Chief of Staff

About New Engen:
New Engen is a digital marketing agency driving impact for brands across every phase of the customer journey–maximizing it, measuring it, and repeating it. Through a genuine passion for building brands, a relentless desire to challenge the status quo, and deep digital expertise across hundreds of brands and verticals, we put our clients on the cutting edge of what’s possible in digital marketing.

Join our community of marketing enthusiasts — collaborating with experts across media and marketing services, creative, analytics, and more. At New Engen, the cutting edge isn't a lofty goal; it's our everyday playground.

What sets us apart? Our people – humble innovators rewriting the rules of digital marketing. Together, we're building an agency culture that values collaboration, learning, and creativity. Become part of a team that drives genuine impact in the evolving landscape.

Description:
New Engen is seeking a dynamic Chief of Staff to join our team. This pivotal role will directly report to our CEO, and support our executive team by driving strategic initiatives, streamlining operations, and ensuring effective communication across departments. As a Chief of Staff, you will be integral in shaping our corporate strategy, managing executive meetings, and driving organizational success.

Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Advisor: Act as a strategic advisor to the CEO and senior management, providing insights and recommendations to drive business objectives.
2. Executive Meetings: Organize and facilitate executive team meetings and support with quarterly executive planning meetings, ensuring productive discussions and follow-through on action items.
3. Board Communication: Prepare and attend board presentations each quarter, effectively communicating company performance and strategic initiatives and interfacing directly with board level leadership.
4. Monthly Business Review: Own the New Engen monthly business review process, collaborating with department leaders across the organization to centralize and analyze data, and producing actionable insights for executive leadership.
5. Ad Hoc Projects: Take on ad hoc projects impacting all areas of the business - including things like deep industry relevant research for corporate strategy, developing client facing POVs and collateral, and providing analysis and strategy to support business operations.
6. Communication: Assist in writing all-company emails on behalf of CEO, press releases, and other communications, requiring strong writing and presentation-building skills.
7. Liaison Role: Serve as a liaison between the CEO and other leaders in the organization, frequently acting as the voice of the CEO in meetings with executives, and managing upward where necessary. Ensure effective collaboration and communication across the business by building relationships and earning trust from leaders across the org.
8. Project Management: Oversee the execution of strategic projects, ensuring timely completion and alignment with company goals.
9. Operational Efficiency: Identify and implement improvements to organizational processes to increase efficiency and productivity.
10. Confidentiality: Handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism, maintaining confidentiality at all times.

1. Education: Bachelor’s degree.
2. Experience: 5-10 years of experience in a business management or executive role, with a proven track record of organizing and directing multiple teams.
3. Exemplary representative of New Engen’s core values.

Skills:

1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
2. Strong organizational and time management abilities.
3. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
4. Proficiency in Excel and data analysis.
5. Ability to build relationships and work collaboratively across departments.
6. Ability to manage-up, keeping executive team focused and accountable to key company objectives.
7. Experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives at scale.
8. Highly effective story-teller - ability to deliver top notch presentations & written comms.

Preferred Attributes:

1. Consulting experience with a focus on operations management.
2. Versatile and adaptable with a strong business acumen.

Work Environment:

1. 2-3 days per week in-office in Seattle.
2. Medical, Dental, Vision, Short/Long-Term Disability, Life/AD&D.
3. 401k - Employer match.
4. HSA - Employer contributes.
5. Flexible Vacation & PTO plan.
6. Paid Maternity / Paternity.
7. Paid Holidays.

Compensation:

1. Salary Range: $120,000-180,000 .
2. Performance-based bonus.
3. Equity ownership.

Application Process:
Interested candidates should submit their resume and a cover letter detailing their experience and suitability for the role. Applications can be submitted through our company website.
This role is an excellent opportunity for a strategic thinker who is passionate about driving organizational success and working closely with executive leadership. If you are ready to take on this challenge, we encourage you to apply.

New Engen is headquartered in Seattle, WA. Currently considering candidates in Greater Seattle only.

Whats Important To Us:

BE THE GOOD
We act with integrity, humility, and altruism inside and outside our company. We promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in every aspect of our business. We cultivate a safe workplace where everyone feels respected, engaged, and able to reach their full potential. Bottom line: We give a shit.

EXPERTISE
We take pride in our work, holding ourselves to a high standard of executional excellence. We continually work to expand our skills and master our craft. Our approach sets a precedent and reverberates throughout our always-changing industry, inspiring adaptation among brands, platforms, and agencies.

GROWTH MINDSET
We bias towards action, starting with 'what is possible?' instead of being stuck in scarcity. We embrace challenges and welcome feedback as opportunities to improve what we do and how we do it. We find joy in the process and are fueled by our curiosity to master complex problems. We aren't afraid to take calculated risks or operate in ambiguity, recognizing that imperfection is a part of progress.

EMPATHETIC DIRECTNESS
We provide feedback with courage, openness, and empathy- internally and externally, across departments, and at all levels. We do the right thing, even when it's hard. We aim to understand (not judge) and teach (not take over). Our feedback is empirical and focuses on behaviors and outcomes.

ALL IN
New Engen is our company. We believe in what we are building together and put the team first in order to accomplish our shared goals. We reject apathy and cynicism and do everything we can to help each other win. Being All In is not about the hours we log, nor does it mean that we agree on every decision. Rather, it is a mentality of common purpose that guides how we engage, reach consensus and show up for our clients and teammates.