Executive Assistant (Remote, UK/EU, £38k-£43k/year)

• Inbox and communication : Assist the Managing Director with maintaining an organised and efficient inbox, including drafting replies or responding directly on his behalf at times. Effectively triage emails, understand possible courses of action, and present information to Alex in a way that lets him quickly provide a batch of responses that unblock you. Chase outstanding replies, actions and commitments, and build templates and systems for recurring email patterns so that important messages and obligations do not disappear.

• Briefings : Prepare a clear, concise morning briefing for Alex at the start of each day before he logs on (8.30am uk), giving him an overview of his schedule, priorities, deadlines, outstanding decisions and follow-up. Monitor his relevant communication channels, use judgement to identify what needs his attention, and make sure he is reminded of important to-dos, commitments and preparation ahead of time. These briefings are sometimes also required in the afternoon.

• Day-to-day tasks : The remit of this role is not “follow this clearly defined process every time”, but “take this mostly finished project and figure out how to proactively take it to completion”. These tasks might touch project management, writing/editing, triaging information, posting on LinkedIn, research, drafting communications and ensuring action is taken. You’ll need to work out the information, stakeholders, decisions and follow-up required, rather than waiting for every task to arrive as a fully documented process.

• Meetings : Prepare for meetings, including ensuring slides, agendas and internal notes are prepared. Your goal is to ensure we utilise meeting time most effectively and are able to put our best foot forward. Use approved AI tools to capture and summarise meetings where appropriate, then check the output for accuracy and missing nuance. Extract decisions, actions, owners and deadlines; create follow-up tasks and communications; and make sure agreed actions are completed. This is about excellent preparation and follow-through, rather than traditional minute-taking as an end in itself.

• Travel : Coordinate complex travel for Alex. Prepare clear itineraries and manage flights, hotels, transport, meetings, dinners and contingencies.

• Occasional personal administration : This is a business-focused role and the overwhelming responsibility is with the business. You may be occasionally asked to take care of personal admin for Alex where this meaningfully protects his time.

Support to Anna and the wider business

You will report directly to Anna. Outside of supporting Alex, your role is to help her deliver wider team and business priorities.

• Finance administration : This is an important part of the role. Support Anna with Ellipsis's day-to-day finance administration. This includes filing expenses, collecting invoices and receipts, preparing client invoices for review, gathering freelancer and supplier invoices, preparing payment information for approval, and chasing late client payments. You'll keep records accurate and tidy, help manage the finance inbox, and flag discrepancies promptly. Anna and our accountants remain responsible for payroll, pensions, compliance and all accounting decisions - your role is to make sure the inputs are complete, accurate and on time.

• People and team support : Support Anna with people administration. Keep HR records up to date, prepare routine paperwork, help coordinate onboarding and offboarding, track key dates such as probation reviews and contract renewals, and support recruitment logistics - scheduling interviews, managing candidate communications and keeping the pipeline tidy. You'll also help create a positive remote-team experience through thoughtful internal communications, recognition, celebrations and team rituals.

• Company meet-ups : Organise Ellipsis’s company meet-ups, including researching and budgeting locations, booking travel and accommodation, and arranging restaurants, meeting rooms and activities. You’ll need to think carefully about cost, travel time, comfort, accessibility, dietary requirements and contingencies to create a productive and smooth trip for the whole team.

• Wider business priorities: Take on well-scoped work that helps Anna and the Senior Leadership Team move wider company priorities forward. This might include preparing information and options, coordinating input from colleagues, drafting communications, updating trackers, following up actions and taking a partly formed request through to a reliable conclusion.

• Travel and conference support : Support Anna, Alex and, occasionally, other Leadership Team members with conference travel. This includes booking flights and hotels, preparing clear itineraries, organising client dinners or agreed gifts, and looking for ways to make their time away from the business as effective as possible.

• Confidentiality and judgement: You will handle confidential information relating to the business and team. You must use discretion, keep records accurate and know when a sensitive issue, decision or uncertainty needs to be escalated to Anna.

Requirements

Requirements: hard skills

• 2-4 years experience in an Executive Assistant or similar role; similar roles might include Personal Assistant, Team Assistant, Business Support Coordinator, Office Manager, Project Manager

• Impeccable English written and spoken communication and editorial skills

• Meticulous attention to detail

• Experience working remotely full time

• Availability to work 8am - 5pm UK time (or earlier)

• AI native: Confident using approved AI tools and automations to research, draft, summarise, organise and streamline administrative work. Able to write effective prompts, build repeatable workflows, review outputs critically for accuracy, tone and confidentiality, and recognise when human judgement or escalation is required.

Requirements: soft skills

• Fantastic communication skills: Remote work relies on mutual trust, so frequent and clear written communication is essential

• Receptive to feedback and solutions-oriented : We share and learn from each other honestly, openly, and easily

• A people person with a high level of self-awareness : You'll work daily with Alex, Anna, the wider team, suppliers, our accountants and client finance teams, so warmth, tact and good judgement about people are integral to the role

• Proven organisational skills : You must be obsessive with deadlines, managing and updating tasks, and totally reliable

• Self-driven work ethic : You need to be self-motivated, comfortable taking the initiative, and see projects through to completion

• Unwaveringly professional: You’ll be dealing with confidential information constantly and must be discreet and professional with this

• Calm when priorities change: You should be comfortable handling a mixture of planned and reactive work without losing sight of what matters most.

• Appetite for growth : As you build trust and company context, there will be scope for more sophisticated support to Alex, more complex Anna projects, deeper people and finance coordination, and practical AI and process improvements.

Your capability matters a lot more to us than your experience, and we would recommend you tailor your application with this in mind. We want to hear from you rather than ChatGPT. Please keep this in mind in particular with the screening questions.

Benefits

• This is a full-time, 100% remote role (UK/EU based). Work from home, or the beach!

• 28 days of paid holiday

• An additional 1 paid holiday day a year with each year of tenure, up to a maximum of 5 additional days

• 4-day work week, once a month (instead of local bank holidays seeing as we are based across the world)

• Regular team retreats; last was Istanbul, previously in Edinburgh, Oxford, Madrid, and Budapest

• Support for your growth, whether that’s upskilling, training, or exploring the direction you want to develop in

• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay, and sick pay

The application process

It's important we find the best candidate for this position, and our selection process will reflect this.

Much of our company wiki is externally accessible, and you're encouraged to read through this before applying. We have a very useful guide to our interview process available here . This tells you what we're looking for and reading this will significantly increase your chance of success!

We'll review applications on a rolling basis but interviews start after the closing date. There's thus no benefit to rushing to apply: we will bias heavily towards your application's answers rather than your CV, and we'd love for you to take your time.

We're fortunate to receive a large volume of applications. You can make your application stand out by paying special attention to the main responsibilities of this role, and "how to apply". If you think you're a fit, or could be a fit – go for it!

We use video calls for interviews. You'll have video interviews using Google Meet, including with members of the Leadership Team and the Founder.

We understand that this is as much you interviewing us, as the other way round. Throughout the interview process, we're extremely happy to answer your questions about the business, working here, and the future of the company.

The final stage of our hiring process is a paid test project, which will be similar to work you could expect to do if you were hired. We'll give you a week to complete the project, and expect it to be 4-6 hours of work.

Following the completion of trial projects, we'll ask for professional references from your previous 2 managers. We ask candidates to introduce us to their references, for a 10 minute call.

We do great work for clients and are building an ethical business that lets everyone do their best work. If you think you could be the next person to join our team, please apply :)

How to apply

Please apply through Workable: https://apply.workable.com/getellipsis/j/C4645A1DB1/apply/ . We will decide who progresses to the next stage based on the form you submit, and your CV. Please give us a good reason to select you! Taking the time to research the role, what we're looking for, what we do, and what you can do for us will increase your chance of success. Your cover letter is where you have the space to do this.

Ellipsis is an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity.

The deadline for submission is the end of the day, on 20 September 2026.

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