Personal Assistant to Directors, Immediate Media Co
£41.5k
3 days a week in office
Special interest content and platform company
Open for applications
Special interest content and platform company
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
£41.5k
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help their audiences get the most out of the things they love, whatever they spend their time and energy on.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will be confident, credible and trusted to deal with highly confidential issues, with a friendly, confident and engaging approach.
- They will need to be proactive, flexible and adaptable with excellent organisation skills and a highly efficient approach
- An interest and experience in digital media, publishing and luxury brands would be an advantage
- Experience working as a senior level PA in a busy team-based environment
- Strong working knowledge of Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent communication skills
- Action oriented and proactive to seize opportunities and find ways to improve systems and ways of working
- Fast-paced, good planner who can prioritise well and meet deadlines
- Assumes responsibility and understands when there are peaks and troughs in workload. Always happy to muck in, regardless of the task in hand
- Relates well to all kinds of people within and outside the company globally
- Builds rapport easily which leads to positive and effective relationships
- Uses diplomacy and tact and doesn’t show stress
- Friendly & Sociable with a positive outlook; upbeat and wants to join in and enjoy work
- Flexible to deal with high level confidential work as well as routine administration
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Personal Assistant to Directors to provide administrative and some project-based support to 3 of our BurdaInternational Leadership team: Group Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer and Director of Product Propositions and Strategy.
- This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with the senior team of a dynamic global media business where the environment is friendly, professional and fast paced
- The Personal Assistant will primarily support the 3 Directors and establish the best possible administrative systems to ensure that their time, diaries and travel are well managed
- Based in the Immediate offices between High Street Kensington and Hammersmith 3 days a week, this hybrid role varies according to the needs of the Directors and their wider global associates.
- There will be a mix of high level and confidential work as well as diary, expenses and travel management. Along with ad-hoc tasks and projects with the EA to CEO and Chief People Officer, who when on annual leave, there will be the opportunity to cover their role
- Establish the administrative and support systems to effectively run and manage the office and where required, inboxes of the Group Managing Director, Chief Technology Office and Director of Product Propositions and Strategy
- Act as the first point of contact between managers and external contacts, companies, organisations and clients, and take the initiative to deal with enquiries, where appropriate
- Manage and where necessary co-ordinate diaries
- Read and review emails to keep up to date with current work priorities and deal with routine issues
- Manage, prepare and set up internal and external meetings
- Organise team events and dinners
- Produce and write up reports and presentations
- Book and manage extensive global travel itineraries
- Support EA to CEO and Global People Director with monthly expenses
- Liaise as required with other departments of the company
- Generate and maintain records and accounts (invoices, timesheets etc)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Immediate Media is a multinational publishing house that originated from the combined assets of multiple, formerly independent publishing houses, such as BBC Magazines, Magicalia, and Future.
Immediate, which was acquired by Hubert Burda Media in 2017, stands out for its niche as a content and platform company that only focuses on special interest markets, offering content from over 75 consumer brands ranging from Radio Times and CBeebies to BBC History and Cycling Plus. This breadth of specialised content has led to over 74M global consumers.
The company continues to see growth as it acquires new companies to expand its portfolio. Already the UK’s leading food media publisher - boasting 30M monthly users in this sector - it recently acquired Nutracheck, a food diary app and website, to enhance its food portfolio and further expand its digital capabilities.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Contributory pension
- Life assurance
- 25 days annual leave,
- Extra day off for your birthday
- Extra day off around Christmas
- Holiday purchase and sale scheme
- Recruitment referral scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Flexible/Hybrid Working
- Gym Discount
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Retail and restaurant discounts
- Child-care vouchers
Company values
- Creativity
- Innovation
- Entrepreneurial spirit
Company HQ
West Kensington, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Sean Cornwell
(CEO of Platforms & Digital, not founder)Co-founder of EarthFirelce and founder of DMEurope.com. Previously served as CEO for Direct Ferries, Chief Digital Officer for Travelex, COO for Shutl, and Managing Director & Vice President of International and Mobile for eHarmony.com.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Immediate Media Co
- Improving Diversity & Inclusion in our company and content is a key priority for Immediate, we’re striving to create a more diverse and inclusive environment and to ensure our content is representative of all our audiences. To help achieve this, we have developed a strategy focused on four key strands: Empowering Network groups, Education and Training, Editorial and External, and Recruitment and Processes.
- To support our overall Diversity & Inclusion strategy and help drive change and hold us accountable to our objectives – in 2022 we will be launching our D&I panel, chaired by Jo Brandl, HR Director and Chris Kerwin, Group Managing Director, alongside other senior leaders within the company and representatives of Immediate D&I network groups. The panel will work to align the networks’ missions to business objectives, partner with the chairs to address issues that arise and help form a wider strategy to address the priorities of each network.
- We have established five internal D&I network groups to help our people feel supported, included, and provide an open environment for people to network, mentor and exchange ideas, solutions, and experiences. Have a look at the below video to find out more about our network groups.
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