GMMB
- Executive Assistant
Executive Assistant
Seattle, United States
Job description
What matters to you? Do you want a job that lets you fight for those things?
Good jobs let you apply your skills. Great jobs feed your sense of purpose.
If you want to feed your sense of purpose, come join the sharp, passionate communicators at GMMB who spend every day using their skills to try to make a difference in the world. We get great candidates elected. We fight to keep kids from getting addicted to tobacco. We improve access to education and health care. We protect reproductive rights and promote efforts to combat climate change.
We’re a unique collection of political wonks, communication strategists, media experts, creative thinkers and multimedia producers who’ve made it our mission to fight for what matters. And we could use somebody like you to help us craft powerful messages and plot out smart tactics to reach the right audiences at the right time to make a difference.
What do you say? Ready to join the team at our DC homebase or in our Seattle or San Francisco offices?
- GMMB has a hybrid work schedule with at least two days in office presence.
- This position is based in Seattle, WA
- Salary range $80,000 - $90,000
You are…an Executive Assistant who knows how to:
- Complete a broad variety of administrative responsibilities for senior leader including: preparing for and coordinating board meetings; developing meeting presentations; coordinating client meetings; scheduling meetings and appointments; managing calendars, drafting and circulating meeting notes; preparing budgets and expense reports
- Consistently engage as a highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently
- Provide leadership to build relationships and manage a variety of firm special projects and initiatives
- Communicate with senior management on matters related to firm initiatives
- Prioritize conflicting needs; handle matters quickly, proactively, and follow-through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures
- Work closely with the Executive Team, including assisting in scheduling meetings and handling confidential information with discretion
- Coordinate logistics and materials for in-house senior leadership meetings and firm-wide meetings
- Plan ahead and actively seek opportunities and solutions
You have…
- Expert level written and verbal communication skills
- Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with colleagues, external partners and clients
- Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability
- Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion and be adaptable to various competing demands
- Strong work tenure: five (5) to seven (7) years of experience supporting C-Level Executives, preferably in professional services environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat, and Social Media platforms
- Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly and with excellent attention to detail
- Bachelor’s Degree or relevant experience
GMMB is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: GMMB is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at GMMB are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, age, sex, national origin, ethnicity, mental or physical disability, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or military status or other categories defined by applicable local, state and federal statutes in the locations where we operate. GMMB encourages applicants of all ages. GMMB will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
GMMB is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where we represent employees of all backgrounds. While providing this information is strictly voluntary, we encourage all applicants to provide demographic information to support our diversity goal. This information, as stated in our EEO statement, will not be used to make employment related decisions. This information will only be shared with qualified and limited personnel who build policies and programs that help make GMMB an inclusive firm.
If you have any questions about the information collected, how it is used and/or have suggestions please reach out to Talent and Culture (info@gmmb.com).
Commitment to Diversity in our Workforce
Diversity of talent, experience, and perspective is fundamental to our culture and critical to the success of GMMB and the work we do for our clients. We seek to continually attract and retain talent of diverse backgrounds to better inform our thinking, ideas and strategies so that we can achieve our mission—creating real and lasting change in the world. We ask that you contribute to our diversity efforts by:
- Seeking and embracing differing viewpoints
- We must actively build diverse teams, encourage others to share their perspectives, seek out diversity of input when making decisions, question traditional thinking, and promote continuous learning and development. - Consciously respecting one another
- Listen carefully to others, seek consensus, engage in constructive debate, challenge one another, and provide each other with feedback. - Displaying passion and commitment to achieving our mission
- Infuse our commitment to social responsibility into everything we do—from internal processes and decision making to external community outreach and engagement.
Org chart
Peers
Open roles at GMMB
helps you hire
great candidates
It’s free to use - try it out today.