PA TO THE FOUNDERS OF A FAST-PACED PR COMPANY

We are looking for an experienced, switched on ambitious PA, ready for a fast paced and creative environment based in West London.

The successful candidate will be providing full PA support to the two owners of the company including business and private. Duties will include but are not limited to diary management, arranging meetings, keeping the office looking beautiful, home duties for the directors and extensive travel planning.

The successful candidate will be super organised, smart, have excellent administration and Microsoft Office skills, IT skills, be highly personable and presentable and excel under deadline.

You will be managing an ever-changing workload, with basic roles that happen each day / week/ term but also 75% of your day will be filled with new things and a varied changing amount of jobs. It is therefore crucial that you have a minimum of 3 years' experience in a similar role and know how to prioritise effectively.

About Cath Taylor and James Herring:
James is the creative director of Taylor Herring coming up with amazing ideas that will never cease to amuse you. James also owns another website called The Poke, you may on occasion be asked to arrange meetings etc for The Poke.

Cath Taylor is head of Business Affairs at Taylor Herring. James and Catch are a husband and wife team - Cath therefore in the office as much as possible around school drop off's etc for their three children. As you can imagine they're a very busy family and some private work will be required whether that's helping to choose a gift for a godchild or ensuring their cars are taxed.

Working at Taylor Herring:
We've built our success with some exceptional people, creating incredible, unique campaigns. So we go the extra mile when it comes to looking after our talent. No day at Taylor Herring is the same - one day you'll have a hugely realistic polar bear walking through the door and the next day you'll have models preparing to head off for a photo-shoot downstairs.


Location: West London
Salary: £25k - £35k depending on experience.
Start: ASAP- 1 month notice considered

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Extensive diary management
• Arranging external and internal meeting
• Liaising with clients
• Domestic and international travel arrangements
• Putting together complex itineraries
• Managing travel budgets
• Private PA duties e.g. insurance, utilities, cars, schools, sourcing au pairs, gifts, memberships etc.
• Assisting the Office Manager with Front of House
• Organising office events

The ideal candidate will be / have:
• 3+ years' experience in a multi organisational role
• Exceptional organisational and admin skills
• A touch typer with minimum speed of 60wpm
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills and god IT skills
• Office management experience
• Strong IT understanding and hands on experience.
• Personable and approachable
• Well presented at all times
• Extensive experience booking international travel and complex diary management
• Will have worked as a PA before on a personal and work facing role

The Future
• The agency is growing and so are the roles of all members of staff.
• We are looking for candidates who want to make a career here, and grow their role to take on more responsibilities within the company framework
• We are a progressive loyal company that reward success and monitor progress constantly.
• We build roles around people and the more hunger and passion you show for your job, the more we will reward you. Someone who can go from PA to Managing Director within 5 years.
• You could build a career in supporting a creative company grow from strength to strength - with opportunities to grow responsibilities in HR, Recruitment, Production, Contracting, Finance or Client Management.

The client has a dog that frequents the office so you must be comfortable with pets.