Personal Assistant to the Founder

Social Discovery Group; Dubai; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading social discovery company as a Personal Assistant to the Founder. This remote position demands excellent organizational skills with a focus on travel support and effective communication. The role offers a competitive salary package, bonuses, extensive vacation days, and a supportive working environment.

Benefits

28 vacation days per year

7 wellness days per year

Bonuses up to $5000 for applicant recommendations

Full payment for professional training

Corporate discount for English lessons

Health benefits up to $1000 annually

Reimbursement for workplace costs up to $1000 every 3 years

Internal gamified gratitude system

Equipped workplace and necessary equipment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as an Executive or Personal Assistant to C-Executives/founders/HNWI.
• Fluent in English and Russian.
• Experience in travel support and business assistance.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Founder’s schedule.
• Provide travel support including visas and accommodations.
• Establish communication with partners and monitor personal staff.

Skills

Fluent English

Russian

Travel support

Business assistance

Google Workspace knowledge

Communication

Multitasking

Organizational skills

Diplomatic skills

Job description

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is the 3rd largest social discovery company in the world, uniting 60+ brands with 500 million users. We solve the problems of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection by transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. Our portfolio includes online communication platforms focusing on AI, game mechanics, and video streaming - Dating.com, DateMyAge, Cupid Media, Dil Mil, Kiseki, and others.

SDG invests in IT startups around the world. Our investments include Open AI, Patreon, Flo, Clubhouse, Woebot, Flure, Astry, Coursera, Academia.edu, and many others.

We bring together a team of like-minded people and IT professionals specializing in the creation and development of globally impactful social discovery products. Our international team of 1200 professionals and digital nomads works all over the world.

Our teams of digital nomads work remotely from Cyprus, Malta, the USA, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Poland, Latvia, Serbia, Spain, Portugal, UAE, Israel, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and many other locations.

In August 2024, we achieved Great Place to Work US Certification! This achievement reflects our core belief that a truly exceptional workplace is built on trust, pride, and camaraderie—not just great perks.
We are looking for a Personal Assistant to the Founder.

Your main tasks will be:

• Manage the Founder’s schedule;
• Provide personal and business travel support to the Founder worldwide (visas, hotels, transfers, etc.);
• Work directly with the Founder’s personal staff and monitor their work;
• Establish and maintain communication with international partners, banks, mass media, and local suppliers;
• Take part in business meetings and give recommendations on how to make these meetings more effective.

We expect from you:

• 5+ years of successful experience as an Executive or Personal Assistant to C-Executives/founders/HNWI;
• Fluent English is a must (spoken and written);
• Russian – native/fluent;
• Vast experience in travel support and business assistance;
• Knowledge of Google Workspace;
• Successful candidate: positive, open-minded, deadline and result-oriented, able to cope with various tasks while keeping priority in mind, can efficiently work under pressure, able to work in a team, able to multitask, responsible, well-organized, accurate, flexible, a great communicator, detail-oriented, energetic, and diplomatic.

What we offer:

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full time;
• Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• Full payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings;
• Corporate discount for English lessons;
• Health benefits. According to the paychecks, if you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
• Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
• Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for time off, merch, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.

Sounds good? Join us now!