Executive Assistant

We are seeking an experienced legal professional to join a privately owned, fast-paced, and fast-growing startup in Chicago! 

About Lucky Lincoln

Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC, is a licensed Terminal Operator leading the Illinois Video Gambling Industry through technology and innovation. Lucky Lincoln Gaming is a private, single-owner gaming start-up experiencing rapid growth. We currently operate one-thousand slot machines across 170 locations with a team of 70+ employees and an all hands on deck attitude. Run by a team of innovators, we have an exhilarating and collaborative culture where your voice is heard and your hard work pays off. With our eyes on the future, we are excited to branch out into other markets bringing our unique and boundless energy with us. 

You can read more about the company by viewing our website at www.luckylincoln.com

The Role

We are looking to grow our team by adding a fantastic Executive Assistant to support our President, based out of our brand new headquarters in Portage Park. In this position you will not only tackle complex administrative projects, you will serve as a thought partner to the founder of the company as he further grows Lucky Lincoln Gaming and his newest entities. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with excellent project management skills, previous experience supporting executives including drafting communication, and fantastic interpersonal skills. The right person for this job is someone who is passionate about their work and excited to move entrepreneurial projects forward. This is a great opportunity for either a dedicated executive assistant with great startup or global conglomerate experience or someone who is looking to transition out of an analyst or consultant role into a space where they can take their experience and own executive level projects and an impactful sphere of influence.

Your Responsibilities: 

• Provide comprehensive administrative support to the President
• Act as first point of contact for externals
• Prepare and edit correspondence, communications, and team and company-wide messages 
• Make independent decisions regarding priority levels for tasks and delegate when appropriate
• Lead ad hoc projects across three companies
• Manage and prioritize the week based on key deliverables for the week ahead
• Serve as a resource in critical thinking in all entrepreneurial ideas and endeavors of President
• Gather information and content from managers and prepare necessary reports and presentations
• Prepare and track expense reports for yourself and President
• Assist President with executive initiatives

Must Haves:

• Bachelor’s Degree from Top University in Business or related major
• 3+ years supporting C-Level Executive
• Self-starter: can take any project, no matter how big or small, and run with it to completion
• Impeccable communication skills including excellent grammar 
• Quick learner: the gaming industry is incredibly fast paced and there are major growth initiatives across all entities poised to happen soon, so it is important that you catch on quickly
• Passionate about work: we put in long hours and work hard, you need to be able to match the President’s and senior management’s schedules
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office and Google Suites
• Experience handling confidential information
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with emphasis on follow through
• Decisive, perceptive, and intuitive decision-making skills

Nice to Haves:

• Graduate Degree from Top University
• Previous experience in compliance-heavy industry
• Willingness to travel to other states occasionally
• Bilingual
• Ability to competently draft legal documents
• Experience in multi-entity corporation a plus