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Administrative Assistant
2 years ago
About Skillz:
Skillz is the leading mobile games platform connecting players in fair, fun, and meaningful competition.
The gaming industry is larger than movies, music, and books, with more than 2.7 billion gamers playing monthly and 10 million developers worldwide. Mobile is the fastest-growing segment of the gaming market, expected to increase from $86 billion last year to $161 billion in 2025.
As the first publicly-traded (NYSE: SKLZ) mobile esports platform, Skillz has pioneered the future of the gaming industry. The Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of casual esports tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide, and distributes millions in prizes each month.
Through its philanthropic initiatives, Skillz has harnessed the power of its platform to transform the way nonprofits engage with donors, enabling anyone with a mobile device to support causes such as the American Red Cross , Susan G. Komen , American Cancer Society , and NAACP by playing in Skillz tournaments.
Skillz has also earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators , San Francisco Business Times’ Best Places to Work , Parity.org’s Best Companies for Women to Advance , Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies , a two-time winner of CNBC’s Disruptor 50 , one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups , and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000.
What We’re Looking For:
A dynamic, self-motivated and multi-tasking experienced Administrative Assistant to support 4 to 6 Vice Presidents in a fast-paced, tech-savvy environment. The key responsibilities will include heavy calendar support and various administrative tasks to free up time for those you support to focus on department and company goals. To succeed in this role, you must be flexible, adaptable and quick-thinking to navigate constantly changing demands and priorities. Resourcefulness and problem-solving skills will be a key attribute for success.
What You Will Do :
- Managing daily calendars for multiple VPs, demonstrating problem-solving abilities to adjust or prioritize schedules based on last-minute changes
- Coordinate travel arrangements and create expense reports in a timely manner
- Build and maintain good business relationships with executives and administrative staff across the organizations
- Assist with ad-hoc projects on as needed basis
- Arrange team activities and events (such as team meetings and social events)
- Assist larger EA team with large scale events (reserve conference space, catering, audio/video and other essential services as needed)
- Promote a fun and team-oriented work environment
Your Skillz:
- 5+ years work experience in similar role, supporting multiple people
- Ability to prioritize tasks and stay organized while having high attention to detail;
- Approach challenges with a positive and solutions-oriented attitude;
- High integrity and proven track record in maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information;
- Holds oneself to a high standard and expects that of others;
- Self-directed and proactive, but has the ability to take direction;
- Deliver under pressure and with changing deadlines flawlessly;
- Shares a passion for Skillz, esports, sports and/or gaming;
- BA/BS preferred.
Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance .
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