Full-Time · Remote · Must have English fluency, live within 3 hours of Eastern US time zone, and be available M-F during East Coast business hours.
ABOUT US
Thier Productions Inc. is a film production company, and the home of The Independent Film School (IFS), founded by writer-director-producer, Ela Thier.
We’ve been in business for 20 years – originally based in New York City, and moved online 8 years ago. We currently have an engaged email list of 65,000 artists, and have served over 2000 enrolled students.
Our tenets: Every human is creative. Artists are leaders. Collaboration over competition.
We’re a small, remote team that prioritizes honesty, cooperation, autonomy, leadership – and our sense of humor 😉 We value, respect, listen to, and support our team members.
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ROLE
We’re hiring an Executive Assistant to work closely with the founder and act as a true right hand. Your job is to protect the owner’s time, support the team, and keep our operations smooth and simplified.
This is not a junior administrative role. It’s ideal for someone who is devoted, organized, loves systems, and genuinely enjoys supporting meaningful and impactful work.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
Your core responsibility is operational simplicity and high-level support:
Reduce work load, support our team, and remove the owner from the day-to-day. The role is about execution, follow-through, good judgment, and making things easier. This includes:
SUPPORT & TIME PROTECTION
- Protect owner’s time through prioritization, follow-up, and thoughtful filtering of requests.
- Oversee calendar management and scheduling.
- Manage and triage the owner’s inboxes; assist our Community Manager with the school’s inbox.
- Turn conversations into clear action items, then communicate to ensure follow-through.
- Keep the task dashboard and priorities updated, visible, and realistic.
- Coordinate with team members and contractors; support their work as needed.
- Occasionally assist the owner with personal (non-business) tasks and projects.
OPERATIONAL SIMPLICITY & DIGITAL HYGIENE
- Study and document current systems so they’re clear and reusable.
- Make recurring tasks easier to repeat.
- Keep systems current while continually simplifying and removing inefficiencies.
- Flag potential issues before they become problems.
You’ll primarily be putting our existing systems to work. As you gain confidence and autonomy, you’ll improve, simplify, and update our systems so we run with greater simplicity and ease over time.
OUR TOOLS
Great if you’ve used them; required that you can learn them quickly: ActiveCampaign · Thrivecart · Teachable (soon moving to ThriveCart Learn+) · Google Workspace · Slack · Zoom · Asana · WordPress/Elementor · Canva · Vimeo
ABOUT YOU
You love efficiency and organization. You exercise good judgement as to when the details matter, and when speed matters more. You’re proactive, a good listener, and unfazed by pressure and multitasking. You can roll with the occasional fast pivot and adapt when priorities shift. To demonstrate attention to detail, you’ll describe your favorite type of weather in the optional comments section of the application. You communicate clearly, are a good listener, and genuinely enjoy supporting others and making things run more smoothly.
You’re honest, reliable, and can move projects forward without needing constant direction.
Not required but ideally: You have experience with online course creators, email marketing funnels, you enjoy female-led teams, and you welcome our sense of humor!
COMPENSATION
- $18,000–$30,000 USD/year, depending on experience.
- Full time availability. (Usually 25-35 hour weeks, with heavier hours during project launches.)
- Four weeks guaranteed paid time off, and unlimited paid time off beyond that.
- Compensation may grow over time, as autonomy, scope, and impact increase.
Candidate will begin with a paid task, and then move on to a 2-week trial, followed by a 90-day trial. Compensation will be negotiated after 90 days, based on effectiveness and autonomy.
