Administrative Assistant

Job Posted 25 Days Ago Posted 25 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Entry level
AdTech
The Role
The Administrative Assistant will manage executive calendars, facilitate office support, handle travel planning, and maintain office organization while contributing to the company culture.
Summary Generated by Built In

We are Landor.

World-leading brand specialists.

Consulting. Design. Experience.

Connecting business strategy to brand.

Bringing every facet of brand to life.

Creating brand-led experiences for talent & customers.

United in our drive to make a positive difference.

Proudly part of WPP.

We build brands, designed to transform.

Our Landor Group also includes leaders in sonic branding amp, workspace & architectural design experts BDG and award-winning motion specialists ManvsMachine.

What you’ll do

Landor Fundamentals

  • Participate in multiple internal initiatives to help build our culture in support of our brand and studio
  • Happy and confident manner that demonstrates your energy, optimism, and drive for result

Executive Administration

  • Managing the smooth and efficient running of a busy calendar across several different time zones, ensuring that he/she is on time and armed with the correct information in advance any meeting or call
  • Managing calendars and responding where appropriate and creating a daily reminder on actionable items
  • Planning international travel and managing expenses
  • Drafting timecards for review/approval
  • Drafting communication and correspondence as and when required
  • Desk research as directed to support client assignments and speaking engagements

General Office Support

  • Move coordinator and change agent for the process including leading up to, during and post move
  • Set-up and cleanup of support food and beverage services for internal and client meetings
  • Preparation of meeting rooms to the required specs
  • Management of all catering requests generally, specialized orders for invoiced meeting events, distribute client/staff-catering internally
  • Responsible for the appearance of office, maintaining tidiness of the reception area/kitchen area and all meeting rooms.
  • Coordinate repairs, repainting and scheduled cleaning with specific attention to high profile areas such as, conference rooms, studio and kitchen
  • Responsible for the stock control and purchasing of office supplies
  • Assist with the set-up of specialist equipment for client/internal meetings in meeting rooms
  • Coordinate office services as it relates to office moves
  • Undertakes additional ad hoc administration duties as required by the Executive Directors and Human Resources

What you’ll need 

  • Ability to be resilient and tenacious
  • Ability to work fast and accurately under pressure and maintain a professional disposition at all times
  • Mature and effective communication skills both written and verbal and organizational skills
  • An enquiring mind; ability to solve problems and come to conclusions
  • A proactive approach and attention to detail
  • Basic understanding of Microsoft Office software packages
  • Great hospitality skills and a flair for entertaining
  • Ability to work independently
  • Happy and confident manner
  • Comfortable with undertaking office management tasks

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.



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The Company
972 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 1941

What We Do

We exist to make a positive difference for our clients, our people, and the world around us. We believe that difference lies in doing more than what’s necessary, in doing different than before, and in always pushing for better as professionals and as people.

We challenge ourselves to embrace what matters and let go of what doesn’t. We hold ourselves to the highest standards and inspire each other to go even further. We trust in our teammates and learn and grow from their different perspectives every day.

We look out for one another and get to be a supportive presence in each other’s lives. By making each other better, we create extraordinary together.

Because we know the transformative power of creativity, we know we can create positive change.
With purpose. With passion. By design.

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