Executive Assistant to the CEO - HSP Direct

HSP Direct is seeking a dynamic and service minded person to serve as Executive Assistant to the CEO.  This role is vital to our organization, offering key support both with executive operations and special projects.  This position is fast paced, requiring a servant leadership approach, adaptability, excellent teamwork skills, and strong project management abilities.  The ideal candidate has a passion for conservative politics and is a proactive self-starter who loves a great challenge.

Success Profile:

• Double the CEO's productivity and serve as a representative of the CEO to employees, clients, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure seamless communication across all levels of the organization, fostering transparency and alignment between the CEO, executive team, and employees.
• Act as a key liaison between the CEO and internal/external stakeholders, screening and prioritizing incoming communications, and ensuring timely responses or follow-up as needed.
• Conduct research, analyze information, and prepare briefings to facilitate important decision making.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, including leadership, employees, clients, and partners.
• Lead effective and impactful company-wide planning.
• Prepare materials for meetings, presentations, and reports, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and timeliness.
• Assist with special projects and initiatives as needed.
• Provide operational and logistical support including but not limited to schedule management, travel planning, and expense reporting.
• Assist in the interview process, ensuring we are hiring the right people for every role.
• Be a Happy Warrior.  Only apply for this job if you are looking for a challenge and love to problem solve and work hard.

Required Skills:

• Uphold Confidentiality: Maintain the highest level of discretion and professionalism in handling sensitive information, including access to confidential business, financial, and strategic details related to the CEO, executive team, and the organization.
• Communication: Competence in clear, effective, and gracious written and verbal communication across all levels of the company and with clients.
• Organized: Ability to self-organize, multi-task, maintain strong attention to detail, and handle multiple projects while setting appropriate priorities to achieve goals.

• Critical thinking: Capacity to think critically, understand the why, and handle emergency situations, demonstrating sound judgment under pressure and accountability when working with a team.

• Teamwork: Ability to work with different teams and personalities while respectfully pushing for the desired outcome.

• Availability: Willingness to work outside normal work hours if needed, when special events or client situations arise, and to go the extra mile for clients.

• Mission alignment: Understand HSP's mission and share in our commitment to support conservative clients and principles.

Company Benefits:

• Health/dental/vision coverage
• 401(k) matching contribution
• Annual profit-sharing contribution
• Matching Gifts and Volunteer PTO
• Onsite fitness center

Compensation is commensurate with experience and skills.

If this challenge seems like a great fit for you and you would like a promising career path, please apply with a cover letter, resume, and salary requirements. Cover letter is required for consideration.

Employment Eligibility:

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. HSP Direct will not sponsor work visas.

Company Description:

HSP Direct is a full-service direct mail fundraising agency offering copywriting, production services, graphic design, and list and data services through our affiliated companies. Today, HSP Direct has 95 employees and mails 100 million fundraising appeals per year.