POSITION:
Executive Assistant
ATTRACTIVE FACTORS:
- Office is based in SF’s Union Square
- Firm is the best of the best in the space, well respected in the industry
- Work on interesting projects
- Be trusted and have autonomy in your work
- Tight-knit environment with a strong team culture and emphasis on cross collaboration
- Co-founders of the firm are complementary and down to earth
- Gain exposure to the venture capital/hedge fund industry
- Unlimited PTO
- Generous benefits: 100% Covered Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance & Life Insurance
- Firm will reimburse transportation to work (Uber within city or parking spot near office)
- Catered lunch daily + fully stocked kitchen
- Work/life balance
- Be rewarded for your contributions
- Join a team that comes to work excited every day!
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Play the role of gatekeeper for the executive — fielding calls, first communication stop, managing diary
- High degree of professionalism and exercising strong judgment and discretion with confidential information
- Communicate with both internal and external parties with a high level of professionalism and diplomacy
- Strategic and proactive management of complex and varying day-to-day schedules, using Google Calendar
- Heavy travel coordination — air, ground, hotel and all accommodations
- Working cross-functionally and with other executive assistants
- Performing an extensive array of core administrative tasks (e.g., preparing meeting materials, contributing to our internal database, chasing down signatures) and ad hoc special projects
- Planning and executing both internal and external meetings and events
- Helping provide candidates interviewing for roles with a smooth interview experience
TOP KEYS FOR CLIENT:
- Bachelor’s degree and relevant work experience — ideally direct executive admin support with experience supporting multiple leaders
- Evidence of grit: the ability to adapt and overcome in rapidly changing situations
- Excellent written and oral communication; diplomatic and professional demeanor at all times
- Fluent in Google office platforms and Microsoft Office, with a proven ability to manage time efficiently and prioritize multiple stakeholders, functions, and tasks
- High levels of integrity and discretion
- Exceptional team player; people-oriented
- Extreme open-mindedness
- Great listening skills
- Clear and concise communication, in both 1:1 and public settings
- Precise attention to detail
- Empathy toward the concerns of others, both within and outside Paradigm
- Adaptability in rapidly changing circumstances
- Highly curious; fast learner
- Interest in frontier technologies and crypto markets
JOB ID: GIS2022VW