Executive Assistant - Hybrid (Atlanta Office)

Reed Smith Llp • Atlanta, GA

264d • $30 - $37

About The Position

This executive assistant role is responsible for providing high-level, executive and confidential administrative support. This role will deliver value in the following ways: central support resource for the leader and the practice team; an integrator connecting work streams that would otherwise remain siloed; a communicator linking the practice team, clients and the broader organization.

Requirements

• Two years of college or equivalent experience required.
• Five plus years experience in a high-level administrative support position.
• Experience in a law firm or other professional services firm preferred.
• Expert organizational skills; top-notch time management skills; streamlined and polished communication style; problem-solving orientation; ownership of the role and the responsibilities; meticulous attention to detail; ability to remain calm and poised in times of high stress.
• Mastery of Microsoft Office suite, including ability to create PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, and Word documents.
• Advanced Outlook skills including the calendaring and task functions.
• Facility with Zoom and MS Teams.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive matters professionally and with discretion.
• Ability to resolve issues quickly, effectively, and diplomatically and to make appropriate recommendations.
• Good decision maker, strategic thinker and proven ability to manage time, people and resources in order to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, manage projects and handle multiple competing priorities.
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to constantly changing priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Project management skills/training, a plus.

Responsibilities

• Specialized legal support leading to exceptional client service
• Calendar management and scheduling with meticulous attention to detail, including proactively identifying and monitoring matter-related deadlines, and organizing and creating invitations for internal and external events to include all pertinent details (zoom links, locations, contact information), often across time zones and multiple busy calendars.
• Liaise with internal and external clients and support services (e.g. IT, Travel, and Office Services as well as external vendors) on behalf of the attorney and the practice team as it pertains to scheduling of meetings, events and travel.
• Leveraging the Firm's Travel Department while overseeing all aspects of travel planning, logistics, details and execution, to attorney's preferences, aiming to be efficient with the attorney's time during business trips, and keeping client-related components of business trips at the forefront.
• Track all follow-up requests (meetings, materials, deliverables).
• Approach all client interactions, either in writing, by telephone or in person, with professionalism, discretion, and diplomacy, as a representative of the attorney, the practice team and the Firm.
• Prepare and/or disseminate schedules, notifications, agendas, minutes, and meeting materials.
• Proactively prepare or coordinate preparation of background materials and due diligence for meetings to ensure attorney is prepared for meetings, events and interactions.
• Prepare/draft legal documents as required, including exhibits for trial or closings, trial/closing binders, correspondence, notices, pleadings, and memoranda.
• Process Matter Opening Forms promptly, ensuring timely follow up and assignment and communication of matter numbers.
• Maintain an ongoing status list of MOFs and new matters opened.
• Build and maintain an effective working relationship with personnel at all levels.
• Effectively manage communications with high-level internal and external constituents.
• Contribute to success of the attorney's financial and client growth goals.
• Independently prioritize, research, and follow up on multiple incoming issues and concerns addressed to the attorney, including those of sensitive and/or confidential nature; recommend appropriate course of action, referral, and/or response.
• Maintain Outlook contacts lists, promptly adding new contacts upon introduction to the attorney and keeping up-to-date as contact information changes.
• Work in conjunction with Firm's Business Center to ensure prompt processing of all expenses.
• Process timesheets daily, drafting entries and following up as appropriate.
• Onsite responsibilities may include meeting clients in a professional manner; use of standard office equipment, including copiers and scanners; maintaining physical files; reviewing jobs for quality assurance; and providing support to attorneys outside of team assignments.
• Provide support outside of standard working hours, including during evenings and weekends as needed.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 401k Plan
• Medical Health Savings Account
• Virtual Health
• Dental
• Vision
• Accident Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Lyra Health Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Family Leave (for eligible Exempt and Non-Exempt Staff)
• College Savings Plan
• Transportation Benefit
• Back-up Child Care
• College Coach
• Pet Insurance
• Paid Time Off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Associate degree