Executive Assistant - Global Series Marketing

Description

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment?

Amazon MGM Studios is re-inventing how customers connect with their favorite shows, teams, and products by combining high-quality immersive interactive features and exclusive access to some of the world's most loved movies and TV series. All from a single service available on the web, mobile, and TV in 240+ countries and territories around the world.

Amazon MGM Studios is the movies and television development and production arm of Amazon. It is our role to produce original content and license studio programs worldwide in exclusive service of Amazon's Prime Video customers. We need your passion, innovative ideas, and creativity to help take us to new heights.

ABOUT THE ROLE
Amazon MGM Studios is seeking a seasoned, highly organized, and proactive Executive Assistant to support and serve as a business partner to the VP of Series Marketing in Culver City, California. This is not a purely administrative role—you will be the operational backbone of a fast-paced, creative team, anticipating your leader's needs before they arise and enabling the VP to focus on strategic priorities. You will expertly manage a complex, global calendar, coordinate travel, exercise excellent judgment in triaging competing priorities, and drive operational efficiency across the team. The Series Marketing team develops and executes cohesive, successful global marketing campaigns for our original series slate—working closely with creative, social, integrated marketing, and international partners to bring innovative campaigns to audiences worldwide.

The ideal candidate is an experienced executive assistant who operates with a high degree of autonomy and sound judgment, succeeding with minimal guidance or supervision. They are skilled at anticipating problems, thinking several steps ahead, and resolving issues before they reach their leader. They thrive in a fast-paced, goal-oriented, and ever-changing environment, with the proven ability to manage a high volume of complex, competing priorities and global scheduling needs. A detail-oriented planner, they communicate and respond effectively and efficiently while maintaining flexibility, discretion, and grace under pressure. They handle confidential and sensitive information with the utmost integrity. This is a role for someone who wants to build a deep, trusting, long-term partnership with the VP they support—growing over time into a vital leader on the team with the opportunity to own special initiatives with increased responsibility and team programs.

Key job responsibilities
- Proactively own a complex, high-volume calendar and global scheduling, independently resolving conflicts and prioritizing the VP's time against business priorities
- Manage expense reports and coordinate domestic/international travel
- Anticipate the VP's needs, surfacing and resolving issues early and continuously improving processes to drive efficiency
- Serve as a trusted thought partner and gatekeeper—exercising sound, independent judgment to represent the VP, make decisions on their behalf within agreed guidelines, and keep the VP informed of what matters most
- Prepare the VP for meetings and key moments with agendas, briefing materials, and background, proactively surfacing decisions and action items
- Build strong relationships with Executive Assistants and the leadership team across the company and with external partners
- Track and drive key deliverables to completion on the VP's behalf, holding stakeholders accountable to deadlines
- Plan the annual calendar and facilitate the integration/prioritization of business activities
- Organize and execute team activities (staff meetings, all-hands, off-sites, social events)
- Act as a liaison for direct reports and cross-functional partners
- Support phone calls, messaging, and meeting/greeting internal and external guests
- Support special projects as business needs arise

Basic Qualifications

- Experience with executive level calendar management, or experience handling confidential information
- Experience with Microsoft Office products and applications
- Experience with domestic or international travel coordination
- Experience as an executive assistant supporting a senior leader, or in a comparable role

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience handling confidential information and maintaining professionalism in dealing with senior executives, or experience completing complex tasks quickly with little to no guidance and react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround
- Experience in the entertainment industry
- Experience in verbal and written communication for executive level leaders
- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
- Experience managing confidential and sensitive employee information and adherence to strict confidentiality standards
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Interest in marketing, media, or the entertainment space with a desire to learn more about the industry
- Ability to anticipate needs, think ahead, and manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously with high attention to detail

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.