Jobs

Executive Assistant


The position

We seek a poised self-starter for a six month contracted Executive Assistant position, supporting our Executive Director. We are looking for a creative problem solver who is excited about supporting executives and operations. This person will be responsible for complex scheduling, managing competing priorities, communicating authentically, and maintaining a high level of integrity and discretion. We seek team members who bring a commitment to equity, inclusion, and justice. Experience in or being passionate about stories, TV and film, and/or climate change would be an asset for the role. You must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This is a fully remote position with your home location flexible within the United States.


What you’ll get

  • Creative and startup energy: Collaboration within a diverse team on a groundbreaking creative project within a rapidly growing nonprofit
  • Mission: Purpose-centered nonprofit at the intersection of climate and storytelling
  • Passionate team: A high-performing, world-class team that is pushing the boundaries of climate storytelling in TV and film
  • Exciting connections: Interaction with climate and Hollywood leaders
  • Flexibility: Ability to work remotely and adapt with your schedule and Good Energy demands
  • Competitive pay: We are offering an annual salary of $75,000 for this position, initially offered as a six month contracted position at $6250 per month.


The organization

We are a small but rapidly growing collaboration of writers, artists, climate experts, and entrepreneurs tackling climate change one story at a time. Good Energy is a nonprofit whose mission is to inspire, support, and accelerate climate representation and stories in scripted entertainment, catalyzing action through narrative change. From 2016–20, only 2.8% of Hollywood’s scripted film and TV touched on climate—but Good Energy aims to make that number 50% by 2027.


Our flagship product is the Good Energy Playbook. Launched in April 2022, the Playbook garnered tremendous interest, with write-ups in The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, the Associated Press, CNN, Time, and more. Now, we’re developing and launching screenwriting workshops and a consulting program, along with other initiatives, to train and support screenwriters and industry leaders who want to talk about climate and illuminate the intersectionality of the climate crisis.


We are now working to build a sustainable organization, capable of responding to this momentum and enormous opportunity.


Responsibilities

  • Manage the executive’s time and calendar: including scheduling appointments and time around the weekly highest priorities
  • Maintain the executive’s inbox, including filtering, maintaining a daily update of all incoming emails, and flagging the most urgent or time-sensitive needs
  • Organize meetings: scheduling, sending reminders, drafting agendas, note taking, and follow-up
  • Brief the Executive Director before meetings, debrief after meetings, and draft follow-ups
  • Coordinate travel
  • Track expenses, invoices, and budgets
  • Maintain comprehensive and organized records and meeting notes, update contact lists and other relevant information within AirTable
  • Manage daily communications with the Executive Director and the team, and with external partners, vendors, contractors, and clients; write and edit emails, draft memos, and prepare communications on the Executive Director’s behalf
  • Coordinate consistent project management updates across all Good Energy projects and align to Executive Director’s calendar and priorities
  • Ensure that all tasks and projects center Good Energy’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice values and practices
  • Create slide decks for projects and fundraising efforts as needed
  • Special project support as needed


Desired qualifications

  • At least two years of professional experience in an administrative or project-management role
  • Proficiency in cloud-based collaboration tools: GSuite, Slack, and database management, like AirTable
  • Experience creating and building slide decks
  • Excellent time management skills across multiple competing priorities
  • Adept communication skills, both written and verbal, with a proven experience in adapting to different audiences and needs
  • Ability to anticipate and pivot to meet project needs; self-direction; ability to take initiative and ownership of responsibilities


Helpful experience

  • Climate and/or Hollywood experience

Experience(s) both from a climate informational/context perspective and/or having Hollywood contacts or work background

  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice

Experience navigating and integrating DEIJ practices and values into work culture

  • Fundraising and grant writing

Experience supporting the operations of raising funds and crafting fundraising communications


To apply

Please send a résumé and cover letter, or cover introductory video, to jobs@goodenergystories.com


The Good Energy Project is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building a representative team comprising a variety of perspectives, skills, and backgrounds. We encourage applicants with any education, age, culture, ethnicity, race, color, disability, veteran’s status, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation and beliefs, opinions, religion, nation of origin, and languages spoken.