Personal assistant to founder/managing director in talent agency

Hachette UK; England; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic voiceover agency in London is seeking a personal assistant to support the managing director. This full-time role involves managing emails, arranging meetings, and handling office management tasks. Ideal for those with strong organisational skills and a passion for British TV, comedy, and film. Experience in social media and creative writing is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in writing light hearted posts on social media.
• Ability to work at speed and under pressure.
• Strong attention to detail and good grammar.

Responsibilities

• Manage personal and work emails of the managing director.
• Support agent tasks such as booking and billing.
• Arrange gifts and manage office tasks.
• Edit showreels and manage marketing emails.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Creative writing

Proactiveness

Job description

Overview

Closing date: 1st October 2025

Salary: Minimum £24,000 per annum, depending on experience

Contract: This is a full-time permanent position.

Do you love British TV? Support the managing director and develop as a personal assistant at this dynamic voiceover agency in London!

Anthea Represents is an exclusive London VoiceOver agency representing leading actors, comedians & spoken word poets for their voice work. Join Anthea Represents, where you\'ll be the right hand in the world of voiceover talent, managing the desk and the details that make the magic happen. This is a fast-paced, varied, busy & satisfying role for someone who is thorough, sharp, productive, keen to learn and grow with the company, and has a love for British TV, comedy and film.

This is a varied role assisting the founder / managing director of the agency which currently consists of a hard-working, dedicated and cheerful team of 5. It will involve assisting both on a personal and talent management level and will primarily be desk based, working from a home attached office in London W7 with approx. 1 day per week working at a private members club or similar in Central London.

The role is for an applicant who is driven to develop as a personal assistant and not a talent agent. This is an ideal opportunity for graduates or second jobbers.

Responsibilities

• Shadowing both work and personal emails of managing director
• Agent support such as booking, billing and occasional casting of voiceovers
• Finance tasks for agency and MD
• Arranging gifts and cards
• Booking meetings and tickets
• Diary management
• Researching
• Office management and some household tasks
• Composing marketing/sales emails
• Editing showreels and video clips and collecting samples
• Dealing with representation enquiries and ad hoc emails
• Reading contracts
• Keeping up to date with British TV drama and comedy
• Arranging personal matters such as booking childcare, running errands, filing, unpredictable ad hoc duties, anything in order to assist the day-to-day life of the Managing Director
• Social media posting
• Website updates
• Maintaining mailing lists

What we\'re looking for

Essential

• Can display confidence, excellent admin capabilities and strong organisational skills
• Must be reliable, sociable and have a warm, cheerful email/phone manner
• Strong attention to detail, good grammar, spelling and numeracy
• An ability to work at speed and under pressure
• A concise, clear, warm and cheerful writing style
• Evidence of creativity, potentially with a background in design or literature
• A keen and current interest in British Drama, Actors and Comedy
• Experience in writing light hearted posts on social media
• Able to prioritise tasks effectively
• Initiative
• Pro-activeness
• Time management skills
• Commitment, enthusiasm, honesty and sensitivity

Desirable

• Office experience
• Previous work using iOs/Macs
• An understanding of the TV & advertising world would be helpful
• An amusing Instagram tone - someone who can come up with interesting, light hearted and cheerful content
• Knowing how to do MP3/MP4 edits, basic use of Photoshop, Canva / any design package, Mailchimp or similar

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.