Garden City Equity is a people-first holding company investing in exceptional founder & family-owned businesses. We live by our core values of serving others, pursuing excellence, seeking simplicity, staying positive and prioritizing family.
About the Role:
The Executive Assistant role is responsible for being an extension of our CEO. The EA is a highly trusted advisor to the CEO who has a strong executive presence and has proven success interacting with internal and external stakeholders. The EA is extremely detail-oriented, insanely proactive and absolutely loves completing tasks effectively and efficiently. The typical day is... atypical. You are bringing order to all aspects of the day.
Responsibilities:
Executive Support:
Maintain and manage high volume scheduling requests for the CEO: calendar management, scheduling appointments, meetings, and conference calls
Handle incoming correspondence, emails, and phone calls, prioritizing and responding as necessary
Prepare meeting agendas, materials, and presentations, ensuring accuracy and professionalism
Coordinate travel arrangements and itineraries for the CEO
Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, relaying messages and inquiries to the appropriate parties
Assist in drafting, formatting, and proofreading correspondence, reports, and other documents
Marketing Support:
Assist in the development and implementation of marketing strategies to promote the firm's brand and services
Coordinate the creation and distribution of marketing materials, including presentations, documents, and newsletters.
Collaborate with external vendors and consultants to execute world-class marketing initiatives and strategies
Event Coordination and Special Projects:
Support the planning and execution of special events: board meetings, corporate retreats, investor presentations, shareholder summit
Assist in the coordination of logistics for company-wide meetings and events, including venue selection, catering, marketing and materials preparation
Collaborate with team members on ad-hoc special projects and initiatives as needed
Office Management
Insure the office is well maintained: clean, stock the fridge, maintain equipment, organize collateral, routinely order meals and refreshments
Ability to review and book guest reservations and ensure plans
Designing and deciding on team and shareholder welcome gifts, holiday gifts and more
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree
2-5 years of experience as an EA, marketing or event coordinator in the corporate space, or highly relevant experience
Role is based in the Jupiter, FL office
<25% travel
Radically obsessed with being organized and thrives at crossing off a 'to do' list
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong time management capabilities
Enthusiastic to be apart of a growing and scaling organization
Able to be flexible, adaptable and quickly change priorities based on business needs
Strategic thinker, decision maker and doer
Technology savvy and high level of proficiency in Google Suite
More About Garden City Equity
Think a "Berkshire Hathaway" model, but of small to mid-sized businesses, with a people-first approach, and with a vision "to honor God by building the best holding company in the world where all workers can thrive".
We have a simple strategy. We buy & hold companies for the long term, use little to no debt, keep the management team in place, close deals quickly in ~60 days, and preserve the founder's culture and legacy.
We have strategic capital - no institutional investors. All of our capital comes from mission-aligned and value-added investors who are passionate about coming alongside us to help grow our businesses.
Garden City Equity has experienced significant growth since its launch in 2020; highlights include:
Capital raised & deployed: Initially raised $52M, which has been almost completely deployed. Raising another $150M in 2024 (first closing in April, final closing later in 2024).
Family of companies: Currently includes 8 businesses (control & non-control) that generate $100M+ revenue and employ 1,000+ people.
Growing team: The company will employ 13 professionals across the Investments and Operations teams.
Investment performance: The firm is currently generating annual cash returns in the high teens, while growing the underlying equity value of the portfolio. If the entire portfolio liquidated today, it would have generated a 60%+ cumulative return.