Gradial helps marketers and creatives move from idea to execution faster. Our platform turns intent into action, automating website updates, design system migrations, and ongoing content optimization while preserving brand integrity across every touchpoint.
Backed by leading investors, we’re building software that adapts to the user, not the other way around. We move with urgency, operate with ownership, and solve hard problems from first principles. If you want to do ambitious work, take real responsibility, and help define the future of AI-native content operations, you’ll do your best work here.
Executive Assistant, CEO
The Role
Gradial is hiring an Executive Assistant to support our CEO in a fast-moving, high-growth environment. You will shape scheduling, travel, and inbox coordination around the CEO’s priorities and the most important needs of the business.
This role is not just about keeping the calendar organized. It is about creating the structure, follow-through, and day-to-day leverage that helps the CEO spend time where it matters most. The right person will bring strong judgment, attention to detail, and a calm, proactive approach to keeping complex work moving.
What You’ll Own
- Own the CEO calendar, prioritize requests, and shape each week around the most important work
- Manage complex travel planning for customer meetings, internal events, and key company priorities, handling changes with speed and accuracy
- Support inbox workflows tied to scheduling, travel, and follow-up so communication stays organized and responsive
- Prepare itineraries, meeting logistics, and background materials that help the CEO show up ready for every interaction
- Track action items and follow-ups across meetings, ensuring important decisions and next steps do not get lost
- Partner closely with the CEO to improve operating rhythm, protect focus time, and keep priorities moving
- Provide light support for internal events and team gatherings when needed
- Step in to support other leaders on an as-needed basis when it helps keep the business moving
- Spot repetitive coordination work and improve it with better systems, documentation, and lightweight automation tools
What We Need
- 4+ years of experience in executive support, executive operations, or a similar role in a high-velocity environment
- Proven success supporting a senior executive with complex scheduling, shifting priorities, and a high volume of moving pieces
- Strong judgment and prioritization skills with the ability to make smart tradeoffs and protect executive time
- Experience coordinating travel and external meetings with a high level of detail, discretion, and follow-through
- Comfort supporting inbox management, calendar workflows, and related executive communications
- Clear communicator who closes loops, flags issues early, and keeps work moving without adding friction
- High level of ownership and reliability with the ability to operate independently in ambiguous situations
- Comfort working in a Microsoft-first environment, including Outlook, Teams, and related productivity tools
- Strong attention to detail and a practical mindset for improving systems and simplifying execution
- Familiarity with AI or automation tools that improve speed, organization, and reliability
Nice to Have
- Experience providing occasional support to multiple executives during high-priority moments
The base salary range for this position is $145,000 – $155,000. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, and qualifications.
In addition to base salary, this role will be eligible for performance-based bonuses and equity awards. Gradial offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental & vision insurance, 401K retirement plan, paid time off, paid sick leave.
You'll thrive here if you...
- Embrace AI as a core tool for problem-solving, creativity and scale.
- Show a strong work ethic, high ownership and bias toward action.
- Communicate with clarity and curiosity.
- Thrive in fast-paced, hyper-growth environments; where building is always better than maintaining the status quo.
What we offer
- Meaningful equity and competitive salary
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
- Fast-paced environment with autonomy and ownership
- Real impact, zero bureaucracy
- A front-row seat to building category-defining AI infrastructure
AI Literacy & Interviewing Tools
As an AI-first company, we prioritize AI literacy as a core competency in our hiring decisions. We’re excited by candidates who thoughtfully apply AI tools in their work, but during interviews we’re focused on you. This is your opportunity to show how you think, communicate, and solve problems. Over-reliance on AI-generated responses during the interview process (especially when it obscures your own voice) will result in disqualification. We want to understand your unique perspective and how you approach challenges, both with and without AI.
Privacy Policy
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Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process should contact us at [email protected] to request assistance.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of experience in executive support, executive operations, or a similar role
- Proven success supporting a senior executive with complex scheduling
- Experience coordinating travel and external meetings
- Comfort working in a Microsoft-first environment
- Strong attention to detail and a practical mindset for improving systems
- Familiarity with AI or automation tools
What We Do
Gradial is the enterprise generative AI platform for transforming content management and customer journey intelligence. Gradial leverages frontier generative image and text models to enable personalized digital experiences at scale. We empower creative teams to bring their vision to life using words and truly differentiate their brand's voice in a sea of content.
