About Faire

Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local — there are over 1M independent retailers in the U.S. and Canada doing more than twice the revenue of Walmart and Amazon combined. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect a thriving community of over 00,000 brands and local retailers around the world. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so that small businesses can compete with these big box and ecommerce giants. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement.

About the role

Our Exec Support Team strives to keep things running smoothly, anticipate needs, and clear the path for our leaders and teams to do their best work. We're looking for an experienced and highly motivated Executive Assistant to support our Head of Design and Head of Product. The ideal candidate has prior experience in a similar role, is adept at navigating a fast-paced environment, and is passionate about making an impact. 

As Executive Assistant to the Head of Design and Head of Product, you will:

• Act as gatekeeper, time advocate, and liaison for your leaders 
• Handle internal and external requests for time, utilizing strong judgment in prioritization and flexibility to meet scheduling changes and shifting priorities
• Organize and maintain high-volume calendars, creating efficiency and balance in daily/weekly/monthly schedules
• Manage relationships with external advisors and points of contact
• Provide strategic input to improve upon existing operating systems 
• Own components of Product operations including weekly meeting content, presentation materials, and the rollout of internal processes 
• Help draft internal communications 
• Create content for social media posts and Design news
• Help with thought pieces on design topics
• Assist with recruiting efforts
• Complete monthly expense reports and other administrative tasks 
• Anticipate needs, problem-solve, and manage emerging issues proactively
• Be a collaborative and reliable cross-functional partner 
• Plan and coordinate team events including quarterly offsites and social activities
• Champion and build team culture by tracking, celebrating, and highlighting important team and employee milestones 
• Contribute to initiatives and projects in addition to your core role 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and minimum 2+ years of experience in an Executive Assistant role, minimum of 4+ years of experience total
  

   

   

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion
• Superior knowledge of and experience with G Suite and Microsoft Office
• Ability to use emerging technology and tools
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Incredible organizational skills; must be detail-oriented
• Timely and consistent responsiveness 
• Outstanding ability to prioritize and multitask
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
• Availability to perform job duties outside of normal office hours when necessary
• A true sense of ownership and are passionate about results
• You are a team player and able to coordinate with senior leaders
• You have a great sense of humor - even when meeting tough deadlines
• You are a creative problem-solver 

A bonus if you have: 

• Program management experience
• Product management and operations experience 
• A design background or experience working within a design organization 

Why you’ll love working at Faire

• We are entrepreneurs: We believe entrepreneurship is a calling and our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Every member of our team is an owner of the business and taking part in the founding process.
• We are using tech and machine learning to level the playing field: We are using the power of technology and data to connect brands and boutiques from all over the world, building a thriving community of over 200,000 small business owners.
• We build products our customers love: Everything we do is ultimately in the service of helping our customers grow their business because our goal is to grow the pie - not steal a piece from it. Running a small business is hard work, but using Faire makes it easy.
• We are curious and resourceful: We always find a way to get the job done and come up with creative solutions to whatever problems are standing in our way. People at Faire are insatiably curious. We lead with curiosity and data in our decision making and reason from a first principles mindset. 

Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have offices in San Francisco, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Salt Lake City. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog. 

Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs.

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.