-growth technology company and an Enterprise brand: modern, entrepreneurial, polished, thoughtful, high-integrity, and never performative.
- We are the Championship Team.
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