Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant

New York, New York

On-Site

Playfly Sports is looking for an Executive Assistant to join our team in New York City.

The Executive Assistant will provide high-level administrative and strategic support to the CEO and C-Suite team with the daily management of their commitments. The person in this role will coordinate meeting calendarization and operational support, ensuring proper time management and upkeep of administrative tasks such as expense reports and recurring meetings with stakeholders. Additionally, they will prepare correspondence, presentations, reports, and briefing documents for the C-Suite for high priority meetings. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive, with strong judgment and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

What You'll Accomplish

• Lead the strategic organization of C-Suite team before meetings by preparing pre-meeting documents (e.g., recaps of previous meetings, relevant background information), taking notes during meetings, and recapping action items after meetings.
• Coordinate calendars and planning of meetings and events (with internal and external clients), including any logistical elements of such meetings (e.g., technical support, refreshments)
• Assist with formatting communications and presentation decks
• Plan and book all travel, optimizing and coordinating travel itineraries and transportation requirements for location, meeting requirements and attendees
• Manage and submit expense reports, for C-Suite team in a timely manner
• Ensure proper time management for C-Suite, filtering meeting requests and dynamically addressing changes in schedule based on business priority on their behalf by developing a deep understanding of the underlying business and stakeholders
• Monitor key deadlines and proactively manage follow-ups
• Maintain confidentiality, demonstrate professionalism, and anticipate needs while operating with minimal supervision.
• Support special projects and cross-functional initiatives
• Other job-related duties as assigned

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent work experience
• At least 2 years of executive administration experience
• Excellent written and oral skills, including email with high-level executives and clients
• High level of discretion and professionalism
• English required, secondary language(s) a plus
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Word)
• Must be proficient in Slack
• A working understanding of AI support (e.g. Co-Pilot, ChatGPT)
• Exceptional organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills and superior attention to detail
• Ability to manage calendars and work across time zones seamlessly
• Intellectually curious and a self-starter
• Ability to multitask, works effectively under daily time constraints, and use discretion in managing sensitive communications and business relationships

Travel, Lifting, Physical Requirements

Expectation to be in office 4 to 5 days/week + days leadership team is in office.

Ability to travel for any work-related projects requiring in-person presence.

Compensation

Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The base pay range for this role is: $75,000$85,000 USD

What We Do

Playfly Sports is the full-service, leading sports marketing and media company that enables brands to engage with sports fans on a local, regional, and national level through scaled linear, digital, and experiential assets. Playfly Sports drives outcome-based solutions into 90-million households via more than 7,800 live U.S. broadcasts of MLB, NBA, and NHL games; and influences sports fans of all ages through the management of college and high school multimedia rights, uniform branding, and high-profile sports sponsorship platforms. Playfly Sports has the unique ability to partner, innovate, and advance the aspirations of athletes, brands, academic institutions, and sports fans across the U.S. Playfly Sports is Powered by Partnership. Visit Playfly Sports online at playfly.com

What We Stand For

At Playfly, we know that a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company is a more innovative and successful one, but more importantly, we believe it's just the right thing to do. Through conversations, company initiatives, community events and partnerships, policy changes, data analysis, workshops, and support groups, we are dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are here for the long haul and to do the meaningful work that creates true institutional change within our workplace, with our partners, and in the communities we serve.

Eeoc & Diversity Statement

Playfly Sports affirms that inequality is detrimental to our associates, our clients, and the communities we serve. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together, we unite for equality and equity. Playfly Sports is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.

Accommodations

Playfly Sports is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, and as part of this commitment, Playfly Sports will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at this time

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