Assistant, Innovation

Full Time Job
Job Description

The Assistant, Innovation will provide support to two senior executives focused on helping connect our businesses and people worldwide, as well as strengthen our culture through professional development and employee programs. The ideal candidate has an entrepreneurial mindset, is good at thinking through creative solutions to problem solving, along with generating ideas to improve upon the overall employee experience.

Responsibilities:

• Administrative duties including handling phones, calendar management for multiple calendars, scheduling travel, preparing expense reports, and general office management
• Maintain an awareness of the Executive's obligations (internal and external) in order to proactively assist and/or anticipate needs
• Facilitating and coordinating logistics for employee committees, along with a variety of company events (i.e. annual company retreat)
• Heavy involvement with research and strategy projects, including compiling information as needed, in addition to creating presentation decks to be presented to high level executives across the company
• Project management for year-long programs

Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year of relevant administrative assistant experience
• Strong interpersonal skills, while understanding the importance of maintaining confidentiality
• Ability to work well under pressure; meet tight deadlines; manage multiple projects and expectations; and maintain a sharp focus while managing competing priorities
• Attention to detail and strong organization skills are a must
• Outgoing and able to effectively communicate and interact with employees at all levels
• Adept at quickly learning new processes, technology, and ability to assimilate oneself and become familiar with existing systems
• Strong command of Excel, PowerPoint , Word
• Keynote experience helpful but not required
• Experience handling event planning and logistics, a plus

Education:

• A Bachelor's degree is preferred

CAA does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless they were contractually engaged by CAA to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any such employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the acknowledgement and agreement that CAA will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.