Whatnot
Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!
Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we’re building the future of online marketplaces –together.
From fashion, beauty, and electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone.
And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces, we’re looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business, and bring people together through commerce.
Role We are looking for an Executive Business Partner to perform a broad range of administrative tasks and support a portion of our company’s Senior Leadership Team. You will serve as a strategic partner to leadership, own complex scheduling and calendar management, coordinate travel arrangements but mostly serve as a strategic partner to leadership! You are extremely detail-oriented, have exceptional time management skills and take initiative with little guidance.
Act as the point of contact among executives, employees, clients and other external partners
Be organized, structured, and detailed-oriented. You are an expert at managing complex projects, balancing priorities, and sticking to tight timelines while nailing all the details
Manage leaders’ calendars and set up meetings
Ensure the executive’s calendar has clear context and is an impactful use of their time. Provide opportunities for executives to stay on top of tasks and timelines.
Coordinate and manage team events and offsites
Make travel & accommodation arrangements
Manage and submit expense reports
Create, update and finalize internal and external communication – memos, emails, presentations, reports
Be a sounding board for the climate within all levels of the org(s) that you support and understand when and how to work with cross-functional partners accordingly
Handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our San Francisco or Los Angeles hubs.
You Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here.
4+ years of proven experience as an Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant or similar role
Excellent Google Suite and Slack knowledge
Adaptable and flexible. You are an expert at navigating change and ambiguity. You thrive in dynamic, fast paced and remote work environments
Outstanding organizational and time management skills
Works collaboratively with peers
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Discretion and confidentiality
Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks at once
Demonstrates executive presence
Benefits
Generous Holiday and Time off Policy
Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
Work From Home Support
Home office setup allowance
Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
Care benefits
Monthly allowance for wellness
Annual allowance towards Childcare
Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).
Parental Leave
16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.
EOE Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.
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From fashion, beauty, and electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone.
And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces, we’re looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business, and bring people together through commerce.
Role We are looking for an Executive Business Partner to perform a broad range of administrative tasks and support a portion of our company’s Senior Leadership Team. You will serve as a strategic partner to leadership, own complex scheduling and calendar management, coordinate travel arrangements but mostly serve as a strategic partner to leadership! You are extremely detail-oriented, have exceptional time management skills and take initiative with little guidance.
Act as the point of contact among executives, employees, clients and other external partners
Be organized, structured, and detailed-oriented. You are an expert at managing complex projects, balancing priorities, and sticking to tight timelines while nailing all the details
Manage leaders’ calendars and set up meetings
Ensure the executive’s calendar has clear context and is an impactful use of their time. Provide opportunities for executives to stay on top of tasks and timelines.
Coordinate and manage team events and offsites
Make travel & accommodation arrangements
Manage and submit expense reports
Create, update and finalize internal and external communication – memos, emails, presentations, reports
Be a sounding board for the climate within all levels of the org(s) that you support and understand when and how to work with cross-functional partners accordingly
Handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our San Francisco or Los Angeles hubs.
You Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here.
4+ years of proven experience as an Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant or similar role
Excellent Google Suite and Slack knowledge
Adaptable and flexible. You are an expert at navigating change and ambiguity. You thrive in dynamic, fast paced and remote work environments
Outstanding organizational and time management skills
Works collaboratively with peers
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Discretion and confidentiality
Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks at once
Demonstrates executive presence
Benefits
Generous Holiday and Time off Policy
Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
Work From Home Support
Home office setup allowance
Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
Care benefits
Monthly allowance for wellness
Annual allowance towards Childcare
Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).
Parental Leave
16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.
EOE Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.
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