Executive Assistant, Wattpad
Korean Speaker
Platform for sharing original writing
Open for applications
Platform for sharing original writing
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
Wattpad's mission is to create a world where everyone's story can be heard, and anyone can belong.
Role
Who you are
- Experience providing administrative support in a corporate environment
- Strong fluency in English and Korean; must have both business and conversational proficiency
- Demonstrated proficiency with Google Suite and MS Office
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Highly organized, capable of multitasking and prioritizing across multiple stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information responsibly
- The ability to anticipate, exercise initiative, troubleshoot, and solve problems on the fly
- High energy, friendly, professional demeanor, with a strong desire to help and support others
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a bright, highly organized, and self-motivated individual to provide executive support and manage office operations
- You will play a pivotal role in maintaining the efficiency and productivity of our workplace while providing essential support to our executives
- Your responsibilities will encompass a variety of administrative, organizational, and communication tasks to facilitate the seamless functioning of our team
- The ideal candidate will be proactive, detail-oriented, and adept at handling a wide range of tasks to ensure smooth operations and support for our executives and office environment
- Provide administrative support to three to four Executives, including calendar management, booking internal/external meetings, and organizing all related logistics including travel arrangements and managing expenses
- Act as a liaison between the executive team and internal/external stakeholders, managing emails, calls, and correspondence on behalf of executives
- Schedule and coordinate board meetings and off-site leadership team meetings as necessary
- Prepare materials and notes for key meetings, facilitating efficient cross-org communication
- Provide executive administrative support on key tracking, reporting and communication tasks for/by the leadership team
- Attend and take notes during meetings and circulate them to relevant team members in a timely manner
- Perform research and information gathering
- Provide support and perform other tasks in support of your Executive
- Approaching every interaction, challenge and proposed solution with an inclusive mindset
Our take
Content is king and Wattpad has managed to turn create a platform that aggregates the most loved original writing content in the world, turning the traditional publishing industry on its head.
Where authors used to submit drafts to dozens of publishing houses in the hope of getting some eyeballs on their work, Wattpad opened up the process to millions of young authors by letting them easily submit their work, and fostering a community around their software that offers feedback and help.
The e-reading platform is now looking to double down on its strategy of taking its user-generated fiction and turning it into successful intellectual property upon which original series and movies can be based. However a significant challenge for Wattpad is in producing original, marketable content from its platform given the popularity of fanfiction, stories which are based on existing intellectual property.
Another challenge for Wattpad is the current economic conditions which have affected much of the tech sector and are not sparing digital publishing. Having shelved bold plans for the future it also laid off 15% of its workforce in March 2023. Having realigned for its current business needs however, it is now well placed to weather the current market downturn.
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back within 2 weeks
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2018
$51m
LATE VC
Apr 2014
$46m
SERIES C
Total funding: $117.8m
Company benefits
- Full health benefits
- Career development & Mentorship opportunities
- RRSP matching
- Generous parental Leave top-up
- Flexible hours
- Regular hackathons
- Healthy snacks & drinks
- Your choice of hardware
- Monthly work-from-home allowance
- Beautiful offices in Toronto and Halifax
- Easy access to transit
Company values
- UserObsessed- We make every decision by stepping into our users’ shoes
- Inclusive - We help everyone belong
- Trailblazer - We push ourselves on how we think and how we act
- BuildItForward - We’re always building a foundation for tomorrow
- PlayToWin - We’re driven to lead the pack
- Resourceful -We make the most of every minute and every dollar
- TeamWork - We do what’s best for the greater good
Company HQ
St. Lawrence, Toronto, ON
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Leadership
Allen lau
(CEO)Lau attended University of Toronto where he earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering followed by a master's in the same subject. Thereafter he briefly worked as a software engineer for Brightspark before founding his first notable company, Tira Wireless, a mobile development startup. He is also the co-founder of Two Small Fish Ventures, a fund that invests in Toronto and Waterloo-based early-stage internet companies with strong network effects.
Ivan Yuen
(CSO)Prior to Wattpad, Ivan co-founded FeedM8 and served as the company’s CTO. Before that he was one of the first employees of Tira Wireless, where he helped grow the technical team and developed new and emerging wireless technologies. Ivan graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Computer Engineering and also earned an MBA from the Rotman School of Management.
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