Social Impact Assistant

Valid8 Financial, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lede Company is seeking an Impact Assistant to provide crucial support across client service administration, project work, and research. The role emphasizes social impact, sustainability, and purpose-driven branding in a fast-paced agency setting.

Ideal candidates bring at least 1 year in social impact, a Bachelor's degree, and strong writing and organizational skills; on-site work 2 days a week is required. This is an opportunity to contribute to high-impact campaigns and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 1 year of professional or internship experience in social impact environment
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, International Development, Sustainability, or related field
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite; Canva and Adobe preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide client service administration support: meetings, scheduling, logistics, notes, follow-up actions
• Contribute to multiple projects and manage workload to meet deadlines
• Assist with drafting, writing, and editing internal and external materials
• Conduct research to support planning and strategy
• Track social impact, ESG, SDG news and share updates with team
• Participate in new business efforts including research, proposals and pitches
• Support agency-wide impact and social purpose efforts
• Build relationships with clients and colleagues at all levels
• Manage team administrative duties and lead executive calendar/travel briefs
• Work on-site a minimum of two days per week

Skills

Strong writing

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Proactive multitasking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Suite

Canva

Adobe

Job description

The Lede Company is a full-service strategic agency that delivers industry-leading work embedded in culture. With extensive experience and expertise in the media, tech, fashion, beauty & wellness, lifestyle, entertainment, music, advocacy, nonprofit, and related industries, we help best-in-class organizations, brands, and individuals establish and manage their public affairs and develop and support their work - including brand strategy, communications and PR, content and campaign development, as well as their impact, purpose, sustainability, and advocacy efforts.

Lede’s Impact team helps institutions, brands, and influential changemakers create a better future for people and the planet. With experience across the public and private sectors, Lede Impact shapes some of the most innovative initiatives and campaigns around the most pressing issues of our time.

The Impact Team is in a particularly exciting phase of growth and is looking for an Impact Assistant to join in a crucial support role. The ideal candidate is passionate about social impact, sustainability, and building purpose-driven brands and organizations, thrives in a creative, fast-paced environment, is highly organized and driven, and has strong communication and writing skills.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide client service administration support, such as attending meetings, handling scheduling, logistics, notes and follow-up actions.

Contribute to multiple projects simultaneously, working in close collaboration with colleagues, and manage workload to meet deadlines.

Assist with drafting, writing, and editing internal and external materials including work plans, project decks, research reports, client strategies, and more.

Conduct research to support project planning and strategy.

Track social impact, brand purpose, ESG, SDG, and related news and share updates with the team and across the firm.

Participate in new business efforts including research, proposal and pitch preparation.

Support agency-wide impact and social purpose efforts.

Build relationships with clients and colleagues at all levels.

Manage team administrative duties, such as scheduling, internal processes, and internal communications.

Manage lead executive’s calendar, expenses, travel, meeting briefs, and timely requests.

Work on-site a minimum of two days per week.

QUALIFICATIONS

1 year of professional and/or internship experience, ideally in a social impact environment (e.g., agency, social enterprise, NGO, private sector sustainability, or social impact role)

Bachelor's degree, preferably in Communications, International Development, Economics, Sustainability, or related field, or other demonstrated experience

Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Suite; Canva and Adobe preferred

Creative, driven, highly organized, detail-oriented

Exceptional communication, interpersonal and networking skills

Proactive and able to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment

Self-starter with a desire to learn

Reliable and able to meet deadlines and prioritize

Strong writing, proofreading and researching skills

Professional, confident and mature demeanor

Strong interest in the social impact sector

The Lede Company is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.