Executive Assistants 

EXECUTIVE LEAD SUPPORT (SALES AND MARKETING - CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS) - DOWNTOWN DETROIT, MI

Require Domestic and International Travel Coordination

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The Opportunity

As executive support lead for our sales and marketing groups, you will support executives (2 senior vice presidents and 1 vice president) by managing complex calendars, coordinating domestic and international travel, and providing day-to-day operational support. This role is responsible for event planning and communications. In this role, you will partner closely with internal stakeholders and use strong organizational skills, sound judgment, and attention to detail to successfully manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Calendar Management: Manage complex, frequently changing calendars for one or more executives.
• Meeting Coordination: Coordinate internal and external meetings across multiple time zones.
• Meeting Preparation: Prepare agendas, briefing materials, and meeting logistics to support effective meetings.
• Travel Coordination: Coordinate comprehensive domestic and international travel, including flights, hotels, ground transportation, visas, and required travel documentation.
• Travel Itineraries: Prepare detailed travel itineraries with confirmations, contact information, and contingency plans.
• Travel Monitoring: Monitor travel schedules for changes or disruptions and proactively resolve issues.
• Expense Tracking: Track travel expenses and assist with expense reporting and reimbursements.
• Document Support: Draft, proofread, and edit correspondence, reports, and presentations.
• File Management: Maintain organized digital and physical filing systems.
• Project Support: Assist with special projects, event planning, and ad hoc administrative tasks.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Proven experience coordinating complex domestic and international travel and managing executive calendars.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience using calendar and scheduling tools to coordinate meetings across multiple time zones.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including drafting, proofreading, and editing professional correspondence.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, corporate or professional environment and ability to prioritize requests.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with professionalism and discretion.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience supporting senior executives or leadership teams.
• Familiarity with travel booking platforms and expense management systems.
• Experience tracking travel expenses and supporting expense reporting and reimbursements.
• Strong judgment, problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities with minimal supervision.

Our client offers an exceptional benefit package. This is an in-office position.

Send resume in a Word format attachment to: ben@harperjobs.com

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT - METRO DETROIT, MI

Successful real estate development firm is seeking an exceptional professional who is extremely organized, very detail oriented and has superior oral and written communication abilities. A dedicated professional who is naturally polite and kind, has a sincere team spirit and a flexible demeanor will flourish in this role. Primary function of this position will be handling tenant/lease relationships. The ideal candidate has worked in a construction/architectural environment.

The Executive Assistant will:

• Distribute weekly tenant construction reports
• Assist with store planning projects & deadlines
• Coordinate with internal teams (real estate, construction, and lease admin) and external vendors
• Manage expense reports and invoices
• Prepare and distribute tenant turnover and closeout letters

Must be comfortable with digital and paper filing and have documenting and record keeping expertise. Advanced proficiency with Word and Excel and Access are required.

Outstanding salary and benefits!

Send resume in a Word format attachment to ben@harperjobs.com