Executive Operations Assistant (dubai + Marche, Italy)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Description
About AliveShoes
AliveShoes gives talented and creative people all over the world the professional resources to design their own custom shoes, fashion products, and accessories. We support them with design tools, e-commerce tools, and supply-chain, and help them launch their line from scratch, completely online and at the speed of light.The creator's economy is booming, the shift in power from institutional organizations and brands to individuals across industries is accelerating.
Our community of creators is international, made of designers, Artists, students, creative people and shoe lovers from all over the world.
Our mission is to support and nurture them, so to help them achieve their dream of launching their own fashion line.
Our design and production facilities are based in Italy, in the biggest and most prestigious shoe design and development cluster in the world called The Shoe Valley (Located in Le Marche, Italy).
We are a team of 28+ people working from Italy, UAE, USA, The Netherlands. We boost diverse backgrounds ranging from Tech to Fashion to business operations. We have investors from The Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy and Germany. We mostly operate in the US market (for now).
We are leading the biggest revolution in the footwear and fashion/accessories industry of the last 20 years. Joining us means to be at the upfront avant-garde of fashion-tech.
We are looking for an exceptional talent that wants to fast-forward his or her career and become a king/queen of fashion-tech operations.
The goal of the Executive Operations Assistant is to manage important operations functions and to directly support the CEO, and the AliveShoes team.
You will be the company’s buffer between the CEO in Dubai and the AliveShoes team based in Le Marche, Italy. You'll directly oversee our organization’s ongoing operations and procedures.
You'll be based between Dubai and Le Marche with possible travels to the US.
General Responsibilities
The goal of the Executive Operations Assistant is to manage important operations functions and to directly support the CEO, and the AliveShoes team.
You will be the company’s buffer between the CEO in Dubai and the AliveShoes team based in Le Marche, Italy. You'll directly oversee our organization’s ongoing operations and procedures.
You'll be based between Dubai and Le Marche with possible travels to the US.
General Responsibilities
- Support CEO in daily operational flow
- Manage portions of customer support operations with the help and guidance of the CEO and customer service lead members
- Remotely oversee the status advancement of the Italian based teams and Marche-based teams (community team, content team, design team, product team, supply chain team) and sync them with the CEO
- Manage relationships with external agencies and partners and connect them with the CEO
- Organize interviews and hiring workflow for the CEO or other team members
- Assist the CEO in all organizational needs, like setting up new offices or hiring locally
- Set-up meeting spaces and manage all travel arrangements
Requirements
Working at AliveShoes as the Executive Operations Assistant means being always executing at your best to support the CEO and the AliveShoes team.
The Executive Operations Assistant will be working on the go with the CEO and managing and syncing with all other functions in the company.
You'll be working from Dubai with frequents travel to Le Marche.
If you are an energetic and open-minded doer, with amazing organizational and communication skills, and you are also a patient and balanced person, we want to talk to you.
We don't look for plenty of experience, but we look for talent and a great attitude.
General Requirements
Key Requirements
Given the characteristics of the role - the calls and meetings will be managed with the CEO and the Marche's unit director.
If selected we will normally do a trial of 1 to 6 months. Contract terms after the trial are from 1 to 3+ years.
For this position, we will offer a salary based on experience and attitude (starting from gross $3000/Month and topping at $5000/Month, based on experience and competence)
All travel and life expenses are also paid for by the company.
After the trial, you'll have access to stock options in the AliveShoes American holding company, and further performance-based bonuses will be negotiated.
The Executive Operations Assistant will be working on the go with the CEO and managing and syncing with all other functions in the company.
You'll be working from Dubai with frequents travel to Le Marche.
If you are an energetic and open-minded doer, with amazing organizational and communication skills, and you are also a patient and balanced person, we want to talk to you.
We don't look for plenty of experience, but we look for talent and a great attitude.
General Requirements
- You have gained at least 3 years of work experience in an international e-commerce company, in a big tech company, in a leading agency, in a consultancy firm, in a big fashion or lifestyle company or in a post-seed startup
- BSc/BA in relevant field; MSc/MBA is a plus
- Proven passion and knowledge in the fashion-technology area
- You love and breed tech
- Experience in the fashion industry is a big plus
- Experience of 1 to 5 years of working abroad
- You have mid-level copywriting and content creation skills
- Hands-on skills in customer service, digital marketing, content creation, project management, administration
- You are a traveler of the world and are super-flexible and fast to navigate new environments
- Outstanding organizational abilities
- You master the main collaborative online tools and can seamlessly work remotely with the different teams
- Professional English required
- Professional Italian is required
- Knowing French is a plus
Key Requirements
- You'll work along with the CEO, which means always on the go
- You can move to Dubai from day one. You are flexible to change work location frequently
- You enjoy living abroad for an extensive period of time
- You already have held a position where traveling a lot or working/living out of your home country was a necessity
- You have a highly performance-based growth mindset and think-big menthality
- Doer- you can do all kinds of hands-on work in product/project management, customer service, digital marketing, administration
- You can start within one month
Details
We normally review applications weekly. If we find a fit we will get back to you in less than 1 week.Given the characteristics of the role - the calls and meetings will be managed with the CEO and the Marche's unit director.
If selected we will normally do a trial of 1 to 6 months. Contract terms after the trial are from 1 to 3+ years.
For this position, we will offer a salary based on experience and attitude (starting from gross $3000/Month and topping at $5000/Month, based on experience and competence)
All travel and life expenses are also paid for by the company.
After the trial, you'll have access to stock options in the AliveShoes American holding company, and further performance-based bonuses will be negotiated.
Notes
AliveShoes is a startup, that means we go fast, we don't follow the standard rules we are hands-on and we do lots of extra job. We look for exceptional people with plenty of energy, lot's of ambition that strive for excellence. If you want to start an amazing journey in the fashion-technology industry, grow fast and learn a lot in just a few months, give this application your best shot.
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Job Detail
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Job IdJD1433639
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates
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EducationNot mentioned