Assistant, Corporate Communications

This is a Full Time Job

Summary of Position:
Lionsgate has an immediate opening for a highly organized, motivated and proactive assistant to support the Senior Vice President of Executive Communications responsible for corporate media relations and executive communications. The ideal candidate must possess the ability to work in a fast-paced and high pressure environment. Candidate must understand the importance of discretion and confidentiality and maintain a high level of professionalism, common sense and keen awareness of day-to-day operations for a high level executive's office. The candidate will function as an ambassador for the department with the opportunity to interface with all divisions of the Company and must be comfortable interacting with the senior management team.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
• Assemble media coverage on various announcements on a daily basis
• Interact comfortably with senior management, the media and all levels of staff within the company
• Assist preparation and distribution of press releases
• Coordinate with various departments and perform research in support of executive presentations
• Manage calendar planning, coordinate meetings and prepare agendas
• Handle daily administrative duties including answering phones, scheduling conference calls and maintaining call logs
• Maintain comprehensive project lists and reports
• Organize department folders and files
• Transcribe hand-written meeting notes, edits to announcements and other materials
• Coordinate department billing and file expense reports

Experience & Skills:
• Strong verbal and written communication skills marked by diplomacy and discretion
• Excellent time management skills
• Highly motivated, resourceful and very detail-oriented
• Exceptional multitasking and prioritizing skills
• Possess strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently as well as with a team
• High proficiency using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Bachelor's Degree required