What it’s like
Being an Athena EA is a fulfilling job. Your goal is to not just be a task-doer. You are your client’s strategic partner who will help them in both their personal and professional goals.
The job description
Athena EAs are empowered to do the following things to help the fiercely ambitious reach the most audacious goals:
- ⌛ Optimize client's time and priorities to reach ambitious goals
- You become a gatekeeper to their time by being in charge of their calendar and inbox.
- 📅 Own and manage robust calendars and scheduling
- You help them make and develop connections via scheduling meetings with investors, employees, friends, and family.
- 📞 Drive internal and external communications, presentations, reports, and/or social media
- You connect them to everyone and make sure they are showing the best versions of themselves each time.
- 📊 Research and analyze opportunities for client personal and professional growth
- You’re like a human Google — collecting data and collating it to optimize your client’s development.
- 🌐 Build rapport and manage relationships with client's network and team
- As an EA, you become an indispensable part of your client’s team!
- 🎯 Lead various targeted special projects
- You can do small and big projects alike to help your client with their goals.
The expectations
Athena EAs must also:
- 🥅 Be driven by goals, not tasks (you are not just a task-doer, remember?)
- 📈 Foster strong desire to learn and grow (you are in charge of your own growth trajectory)
- 🫂 Embody trust and dependability (you are a strategic partner that should be relied on)
- 🤷♀️ Understand complex problems and offers creative solutions (you are not stumped by difficult situations and can maneuver yourself out of them)
- 🧠 Have deep emotional, social, and relationship intelligence (you can relate deeply with your client’s struggles and empathize with them)
- 🪴 Take pride in improvement and quality of work (you are growth-driven and never settle for subpar and mediocre work)
- ✍️ Have excellent English communication skills (you are constantly developing your English skills to near perfection every day)