Executive Assistant

Job Description

Executive Assistant, Content Development

This position will provide administrative support to the Senior Vice President of Content Development for ABC Owned Television Stations Group. The Content Development Group is responsible for creating, leading and executing the multiplatform content vision and strategies that cross all eight local brands and businesses in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston, Raleigh-Durham and Fresno. This includes oversight of the group's Race & Culture, premium content, Localish & Creative Content teams.

This person will be highly-respected because their skills are quite simply, essential. You'd be a key member of a dynamic, fast-paced environment that delivers to be the best in class for journalism and storytelling. You will work with some of the most creative, and intelligent people in the business.

Responsibilities:

General Support
• Provide overall administrative support including but not limited to
• phone support
• maintaining busy calendar and day-to-day meetings
• Coordinate business travel, including trip logistics and itinerary, meeting coordination and remote support
• Compile and submit Travel & Expense reports
• Schedule and set up conference calls, teleconferences and web-based meetings
• Filing, faxing, photocopying, scanning and tracking documents
• Aggregate information in excel for reporting
• Prepare confidential memos, correspondence, letters, business updates, meeting notes, Power Point and/or Keynote presentations, proofs correspondence and complex reports
• Read relevant newspapers and trade journals so you are completely immersed in the mission of the office and can inform your executive when you see something he/she should know;
• Conduct research, fact-check existing work, and prepare regular reports and summaries – you'll have tasks that you ''own'' completely and will provide regular assistance on others;
• Create a multi-city travel itinerary, taking into account time zones, weather delays, traffic and fatigue levels;
• Interface directly with other senior executives and their support teams – your ability to work well with people on all levels is a very important part of your job
• Review your leader's schedule to build-in time for things like thinking and traveling to their next meeting
• Understand the day's priorities so you can be strategic about how you direct phone calls
• Schedule conference rooms, meetings and video chats
• Be ready to throw the entire schedule out the door when an emergency comes up, then pick it up again when the dust settles
• Handle extremely confidential, sensitive information, remembering that Disney is a publicly traded company

Basic Qualifications:
• A minimum of 3 years' experience providing executive support to a senior executive
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information
• Skilled in PowerPoint and/or Keynote, Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including demonstrated telephone etiquette skills
• Ability to assume responsibility, function effectively in team environment or independently, with minimal supervision
• Detail oriented and organized
• Demonstrated proactive problem solving skills
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule with advanced notice, to accommodate overtime as needed
• Ability to function in an environment with competing and changing priorities
• Flexibility and willingness to learn new skills

Preferred Qualifications:
• Event coordination/planning experience helpful
• Familiarity with local television station business a plus

Required Education:
• High School Diploma

Preferred Education:
• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience

To Apply:

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American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.

About ABC Owned TV Stations:

This position is with KABC Television, LLC, which is part of a business we call ABC Owned TV Stations.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g30n04-3-142-119-241-42 in your application.