Sr. Executive Assistant

Sr. Executive Assistant

This Sr Executive Assistant provides executive support to the EVP, Content at National Geographic Content. The EVP of Content oversees all of the content created by National Geographic across television, editorial and social and manages teams in Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles and London.

Responsibilities:

• Managing the complex scheduling of multiple internal and external meetings and communications
• Coordinate travel plans and create detailed itineraries
• Create presentation decks, reports, and analyses for Executives at NG Content and Disney. These may be daily, weekly, or monthly.
• Preparation of all business-related expenses using Concur/SAP travel proxy role in a timely manner and checking all direct reports' expenses are coded appropriately.
• Any other administrative related requests

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1+ years of experience in a media organization or similar in an EA role working with senior executives as well as experience of liaising with C-Suite and Chief Exec EAs
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills. Diplomatic skills when working on challenging projects.
• Requires strict confidentiality, independent decision-making, and strong organizational skills to manage multiple high-priority tasks under tight deadlines.
• Must efficiently anticipate executive needs, maintain office systems, and work professionally with diverse personalities.
• A collaborative team player re: supporting all staff in the department and proactive.
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office Suite Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook for meeting requests and calendaring; ability to adapt easily and to learn internal systems
• Quickly adapts to learning new technology, workflows, software and systems. Extremely detailed oriented, comfortable multi-tasking manages time effectively, efficient, organized, takes initiative with little direction and is self-motivated.

The hiring range for this position in Washington, D.C. is $65,272 to $87,560 per year based on a 40-hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

National Geographic Partners LLC (NGP), a joint venture between Disney and the National Geographic Society, is committed to bringing the world premium science, adventure and exploration content across an unrivaled portfolio of media assets. NGP combines the global National Geographic television channels (National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo MUNDO, Nat Geo PEOPLE) with National Geographic's media and consumer-oriented assets, including National Geographic magazines; National Geographic studios; related digital and social media platforms; books; maps; children's media; and ancillary activities that include travel, global experiences and events, archival sales, licensing and e-commerce businesses. Furthering knowledge and understanding of our world has been the core purpose of National Geographic for 131 years, and now we are committed to going deeper, pushing boundaries, going further for our consumers and reaching millions of people around the world in 172 countries and 43 languages every month as we do it. NGP returns 27 percent of our proceeds to the nonprofit National Geographic Society to fund work in the areas of science, exploration, conservation and education.

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney's stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.