We're hiring a Chief of Staff to be the Director of Early Media's right hand. You'll be in the room for the highest-stakes decisions, own execution on our most important initiatives, and build the operating muscle of the company from the inside.
What you'll own- The company's operating rhythm - leadership meetings, planning cycles, OKRs, exec reviews
- High-priority initiatives end-to-end, from scoping to launch, with clean accountability across stakeholders
- The systems that scale Early Media: ops, finance, contracts, vendor management, reporting infrastructure
- External vendor and partner relationships across marketing, brand, legal, and creative services - held to a bar on quality, voice, and ROI
- Executive communications: board updates, investor materials, internal memos, exec presentations
- Hard-to-source hiring in partnership with recruiting
- Operational bottlenecks and resource gaps - surfaced and resolved before they become problems
Must-haves- An operator first. You move fast and obsess over details others miss.
- 2+ years in an operational leadership role in a comparable high-performance environment
- Track record of owning ambiguous problems and shipping results without hand-holding
- Exceptional written communication
- Sound judgment and discretion across every level of the org and with external partners
- You'd rather build the system than inherit one
- Comfortable in ambiguity, context-switching, and a fully in-person Austin environment
Nice to Have- Background in media, entertainment, or the creator economy
- Ex-founder or early hire at an early-stage startup
- Vendor management or contract negotiation chops
- Fluency with modern operating tools (Notion, Linear, etc)
- Genuine interest in vertical content, streaming, or the future of mobile entertainment