Administrative Assistant III - Marketing and Corporate Communications

Job Description

Are you an organized and proactive professional who thrives in a fast-paced and high energy environment? Do you possess exceptional administrative skills and have a passion for marketing and corporate communications? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! 

Join our innovative and dynamic organization as a strategic Administrative Assistant to the Marketing and Corporate Communications Team. In this critical role, you will serve as a trusted partner to the leadership team, providing proactive and strategic support to ensure their success in driving initiatives. 

In this role, you will be a key point of contact for multiple leaders and for these critical functions; managing calendars & inboxes, scheduling meetings, handling all administrative tasks efficiently. Proactively anticipate needs and provide strategic support to the leadership team, including preparing meeting materials, managing inquiries, agendas/minutes as well as meeting logistics, and multi-tasking assignments and deadlines. Coordinate and facilitate communication between those supported and various stakeholders, both internally and externally. Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion, always maintaining a high level of professionalism. Take actions with limited direct supervision, utilizing independent judgement.

Our Ideal Candidate: Is an organizer of information, structured, and detailed, yet flexible and shift quickly when plans change. Proactively making decisions, improving processes, anticipating needs, and driving plans forward with minimal supervision is a strength – they’re skilled at thinking ahead and taking appropriate action. They’re also skilled at managing complex calendars due to their keen problem-solving skills and resiliency. (Piecing together schedules is a puzzle that energizes them!) They’re motivated by the ability to provide a broad scope of administrative support to others, including back-up support for other teams, in a dynamic corporate environment.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Business, Office Administration, or related area, or direct and equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years of previous administrative assistant experience providing advanced support to multiple leaders and teams within an office environment.
• Strong Microsoft office product experience —e.g., Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Visio.
• Strong and effective written and verbal communications skills.
• Effective project support, multi-tasking, and organizational skills, including time management and prioritization. Ability to succeed in a fast-paced office environment with multiple assignments and deadlines. Flexible and adaptable to change.
• Strong attention to detail with demonstrated accuracy.
• Ability to operate independently and make decisions by following procedures that may include ambiguity.
• High level of initiative, effort, and commitment to completing tasks efficiently while anticipating the needs of others.

Preferred

• Marketing or Corporate Communication experience.
• Confident using Microsoft Teams and other specialized Marketing and Corporate Communications software.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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