Upwork is the world's largest freelancing website. Each year $1.5 billion of work happens through Upwork, allowing businesses get more done and helping professionals break free of traditional time and place boundaries and work anytime, anywhere on projects they love. At Upwork, you'll help build on this momentum. Together, we'll create economic and social value on a global scale, providing a trusted online workplace for businesses to connect with extraordinary talent and work without limits.

We want you to join us as an Executive Assistant providing support to our rapidly growing Enterprise Sales team. To be successful in this position, you should have an empathic yet confident personality coupled with good judgment, resourcefulness, and discretion. High ethical and work standards are fundamental to this role.

You will have strong experience in an administrative role supporting senior level executives, but also be eager to expand current your skill set. You will be inspired by the passionate and dedicated team you are joining. We will be engaged by your commitment to our customers, excellence in execution, and dedication to delighting our clients and freelancers.

This position is located in our Chicago office, but also requires occasional travel to our Bay Area California offices.

Your Responsibilities

• Work in synchronization, take direction from, and partner with EA to CEO
• Full calendar management for SVP of Sales
• Coordinate and prepare internal and external meetings, including agenda, IT set up, etc.
• Prioritize and lead multiple projects simultaneously, and follow through in a timely fashion
• Prioritize conflicting needs
• Reconcile monthly expense reports
• Handle special ad hoc projects as necessary
• Work across various teams and roles, diving deep into the Enterprise and Sales
• Partner throughout Upwork and act as an ambassador for Enterprise
• Respond positively and creatively to requests of our customers
• Plan and support team events and offsites
• Assist with booking domestic and international travel, prepping necessary travel itineraries & documents

What it takes to catch our eye

• You have excellent calendar management skills
• You demonstrate organizational prowess and a passion for process
• You thrive under pressure
• You are proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, reliable, and punctual
• Discretion, tact, diplomacy, and good judgement are critical
• It goes without saying that you'll have excellent written and oral communication skills
• You have a sense of passion and ownership for projects and tasks.
• You are someone with whom people are eager to partner.
• You are able to anticipate and respond to the needs of the Execs before they arise.
• You are phenomenal with google docs, sheets, slides and google calendar

Come change how the world works. At Upwork you’ll help shape the future of work. From our offices in San Francisco, Mountain View and Chicago, together we’re creating exciting new opportunities for a world of professionals. You’ll be part of a vibrant culture built on shared values: Inspire a boundless future of work, Put our community first, Have a bias towards action, and Build amazing teams. Along the way you’ll have fun and enjoy the perks of a people-first company: Work from Home Wednesday's, daily breakfast and lunch, regular in-office happy hours, top-notch benefits … and more. Check out Upwork’s spotlight on The Muse for a glimpse of our daily work/life balance. Upwork is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.