As an Executive Assistant, you will serve as a trusted partner to senior executives, ensuring the seamless management of their day-to-day operations and helping maximize their effectiveness. You will be responsible for complex calendar management, travel coordination, communications support, meeting preparation, and a variety of administrative and operational functions. This role requires exceptional organization, attention to detail, discretion, and the ability to anticipate needs in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment. In addition to supporting executives, you will collaborate closely with the broader people team, provide backup support as needed, and serve as a positive ambassador for our culture and values. To be successful in this role, you are highly organized, proactive, resourceful, and adaptable. You thrive in a dynamic environment, exercise sound judgment, communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, and consistently maintain a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality. *Please note, this role will be asked to be in our New York office Monday through Friday. As the Executive Assistant, you can expect to: Provide administrative support to our Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer Manage a meeting heavy calendar and stay on top of their changing priorities, acting as a gatekeeper and partner Support executive communications and correspondence, ensuring timely follow up and coordination as needed. Prepare executives for meetings by coordinating agendas, gathering materials, and ensuring all relevant information is available in advance. Track action items, deadlines, and deliverables, proactively following up to ensure completion. Assist with planning and coordination of company events, team gatherings, offsites, and employee engagement initiatives. Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements, including flights, accommodations, transportation, itineraries, and logistics. Prepare and submit accurat
Executive Assistant, NYT Wirecutter
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The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for. About the Role We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Part-Time Executive Assistant to provide administrative, scheduling, communications, and logistics support to Wirecutter Leadership. This role is ideal for someone who exercises sound judgment, anticipates needs, communicates clearly, and can manage multiple priorities with care and follow-through. This pa
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The New York Times
At The Times, our mission is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. Having a diverse staff with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences is vital to ensuring we cover the world fully and fairly and offering products that have a wide appeal. Our vision is to become the essential subscription for every curious person seeking to understand and engage with the world. This work is supported by our journalists and a range of dedicated individuals, from data scientists to marketers, designers, engineers and more. Our cutting-edge journalism reaches 150 million readers each month, and is produced by journalists reporting on the ground from more than 170 countries. If you find our mission and vision inspiring, we invite you to apply for any of our open positions. And if you are a current Times employee, please apply on our internal job board.
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