Executive Assistant, Automattic
to CEO
$95-195k
Please note that salary ranges are global, regardless of location, and we pay in local currency
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Work from anywhere, and make the web a better place for everyone, everywhere.
Posted today
Work from anywhere, and make the web a better place for everyone, everywhere.
1001+ employees
Posted today
$95-195k
Please note that salary ranges are global, regardless of location, and we pay in local currency
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize publishing and commerce so that anyone with a story can tell it, and anyone with a product can sell it, regardless of income, gender, politics, language, or where they live in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Are you energized by chaos—yet quietly love bringing order to it? Do you spot what’s about to break before anyone else, and fix it—without being asked? Are you a behind-the-scenes operator who leaves your ego at the door, rolls up your sleeves, and finds reward in making others shine?
- Scrappy and resourceful: You’ve supported high-caliber execs in ambiguous, ever-changing organizations (startups, tech, remote environments a plus)
- Radically humble: Ego-free, unflappable, and as happy in the background as you are at the center of the action
- Extreme ownership: If it needs to be done, you do it—no matter how big or small
- Ultra-reliable: Your word is gold; when you’re on it, it’s handled
- Curious and quick: You have an insatiable appetite for learning—especially about how new technologies, such as AI, can enhance your team’s effectiveness. You experiment, tinker, and share new discoveries
- Worldly: Comfortable collaborating globally, working irregular hours, and with people from diverse backgrounds
- Emotionally acute: You read the room, deliver news sensitively, and can spot stress (and bring perspective) before it derails anyone
What the job involves
- You’re not just assisting. Wranglers are Matt’s force multipliers: a tight-knit, two-person (soon three) team who quarterback priorities, intercept chaos, and make the impossible look effortless. You’ll help Matt—and Automattic—move at lightspeed, smoothing logistics, triaging demands, and solving problems nobody else even sees
- Partner with Matt and the Wranglers team as a trusted, behind-the-scenes operator
- Triage priorities, block distractions, and quietly make things run seamlessly—calendars, communications, last-minute travel, meetings, and project logistics
- Own the unexpected: anticipate needs, handle urgent issues, and exercise judgment under pressure and competing priorities
- Interface with high-profile partners, board members, and execs worldwide—always with professionalism and discretion
- Go deep on research, prep, and follow-up for meetings—filling gaps before anyone even notices they exist
- Spot inefficiencies and invent better ways—whether refining workflows, improvizing travel hacks, or organizing information in a cleaner system
- Support and challenge the team, offering and receiving candor, humor, and practical support daily
Our take
At a time when companies like Facebook, Apple, and Google were turning into monopolistic market leaders, Automattic was building its open-source infrastructure on a distributed, volunteer-run workforce. Since its launch in 2005, the company has continued to evolve and expand as it has built its new web empire.
Automattic is the company behind WordPress (which powers roughly 42% of all websites), Jetpack, Tumblr, Simplenote, WooCommerce (which is believed to run more than a quarter of all online storefronts), Longreads, Crowdsignal, Atavist, Day One, and more.
The company’s “Five for the Future” initiative allocates 5% of its resources to further the development of WordPress, and many other companies that utilise Automattic’s communities follow some version of the initiative, contributing back code and time to support the community. Still spinning out new projects such as an anti-spam filter and online identity safeguards, the unicorn company is a powerhouse that is well set to continue its path to long-lasting growth.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
2 people
Em Shreve, Lead AI Alchemist
Our mission
We help Automattic teams build and work with AI through immersive in-person cohorts, workshops, and tools that make it part of their daily craft.Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2021
$288m
LATE VC
Sep 2019
$300m
SERIES D
Total funding: $778.6m
Company benefits
- Professional Development · “I will never stop learning” is part of our company creed. From leadership development to improving your writing skills, we have a comprehensive list of programs and resources available to everyone, and we’re also happy to pay for any hardware, software, books, or conferences that promote continued learning.
- Career Coaching · Coaching sessions to help you set and achieve professional goals are available for all Automatticians – team members and team leads. This benefit resets each calendar year.
- Time off · Our open vacation policy (no set number of days per year) is designed to help you to be at your best! There is no minimum or maximum, but we encourage you to take at least 25 days of time off per year.
- Home Office · We offer home office setup and coworking allowances. Working from a coffee shop? You can use your coworking allowance for the requisite latte!
- Wellness · We offer mental wellness benefits including an Employee Assistance Program, a monthly subscription to a mindfulness app (including Calm, Headspace, Ten Percent Happier, Waking up, and Insight timer), and virtual ergonomic consultations and access to a wealth of virtual ergonomic tips, stretch videos and yoga exercises.
- Parental leave · Open parental leave (including maternity, paternity, LGBTQ+, and adoption for all parents). If you’ve been with Automattic for 12 months, your leave up to 6 months is fully paid.
- Anniversary Awards · Paid three-month sabbatical encouraged every five years and other cool anniversary surprises.
- Automattic Stock · Check out Buying and selling Automattic Stock!
- Life Insurance · Company-sponsored life insurance.
- Compensation · We attract talent around the world and pay global salary ranges. We prioritize internal equity and review your pay every 12-18 months.
- Sabbatical · Working at Automattic provides numerous opportunities to learn new skills, grow in your career, and have a significant and positive impact on the lives of millions. It also offers the rare (and juicy!) benefit of a paid, three-month sabbatical every five years.
Company values
- We are passionate advocates for our customers and the open web community.
- We build our business sustainably, through passionate and loyal customers.
- We never stop learning.
- We don’t just work on things that are assigned to us.
- We know there’s no such thing as a status quo.
- We never pass up the opportunity to help out a colleague.
- We are motivated by impact, and we know that open source is one of the most powerful ideas of our generation.
- We are in a marathon, not a sprint. No matter how far away the goal may be, the only way to get there is by putting one foot in front of another every day.
- Given time, there is no problem that’s insurmountable.
- We communicate as much as possible, because it’s the oxygen of a distributed company.
Company HQ
Crosby Street, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Matt Mullenweg
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former President at Automattic. Current Lead Developer at WordPress, and Board Member at the New Museum of Contemporary Art and ecoAmerica. Former Board Member at Grist, and GitLab Inc. Previous Senior Product Manager at CNET Networks.
People progressing
Head of Communications. Writer, editor, communicator, producer. Their first WordPress site was a self-hosted tech blog called effinnerds.com that she built in 2008. Speaks English, Khmer, and Spanish.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Automattic
- We are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: https://automattic.com/diversity-and-inclusion/ A diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace comprises people of many identities and abilities. It invites community members to share their opinions and ideas, which it then uses to improve the company. It celebrates employees’ various cultures and heritages; it plans team- and company-wide meetups that are accessible to all; it invites people to effect change within the company; it provides an array of tools and methods to help its employees become experts in their positions; and it encourages individualized successes, which benefit the company at large. Automattic is a Most Loved Company (https://mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/automattic-inc/) and Disability Confident Committed (https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/).
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