Executive Assistant

We are joining the Interchain Foundation, and are rebranding Skip to Interchain Inc., as we become the ICF’s main development, product, and growth subsidiary! Read the announcement to learn more.

Who we are

📌 Interchain Inc (formerly, Skip) leads development for the Cosmos Hub, ecosystem, and stack -- the leading platform for building sovereign, interoperable blockchains. We're dedicated to offering developers full-stack programmability, complete ownership of their economics, and best-in-class distribution to users everywhere.

Our mission is to build a more free, more fair internet with the Cosmos platform at the core. The best teams already build with Cosmos across every category: defi (dYdX, Osmosis, Injective), infrastructure (Babylon, Celestia, Initia),  Depin/AI (Akash, Artificial Superintelligence Alliance, Allora), privacy (Nillion, Penumbra), and many more. We want to help these teams and many more help bring the values of sovereignty and decentralization to the rest of the internet by developing the Cosmos stack and hub. 

We focus on hiring the core team and senior talent to work together in person in NYC to build a collaborative and supportive culture. But we’re still open to hiring best-in-class remote talent anywhere within 6 hours of the NYC timezone.

Core team member responsibilities

1. Work to solve hard technical problems at the cutting edge of blockchain research alongside the founders.
2. Be empowered to make bold technical and strategic decisions.
3. Play a critical role in determining the people we hire, our culture, our engineering practices, and the products we ship.

How we work

1. We value ambition, work ethic, and m (slope) over prestige, accomplishments, and y-intercept. - This means initiative, self development, and adaptability are non-negotiable, even for the most experienced candidates.
2. We value thoughtful and contentious dialogue over siloed and unilateral decision-making.
3. We value acknowledging uncertainty/weakness and seeking support over unabated confidence and solo performances.
4. We’re obsessive about documenting everything, learning, and shipping as fast as possible with short feedback cycles. 

Interchain Inc is committed to inclusion.

Interchain Inc. is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages individuals from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. We believe the purpose of crypto is to expand who has agency in society, which starts at home, by empowering people with diverse gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, and life experiences within our own organization. Interchain Inc. offers dedicated mentorship to support personal growth and a bright career in crypto.

Benefits

✈️ 18 days of paid leave

🧑‍⚕️ Premium health insurance

🏦 Competitive regional compensation and token compensation

📁 Office space and accommodations for remote work

👉 We’re open to arranging paid work trials with potential hires because we think interviews give a very limited view of candidates and the company.

Description - We are looking for a proactive and highly organized Executive Assistant to support our Co-CEOs. The goal of this role will be to enable the Co-CEOs to focus on the highest leverage tasks.

• The candidate must have proven expertise helping executives stay focused on their high-priority tasks through effective time management, balancing competing priorities, handling and organizing correspondence, processing documents and other administrative tasks. Independent and a go-getter, the ideal candidate should be able to actively anticipate exec needs and be prepared to action on those as they arise.
• This role is not for you if you are someone that prefers to come into a role with everything neat and tidy, and with a very predictable daily routine. It also won’t be for you if you don’t like to multi-task and prefer to focus on one thing at a time. The job will be dynamic, and your work is constantly changing.
• This is a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work closely with executives in a fast-paced, innovative industry. You'll have significant influence on the company's success as it scales, shape the in-person office culture, and help define how the executive team operates. Plus, you will work with leaders that are friendly, refreshing and down-to-earth.

Role and Responsibilities -

• Manage schedule to focus on highest priority work. Hold the right priorities and manage the executives’ schedule in the face of competing demands for time.
• Prepare and follow up on meetings. Ensuring that the executives have the needed materials before and after meetings and follow through with everyone involved.
• Manage to-do lists and emails to ensure that commitments and correspondence are followed through.
• Process information & documents. Critical documents that land in exec inboxes are actioned appropriately, stored in the right places, or forwarded along to the relevant team members.
• Plan travel and events. Ensuring that executives are in the right places at the right time, and all necessary preparations are accounted for.
• Provide administrative or personal support. Helping the executive team take care of their personal lives including ordering food, dog-watching, booking important appointments, etc.

Qualifications

• Required:
  • 3+ years of EA experience in a dynamic and fast-paced environment (bonus if from a start-up)
  • Onsite - NYC Office
• Knowledge and experience using the following tools:
  • Calendar & Scheduling: Google Calendar, Calendly, Hubspot
  • Email & Communication: Gmail, Slack, Telegram, Superhuman
  • Task Management and Planning: Todoist, Notion , Slack
  • File Storage and Documents: Google Drive, DocuSign, Notion
  • Logistics: Ship documents and packages, print things
  • Travel: Engine (Hotels), Google Flights
  • Expenses & Payments: Ramp
• You would be a good fit if you are:
  • Organized and detail-oriented
  • Empathetic, aware and personable — Able to predict the needs of others (esp. Barry & Mag) and resolve them
  • A good planner and able to multi-task
  • Curious about how the company works, what it does, our products, and our industry broadly
  • Strong communicator
  • Adaptable and willing to learn