Senior Executive Assistant in London

Join to apply for the Senior Executive Assistant role at Activision. Activision Blizzard plays a centralised role in the creation of epic entertainment by supporting our interactive gaming brands and studios with a diverse range of career opportunities across corporate functions such as Marketing, Communications, Legal, Human Resources, Finance and Supply Chain. Based in Soho, the cultural heart of London's West End, you'll be surrounded by classic record shops, leading film companies, media offices and great restaurants, all within walking distance of tube and mainline stations.

Your Mission

Provide Executive Assistant support to our leader for Activision International Marketing, based in our London Soho office. This high-profile role requires a highly organised EA who embraces our values and ideals.

Responsibilities

• Understand and anticipate the leader's needs and priorities to ensure daily operations run efficiently; review correspondence and arrange meetings locally and across time zones.
• Maintain sophisticated schedules with meticulous attention to detail, proactively reviewing calendars to anticipate and flag clashes and coordinate rescheduling.
• Handle domestic and international travel logistics.
• Manage all communications with confidentiality and accuracy, ensuring messages are redirected appropriately and tracked.
• Compile meeting follow-up and action items as required.
• Design and implement efficient office procedures in collaboration with the Operations Manager and Business Manager.
• Collaborate with other executives and manage relationships with external vendors and internal resources.
• Plan corporate events and team meetings, selecting venues, reviewing contracts, securing fair cost, food & beverage, audio/visual needs, and maintaining vendor relationships.
• Coordinate induction schedules for new employees and travel schedules for international executives visiting the office.
• Support ad-hoc assignments and ongoing projects requiring Word, PowerPoint, Excel or Visio.
• Process and pay expense reports using Oracle for the VP and Senior Leadership Team.
• Track budgets for travel, events, learning & development, donations and reconcile AMEX charges.
• Maintain organisational charts using Visio.
• Provide wider team support with ad-hoc requests such as office administration, events support and minute-taking.

Player Profile

• Extensive experience supporting Executive Level Leaders, preferably in a highly multifaceted entertainment environment or other high-touch, heavy-volume industry.
• Degree-level Education preferred (Business or Communications), though proven experience will be considered.
• Experience in travel and event management (both internal and external).
• Strong organisational skills, able to balance multiple tasks efficiently and with diligence.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, especially Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Go-getter attitude: ambitious, tenacious, a phenomenal teammate, and a strong support advocate.

About Us

Our mission is to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We enable hundreds of millions of people to experience joy, thrill and achievement through our video-game franchises. Diversity is at the core of our culture and we strive to build games for a global audience. As a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, we have a strong track record of delivering shareholder value for over 30 years and supporting corporate social responsibility initiatives such as the Call of Duty Endowment, which has helped veterans find employment.

Equal Opportunity

Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. We provide reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. Please contact us to request accommodation.