Blavity is hiring a
Executive Assistant

Summary

Blavity Inc. is seeking an Executive Assistant to support the SVP of Afrotech & Live Events. The role involves managing daily workflow, prioritizing projects, and supporting broader initiatives across the Live Events organization. Ideal candidates should have strong communication, administrative, and organizational skills with a minimum of 2 years' experience supporting a senior-level executive at a high-growth company or startup.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 2+ years supporting a senior-level executive at a high-growth company or start-up

Responsibilities

• Establish effective processes and systems, track deadlines, and follow up on executive approvals
• Draft correspondence, agenda items, reports, presentations, and other documents for the SVP in a proactive manner
• Manage all meetings for the SVP, including preparation, detailed note taking, disseminating action items and summaries, and tracking completion of meeting outcomes
• Independently research issues and provide data-driven recommendations to support special planning projects
• Take full ownership from project inception through completion, ensuring all deliverables are met on time and within scope
• Capture key contact information and relationship details
• Coordinate all Live Events hosted internal events to include leadership retreats and executive team meetings
• Manage hiring process for Live Events organization open roles
• Develop project plans, define milestones, and coordinate resources
• Monitor the progress of projects to identify and mitigate potential risks and ensure successful execution
• Communicate project updates to stakeholders, ensuring alignment with organizational goals

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the Airtable platform
• Fluent in Asana and/or comparable project management suite

Benefits

• This is a fully remote, U.S.-based role. Occasional travel may be required
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S
• Candidates must be available to work at least 50% in alignment with the Pacific Time Zone
• The annual salary range for this role is $80,000 - $95,000