Executive Assistant

Ash by Slingshot AI; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A groundbreaking mental health company in London is seeking an Executive Assistant to support their Founder. This role involves managing communication, scheduling, and coordinating travel. Ideal candidates are self-confident, organized, and thrive in fast-paced environments. The position offers a competitive salary between £65K and £90K, along with other startup perks. Join a passionate team dedicated to changing lives through AI.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Free lunch in offices

Generous learning budget

Personal therapy coverage

Responsibilities

• Draft and oversee correspondence on behalf of the Founder.
• Schedule internal and external meetings for the Founder.
• Plan and coordinate travel itineraries.
• Support the running of the London office.

Skills

Self-confidence

Strong communication

Organizational skills

Tech-savvy

Ability to work in high-stakes environments

Job description

Overview

Slingshot AI is the team behind Ash, the first AI designed for mental health. Our mission is to make support more accessible and help people change their lives in the ways they want. We’re building a world-class team by empowering individuals with the autonomy, flexibility, and support they need to do their best work. We dream big, iterate fast, and care deeply. If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Our team spans machine learning, product, engineering, conversational design, clinical, growth, and operations, with offices in both New York City and London. We’re a well-funded Series A company, having raised $93M from Andreessen Horowitz, Radical Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, plus top-tier tech investors involved in ElevenLabs, Captions, Shopify, Plaid, Notion, Canva, Twitch, Airtable, and many others.

The role

We\u2019re seeking an Executive Assistant to support our Founder and CEO, Daniel Reid Cahn. Daniel is a young, energetic, passionate, visionary founder who still writes code in his spare time (yes, CEOs can have hobbies). Your role will involve supporting the Founder to manage his time based closely to his priorities. You\u2019ll manage his email and communications, join the Founder in critical meetings, support note taking and organise travel.

This is an unparalleled opportunity to be in the room where it happens (as it happens), and to work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and deeply mission-driven company. You\u2019ll act as the founder\u2019s second brain and spend a lot of time together, regularly collaborating with our other Co-founder\u2019s EA across the pond. You\u2019ll be responsible for ensuring things get done and keeping an eye out for anything that could fall through the cracks.

About you

• Self-confident: You can communicate professionally and confidently with industry leaders.
• Highly communicative: You believe that many issues and challenges do not even arise if you communicate well. You can’t remember ever being accused of talking too little.
• Prefer systems over heroics: You don\u2019t really understand those people who try to juggle 47 things in the air while riding a unicycle—why would you, when you can build systems that remember everything for you? You\u2019re meticulous, organised, and obsessed with follow-through.
• You can write! You might not be the next Hemingway, but you enjoy writing well.
• Thrives in high-stakes, high-speed environments.
• Tech is fun: You learn new tools fast, love finding the latest tech, and make it easy for others to use. You see AI and automation as multipliers that speed up work and sharpen results.
• You love dogs. (Or at least tolerate them with enthusiasm. There may be office dogs.)

Key responsibilities

• Communication management: Draft, edit, and oversee correspondence on behalf of the Founder, ensuring clear, professional, and timely communication.
• Calendar and scheduling management: Own and optimise Daniel’s time—scheduling internal and external meetings, prioritising ruthlessly, and ensuring he’s always in the right place at the right time.
• Chief reminder officer: Gently (but firmly) ensuring that Daniel remembers that yes, he does need to eat lunch, and no, 3pm meetings can\u2019t start at 3:45pm.
• Have confidence and sound judgement in pushing back when things distract from the founder\u2019s top priorities.
• Travel and logistics: Plan and coordinate complex travel itineraries, accommodations, and meeting agendas.
• Office and culture: Support the running of our London office, helping shape and maintain an inspiring workplace culture.
• Strategic leverage: Spot opportunities to increase efficiency, anticipate bottlenecks, and proactively create systems that help the company scale.

This is the right opportunity for you if

• You have experience working in a fast-paced environment and you’re excited to shape the future of mental health through AI.
• You thrive in collaborative environments and you’re excited to learn and grow into the role.
• You want to work closely with a fast-paced, brilliant founder, understands that this is a high-leverage, high-impact position, and see this as THE job, not a stepping stone.
• Reading this, you’re excited to write a customised response to this job post.

What we offer

• A chance to join a passionate tight-knit team working on something to change the world
• Competitive compensation (we target 90th percentile)
• Travel between our NYC / London offices
• Usual startup perks like free lunch in our offices + generous learning budget
• Generous budget to cover your personal therapy

Compensation Range: £65K - £90K