Contagious - Executive Assistant

5 months ago

London, United Kingdom Ascential Full time

We're looking for an Executive Assistant (12 Month Maternity Cover) to join our team in London as part of our Support function.

Your Role: You will support two executives: the Managing Director(MD) of Contagious and the Chief Content Officer (CCO)of the LIONS Division. You will become part of the Contagious Executive Team, helping to ensure the MD has all the necessary administrative, organisational and professional support to keep things running smoothly. You will also work closely with the CCO on administrative tasks and to support projects that often span across the entire division.

Key Responsibilities
- Diary and calendar management
- Minute taking in executive meetings
- Key weekly admin tasks, such as booking desks, meeting rooms etc
- Travel, expenses, staff entertainment etc
- General day-to-day admin
- Ad-hoc projects and research as necessary

Your Experience
- Highly organised and proactive, with the ability to handle a number of tasks concurrently
- Clear, concise communication skills
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across the business
- Detail oriented across everything that you do
- Ability to work on own initiative, manage a varied workload and meet deadlines
- Energetic, curious, resilient with a ‘can-do’ attitude

If you don't meet every single requirement, we'd still encourage you to apply. At Contagious, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role we would still like you to apply.

Who are we?

Contagious is a creative and strategic intelligence firm that helps agencies and brands supercharge their marketing by learning from the world's most creative and effective companies and campaigns. Through its IQ intelligence platform, consulting services, training and events, Contagious inspires and enables marketers to deliver brave, effective and contagious creativity. Find out more at


Contagious is part of Ascential plc. Ascential takes the world’s leading brands to the heart of what’s next for their industries. We do this through our events, intelligence products and advisory services. Our 700 people serve a global customer base from more than 100 countries in the large and growing Marketing and Financial Technology sectors. Ascential plc is listed on London Stock Exchange.

Why Choose Us?
- Two divisions. Three continents. One great culture._

We strive for the highest standards in everything we do. But that’s not just for our customers. We want working for Ascential to be the best career move you’ve ever made.

Ascential is a people-powered company, and we’re committed to supporting each and every one of them. We publish an annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report that sets out our goals, commitments and progress so far. We invest in Employee Groups, empowering them to run educational events, support charities that they’re passionate about, and share experiences with colleagues. These groups include Able to Thrive, Ascential Pride, Black in Business and Empower Women's Network. And our inclusive recruitment practices and early talent programmes help us to bring curious, passionate people from every walk of life into our team.

We’re committed to ensuring that the impact of our business on our environment - and the communities we operate in - is a positive one. That means making sure that each event we run is the most sustainable it’s ever been. We also default all of our pension plans to ESG options, so that our people’s savings are invested in ways that help rather than hinder our planet.

Helping people to connect and drive progress isn’t a business-only goal. We know that the world is a better place when we all lead with heart, supporting charitable causes that make a difference. We provide opportunities to give back through Volunteer Days, our Employee Groups and our charity partner, The Prince’s Trust.

We value output, not hours. Most of our roles ask for 1-2 days a week in your nearest office. But if that’s not possible for you, let’s talk. Flexible work conversations are actively encouraged here, and always will be.

Only you know what’s most important to you. That’s why we offer benefits packages that you can tailor to your needs. These include:

- 25 days of holiday per year - with an option to buy/ sell upto 5 days
- Pension, Life Assurance and Income Protection
- Flexible benefits platform with options including Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Critical Illness and the Ascential Shares Scheme
- Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme
- Volunteering opportunities and charitable giving options
- Great learning and development opportunities.

We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable during the process, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.

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