Job Details
Position Purpose:
Responsible for handling both administrative assistant and personal assistant duties for the Office of the CEO and Barrett-Jackson Executive Team. Ensure that the office of the CEO operates in an efficient and effective manner by supporting calendar management, receiving high volume of phone calls, making travel arrangements, handling or arranging errands, and supporting other projects as needed. The Administrative Assistant must possess exceptional verbal and written communication skills, tact, and diplomacy, above average time management skills, and be always professional.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage day to day schedule and calendar for the office of the CEO
- Assist with daily tasks and projects as needed for the CEO and Barrett-Jackson Executive Team
- Coordinate travel arrangements for CEO
- Monitor meeting requests and schedule accordingly
- Collaborate with team members to create a smooth workflow and meet deadlines
- Follow up on action items in timely manner
- Prepare necessary business correspondence in coordination with Chief of Staff including emails, letters, thank you notes, invitations, etc.; perform word processing of confidential documents
- Perform errands as needed
- Travel as required
- Develop and maintain an effective filing system
- Transcribe materials as needed
- Coordinate all tasks with the Chief of Staff
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.
Qualifications:
- Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial atmosphere
- Must be extremely organized and able to multitask, coordinating several different projects at the same time
- Advanced computer skills in Microsoft Teams, Excel, Word Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Proven ability to remain flexible in the work environment and manage multiple priorities under time constraints in a fast-paced environment, with a strong attention to detail
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills
- Highest degree of confidentiality, tact and diplomacy required
- Ability to be pro-active and detail-oriented: must work successfully under pressure and handle all situations with the highest degree of professionalism
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Levelheaded decision-making abilities
- Ability to work under high demands and expectations
- Ability to work non-traditional hours during peak season
- Maintain professionalism, including phone etiquette, manners, appearance, attitude
- Analyze problems and help with solutions
Education and/or Experience:
- Bachelors degree and strong academic credential preferred
- Minimum 5 years experience in support position to C-level or executive-level personnel
- Extensive experience in private travel. Private jet management experience preferred
- Live event, sports and/or entertainment experience preferred
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Culture
Barrett-Jackson s culture is live and in-person our business to the core. Team members are in the office 5 days per week, 8am to 5pm at the Scottsdale, AZ headquarters. During live events the company largely travels together to produce and ensure each event is a success. This requires weekend work and long hours. Most will tell you they d prefer to be nowhere else. There is unparalleled excitement and energy to each and every event.
For more information on Barrett-Jackson, please visit our website at and follow us on social media via Instagram and Twitter @barrett_jackson, and LinkedIn at .
- To apply for this role, please submit a resume via LinkedIn along with a letter telling us your story, connection to Barrett-Jackson, and why this job is the job for you.