Executive Assistant – CEO | COO

Course Hero is scaling! We are on a mission to help millions of students learn and graduate, confident and prepared. We are hiring an Executive Assistant who plays a significant role in supporting our CEO with complex schedules, meetings and events and making sure things get done quickly, efficiently and free of stress. In essence, time is the most valuable asset, and your role is to save the CEO as much time as possible. In addition, in this role, you would provide a wide range of administrative and project management support to our COO|CFO.

The ideal candidate has an innate passion for providing great customer experience, is trustworthy, embraces a growth mindset, and excels at being mindful of details in a high performance-oriented, fast-paced, and ever-changing environment. If you have a knack for always getting the job done and doing so with creative problem solving, persistence and optimism, we want to hear from you.

Here are some ways you’ll make an impact!

• Assist with multiple senior leadership calendars – scheduling, organizing and managing complexity
• Understand business priorities and identify process improvements, improved allocation of time to promote productivity and anticipate the need to re-prioritize as appropriate.
• Document meeting minutes, manage meeting communications and ensure action items are followed through when needed
• Compose and prepare correspondence, slide decks, presentations, meeting materials, etc.
• Manage relationships and communication with employees, partners, business connections, investors, family and friends.
• Organize the logistics and planning for events, trainings, and meetings
• Research and plan professional travel, organize activities and manage expenses.
• Prepare expense reports and manage purchase requisitions
• Partner with, and assist the Chief of Staff with company-wide programming, quarterly and annual organizational planning, and projects that span the entire executive team.

Are you our Executive Assistant?

• 6-10+ years of experience providing administrative assistant experience supporting multiple senior leaders and project/program managing
• Passion for and excellence in writing and verbal communication, demonstrating strategic, professional, creative and succinct communication
• Have a sense of urgency and the ability to accurately set expectations, prioritize and execute multiple projects/tasks with hard deadlines
• Be a motivated self-starter who works independently, effectively problem solves and prioritizes work, and anticipates the needs of the leaders
• Have high maturity and ability to exercise good judgement, discretion & confidentiality in all tasks
• Demonstrate the ability to remain positive, organized and focused in a fast-paced, high performance startup environment

Bonus Points:

• High-growth technology start-up company
• Google Apps (specifically Google Calendar)
• Slack

About Us:
At Course Hero, we have an awesome team and a truly engaging culture. We are customer-focused, collaborative, responsible, gritty and we love to learn. Our bold mission is to help students graduate confident and prepared!

We are not the only ones that think we’re onto something big. Course Hero has been recognized as the 245th Fastest Growing Company in North America ( https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/course-hero-ranked-number-245-fastest-growing-company-in-north-america-on-deloittes-2018-technology-fast-500-300751425.html ) on Deloitte’s 2018 Technology Fast 500 and also 2018’s One of the Best Places to Work in the Bay Area ( https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/feature/best-places-to-work/2018/best-places-to-work-bay-area-2018-top-workplaces.html ) by San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal. Read up on some of our recent news coverage ( https://www.coursehero.com/press-room/ ), blog ( https://www.coursehero.com/blog/ ), and learn more about us ( https://www.coursehero.com/about-us/ ) to see what it is like to work with our team.

Benefits & Perks!

• Competitive salary and stock options
• Full medical coverage (medical, dental, vision)
• 401(k) program with match
• Education Reimbursement
• Quarterly team events and outings (Sporting Events, Escape Rooms, Go-Kart Racing, Karaoke, Bowling and much more!)
• Free lunches twice a week, on-site cafe discount, plus an endless snack and drink supply
• Onsite gym – Pacific Shores Center – Classes – Pool – Spa – Rock Wall – Massages!
• Commuter benefits, shuttle service from Redwood City, and cell-phone allowance
• 10K Local move benefit to move within 10 miles of our office!
• 8 hours per quarter paid time for volunteering for a cause of your choice
• Front row seat to Master Educator lectures – check out videos on our LinkedIn Career Page