Executive Assistant

NOX METALS
Los Angeles +1 more
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward self-starters comfortable with managing complex calendars and coordinating multi-location logistics, this role suits candidates with experience in high-growth manufacturing environments.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a track record of managing executive calendars and resolving scheduling conflicts effectively
    — “Own complex calendars and resolve scheduling conflicts thoughtfully”
  • Individuals who have experience in high-growth, manufacturing, or operations-heavy companies
    — “Experience in a high-growth, manufacturing, or operations-heavy company”
  • Professionals who can build systems to streamline recurring tasks and maintain order in fast-changing environments
    — “Build simple systems that make recurring work easier”

Things to consider

  • This role requires in-person work in either Los Angeles or Detroit, with no remote flexibility mentioned
    — “This role is full time, in person in either Los Angeles or Detroit, Michigan.”
  • Candidates must be comfortable handling confidential company and personnel information
    — “Handle confidential company and personnel information appropriately”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to anticipate executive needs and proactively solve issues before they arise
    — “Notice missing details early and solve them before they become problems”
  • Emphasize your experience in managing high-level logistics and travel coordination
    — “Coordinate domestic travel, itineraries, and last-minute changes”
  • Demonstrate your discretion and judgment in handling sensitive communications and materials
    — “Draft and manage selected correspondence with discretion”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · LowAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • protect executive team's time and attention
  • handle sensitive information with care
  • anticipate needs without constant direction
  • solve problems before they become issues
Typical background
executive assistant experienceorganizational skills

Skills & requirements

Required

Calendar ManagementTravel CoordinationMeeting PreparationLeadership Meeting OrganizationCorrespondence DraftingExpense ProcessingLogistics CoordinationSystem BuildingDetail HandlingConfidential Information Management

Preferred

Supporting Founders Or Senior ExecutivesHigh-growth Company ExperienceMulti-location CoordinationAI Tool Usage

Stack & domain

Organizational SkillsCommunicationProblem-solvingAttention To DetailExecutive SupportOperations

About the role

Original posting from NOX METALS via Ashby

Executive Assistant | Nox Metals | Detroit, MI or Los Angeles, CA

About Nox Metals. American factories deserve a supply chain that moves as fast as they do. Nox Metals is building it, along with the tools that run it. We’re a technology company with operations in Metro Detroit and Los Angeles, supplying aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers. We use software and automation to supply metal to American factories faster than the industry thought possible.

The role. We’re hiring an Executive Assistant to protect the executive team’s time, attention, and follow-through. You will manage complicated schedules, travel, meetings, communications, and details so leaders arrive prepared and the company’s priorities keep moving.

The right person anticipates what is needed, handles sensitive information with care, and brings order to a fast-changing environment without adding unnecessary process.

You will:

· Own complex calendars and resolve scheduling conflicts thoughtfully

· Coordinate domestic travel, itineraries, and last-minute changes

· Prepare executives for meetings with the right context and materials

· Organize leadership meetings, capture decisions, and track follow-up

· Draft and manage selected correspondence with discretion

· Process expenses and maintain accurate administrative records

· Coordinate visitors, interviews, events, and executive logistics

· Build simple systems that make recurring work easier

· Notice missing details early and solve them before they become problems

· Handle confidential company and personnel information appropriately

You are:

· Exceptionally organized and attentive to detail

· Proactive and able to anticipate needs without constant direction

· Calm, resourceful, and professional when plans change

· A strong written and verbal communicator

· Trusted with sensitive information and sound in judgment

· Comfortable balancing urgency with importance

· Service-oriented without being passive

· Reliable, responsive, and committed to closing loops

Nice to have:

· Experience supporting founders or senior executives

· Experience in a high-growth, manufacturing, or operations-heavy company

· Experience coordinating work across multiple locations

· Comfort using modern productivity and AI tools responsibly

Benefits:

· Equity in Nox Metals

· Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance

This role is full time, in person in either Los Angeles or Detroit, Michigan.

Nox Metals is an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on skill, attitude, and fit for the work, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, height, weight, marital status, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.

Source: NOX METALS careers (Ashby)

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