Chief of Staff

<p>Chief of Staff to Founder & CEO</p><p>Entertainment & Media Company</p><p>Local candidates only</p><p>Schedule: Monday–Friday during standard business hours, with flexibility as business needs dictate. This position requires a true 24/7 ownership mindset and responsiveness outside traditional hours when priorities arise.</p><p>Compensation: Up to $225,000 DOE, plus comprehensive benefits.</p><p>Candidates must have prior experience operating as a true Chief of Staff, with meaningful strategy and operations experience within entertainment or media.</p><p><br></p><p>We are seeking an exceptional Chief of Staff to serve as the strategic right hand to the Founder & CEO of a fast-paced entertainment and media company. This highly visible leadership role is ideal for an experienced operator who excels at solving complex business challenges, translating a Founder’s vision into actionable plans, and driving execution across multiple stakeholders.</p><p>The Chief of Staff will serve as an extension of the CEO, leading strategic initiatives, improving organizational effectiveness, and ensuring cross-functional alignment and accountability. This individual must move seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution while bringing structure, clarity, and momentum to an entrepreneurial environment.</p><p>Key Responsibilities</p><p>Lead high-impact strategic initiatives and complex cross-functional projects on behalf of the CEO, anticipating risks and recommending thoughtful solutions.</p><p>Translate the CEO’s vision and priorities into clear, actionable direction for executives, creative teams, operational leaders, and external partners.</p><p>Synthesize complex or highly specialized information into concise, executive-level recommendations and decision points.</p><p>Partner with executive leadership to align organizational priorities, timelines, and objectives while proactively removing barriers to execution.</p><p>Exercise independent judgment to filter competing demands, prioritize decisions, and reduce executive bottlenecks.</p><p>Ensure the CEO is fully prepared for meetings through agenda management, research, briefing materials, presentations, and clearly defined follow-up.</p><p>Attend leadership meetings, strategic planning sessions, partner meetings, and external presentations, documenting decisions and driving accountability.</p><p>Draft executive communications, presentations, speeches, internal announcements, and other high-priority correspondence.</p><p>Build trusted relationships with internal leaders, investors, agencies, advisors, and key external stakeholders.</p><p>Serve as a communication bridge across departments, improving collaboration and ensuring continuity across strategic initiatives.</p><p>Partner with the CEO on annual planning, quarterly objectives, organizational priorities, and company-wide initiatives.</p><p>Provide strategic oversight and dotted-line leadership to the Senior Executive Assistant and broader executive support function.</p><p>Liaise with the CEO’s spouse, Family Office, Business Manager, legal counsel, and other trusted advisors across select business and personal matters.</p><p>Design and refine systems and workflows that improve efficiency, strengthen accountability, and empower teams to execute independently.</p><p>Manage special projects and evolving priorities as assigned.</p><p>Qualifications</p><p>Minimum of six years of experience in a true Chief of Staff, strategy, operations, consulting, or senior project leadership role.</p><p>Meaningful experience within entertainment or media is required, ideally supporting a Founder, CEO, or senior creative executive.</p><p>Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple internal and external stakeholders.</p><p>Strong strategic and analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize information, connect business priorities, and translate vision into execution.</p><p>Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, executive presence, emotional intelligence, and sound judgment.</p><p>Proven ability to influence without direct authority and navigate complex organizational dynamics.</p><p>Highly organized, proactive, resourceful, and adaptable, with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.</p><p>Unwavering discretion when handling confidential business and personal matters.</p><p>Hands-on, collaborative approach with a genuine “no task is beneath me” mentality.</p>