Chief of Staff

Do you enjoy working with a top-notch team and being part of a growing, passionate, and forward-thinking company? Athena is becoming the best and most intensive high-touch marketing consulting group in the country. Our exceptionally high standards and whole-brain, full spectrum approach has earned us an enviable reputation across multiple industries and fueled our impressive growth. Athena brings an artful mix of creativity and facts-based insight to make even complex matters engaging, memorable, and impactful.

Athena is looking for a talented Chief of Staff who has a passion for solving problems, managing change, and improving efficiency. We work in a spirited, fast-paced, and ever-changing environment and we’re looking for someone who can hit the ground running and thrive in this setting.

Requirements

What you will be responsible for:

Strategic Partnership:

• Collaborating closely with Leadership to develop and execute strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
• Serving as a trusted advisor, providing insights and recommendations to drive informed decision-making.

Operational Excellence:

• Streamlining and optimizing operational processes within the Communications team to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Developing and implementing performance metrics and reporting mechanisms to track key initiatives and assess outcomes.
• Attend meetings, tracking actionable items (e.g. assigned tasks and next steps), and leading the follow-through of all items with appropriate stakeholders ensuring timely completion and forward momentum

Project Management

• Leading and overseeing high-impact projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with strategic priorities.
• Coordinating cross-functional teams to achieve project goals and milestones.
• Breaking projects into doable tasks, setting timeframes and goals, monitoring progress, and escalating risks.
• Translating project scope or client requests into simple workflows or presentation materials, then maintaining documentation to reflect project evolution.
• Building out project management trackers when needed to support projects and initiatives.
• Act as gate keeper for key deliverables, making best use of senior executive’s time by ensuring all participants are fully prepared to present materials, deliverables and strategies.
• Hold stakeholders accountable and drive forward momentum on all initiatives.

Communication and Collaboration:

• Facilitating communication flow between the Leadership and internal/external stakeholders, ensuring a seamless exchange of information.
• Fostering a collaborative and high performance work environment within the Communications team.
• Recommending applicable process/project optimization solutions.
• Retrieving or researching necessary information in a proactive, resourceful way (e.g., user/client requirements and relevant case studies).

Strategic Planning:

• Contributing to  and when appropriate spearheading the development of long-term strategic plans, translating vision into actionable goals and initiatives.
• Conducting research and analysis to support strategic decision-making processes.
• Projects may require budget tracking and assistance forecasting future spend.

Skills and experience you should have:

• Experience: Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in a strategic or operational role, preferably in a large-scale corporate environment.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree is a minimum requirement
• Previous experience supporting senior executives in a Chief of Staff or similar role.
• Leadership Skills: Proven track record of leadership and the ability to influence and collaborate effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Project Management: Strong project management skills with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to think strategically and translate complex concepts into actionable plans.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner.
• Adaptability: Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapting to change.

It's a Plus If You Have:

• Experience in the telecommunications or entertainment industry.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental benefits including of 1K Health Reimbursement Account
• Matching 401K
• Generous PTO policy
• Substantial Parenta