Chief of Staff

Beacons is the easiest way to build a website that your fans will love! We help creators centralize their online brand presences, connect with their audiences and partners in a streamlined way, and better understand how to build and improve their businesses.

We're excited to tackle the rapidly growing, $200 billion creator economy. There's a huge opportunity to help creators build the businesses of tomorrow, and we're positioned to build the defining solution.

As Chief of Staff (CoS) at Beacons, you'll be a core part of the leadership team and act as a key advisor and partner to founders, overseeing the smooth operation of the organization by managing the office of the CEO, owning cross-functional projects, driving strategic initiatives, and ensuring that important decisions are made efficiently and aligned with the company's goals.

Your main goal will be to make the founding team — and especially the CEO — as effective as possible and ensure the CEO’s agenda is clarified, communicated, and executed.

• You play for the front of the jersey
• Have a deep understanding of business strategy - you’ll quickly understand Beacons customers, partners, and business model
• Ability to think at a systems level, with experience as a sharp operator optimizing and streamlining systems
• An effective project manager who can break down complex problems and get buy-in across the team
• Proactively collects cross-functional insights to anticipate and quickly address problems
• Comfortable analyzing and drawing conclusions from data
• Able to think strategically but also drive execution in the face of uncertainty
• Have an exceptional aptitude for and interest in building strong relationships
• Excellent communication - you don’t shy away from difficult conversations
• Knowledgeable about all key functions of a startup (product, engineering, design, customer success, etc.) because you worked in one
• Has strong executive presence and the ability to bring calm to chaos

• CEO Leverage
• Act as confidante and strategic advisor to CEO, director of CEO communications, and CEO workload management
• Gather and analyze data to inform decision-making, present options to the CEO, and manage complex situations
• Help the CEO develop and execute long-term strategic plans, identify key priorities, and manage large cross-functional projects
• Occasionally serve as CEO proxy for meetings and key decisions
• Executive Operations
• Lead team meetings and own the execution and outcomes of meetings by managing agendas, developing decks, delivering pre-reads, and ensuring clear action items post-meeting
• Prepare board decks, investor updates, and weekly All Hands
• Organize leadership retreats and help with the preparation of team offsites
• Proactively manage ongoing communications with investors and key partners
• Internal Communications
• Act as a key communication channel, drafting and sharing important messages on behalf of leadership, and ensuring alignment across the organization
• Assist the development and implementation of new policies and procedures
• Facilitate communication and collaboration between senior leadership team members to the rest of the team, and resolve internal conflicts
• Tech, Product, & GTM
• Own special projects on behalf of and in collaboration with CEO and leadership team
• Lead large, cross-functional projects, setting deadlines, tracking progress, and ensuring successful completion
• Monitor daily operations, identify potential issues, and ensure smooth workflow across different departments.
• Build systems and processes that support our ability to scale
• Commercial relationship building and strategic partnerships
• Do whatever is needed to help the team succeed!