What are the responsibilities and job description for the Executive Assistant position at The Avenue?
Our founder is seeking a highly organized Executive Assistant to support both her business endeavors and personal affairs to lead calendar and house management, optimize processes and provide administrative support for Lyndsey and The Avenue at large. We are seeking candidates with strong project management skills who thrive in a fast-paced environment by being resourceful, proactive and thinking critically. The candidate must have strong interpersonal and communication skills and enjoy a dynamic calendar and day-to-day workload. This role is full-time, salaried and comes with an employee discount to The Avenue.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the below.
- Work with Lyndsey to optimize her day-to-day schedule including workflow and personal agenda items
- Manage Lyndsey’s various inboxes to ensure important matters are rolled up and/or delegated and facilitate responses accordingly
- Maintain all Avenue inventory and optimize the organization and flow of product
- Coordinate deliveries and household appointments and correspondence with personnel
- Provide regular proactive insights to support house management and scheduling efforts
- Prepare relevant materials for Avenue meetings
- Support communication efforts to the Avenue and household team
- Manage special projects for household and the Avenue on an as-needed basis
- Document comprehensive meeting notes and communicate relevant and important action items for Lyndsey with
- Plan and execute travel arrangements for business and personal trips
- Provide event assistance on an as-needed basis
- Shoot organic content during Lyndsey’s day to support The Avenue’s marketing team efforts
- Assist with photo shoot production: floral retrieval, prop sourcing, set-up and clean-up
- Must be local to Houston
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience in a project management or a prior Executive Assistant / Personal Assistant role is a major plus
- Fluency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Join a growing start-up and learn the ins and outs of a scaling entrepreneurial business
- A significant discount to all Avenue product
- Potential travel opportunities domestically and international
- A dynamic workday
- An incredible resume building opportunity with learnings in marketing, retail, e-commerce, interior design, operations & more
- Unlimited vacation days