EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CEO
Fully remote | Full-time, 1099/ contractor | Monday–Friday, US Eastern Time business hours, with availability for urgent items
ABOUT THE ROLE
A fast-growing, founder-led company is hiring a remote Executive Assistant to work directly alongside its CEO.
The CEO is growing fast on social media, personally runs the company's highest-value sales, and is also the creative strategist on client ad accounts. This role exists to remove those bottlenecks: organize him, protect his time and keep everything moving, so he can focus on content and on selling to high-net-worth clients.
This is not a passive support role. The CEO wants a partner who builds the structure, holds him to it and tells him what he needs to hear.
The single goal of this role is to buy back the CEO's time.
This role is focused on the business. Household and family logistics are handled by a separate on-site Life Manager.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Calendar and priorities
- Own and defend the CEO's calendar. Build the day around his highest-value work (content, high-value sales calls, consultations) and hold him to it.
- Run a daily priority list so nothing important gets pushed aside by noise.
- Triage the inbox and messages: handle what you can, flag what needs him, and close loops.
Removing bottlenecks
- Track every deliverable, approval and decision waiting on the CEO, including creative strategy for client ad accounts, and drive turnaround so client work does not stall.
- Act as the single intake point for company reporting: collect, review and present short digests instead of passing raw reports through.
- Coordinate follow-ups across the team so approvals and decisions keep moving.
Sales, content and offers support
- Schedule and prepare high-value sales calls, consultations and coaching calls: briefing notes beforehand, CRM updates and follow-ups afterwards.
- Keep the social media content pipeline on schedule: recording blocks, coordination with editors and the team, and the publishing calendar.
- Support the launch and delivery of new offers (coaching, consultations): scheduling, documents and logistics.
Travel and administration
- Book business travel and build itineraries.
- Handle business admin: documents, agreements, expense tracking.
Systems and tools
- Build and maintain the operating layer: trackers, SOPs, checklists and recurring process documentation.
- Expected fluency: Google Workspace, Slack, a project management tool (ClickUp, Notion or equivalent), a CRM, spreadsheets, and daily use of AI assistants.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
In the first 90 days you have taken the calendar, inbox triage and reporting flow off the CEO's plate, there is a live tracker of everything waiting on him, and client creative work no longer sits on his desk for weeks.
By 6–12 months you are the CEO's right hand: the business runs on a weekly rhythm you built, nothing depends on him remembering it, and his time goes to content and high-value sales.
Requirements
IDEAL CANDIDATE
- 3+ years as an Executive Assistant, Chief of Staff or equivalent to a founder, CEO or senior executive, ideally in a fast-growing or entrepreneurial company.
- Proven remote experience: you have run an executive's day without being in the room.
- Fluent professional English, written and spoken.
- Able to work US Eastern Time business hours consistently, with reliable internet and a quiet workspace.
- Strong administrative and operational backbone. You build systems, you don't just follow them.
- Exceptional discretion with confidential business and financial information.
- Tech-savvy: you master Google Workspace, Slack, a project management tool (ClickUp, Notion or equivalent), a CRM, spreadsheets, and daily use of AI assistants.
You will thrive here if
- You are direct, unflappable and comfortable with a straightforward, high-energy, fast-moving principal. Feedback is candid and immediate, and nothing is personal.
- You are willing to push back and tell the CEO what he needs to hear. He wants a partner who holds him accountable, not someone who waits for instructions.
- You are energized by walking into disorder and creating structure.
Nice to have
- Experience in a marketing agency, paid ads or creative production environment.
- Social media or content operations experience.
- Experience supporting a founder who sells coaching, consulting or premium offers.
Benefits
WHY THIS ROLE
- Employment type: full-time 1099 independent contractor
- Paid Time Off and fully remote
- Growth: direct mentorship from the CEO and a clear path to grow into a Chief of Staff position
- Network: exposure to high-impact leaders
Complete discretion and confidentiality are required. The people who succeed in this seat enjoy managing complexity and operate with a high level of ownership in a dynamic, sometimes chaotic environment.
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