Executive Assistant to Founder – Leading Hospitality & Lifestyle Group

Location: Al Quoz, Dubai
Salary: Up to AED 20,000 per month (negotiable for an exceptional candidate)

We are partnering with a leading hospitality and lifestyle group with multiple successful brands expanding globally. The Founder is a dynamic entrepreneur, constantly developing new concepts across hospitality, leisure, and lifestyle ventures including F&B, creative projects.

As Executive Assistant, you’ll act as the Founder’s right hand, providing high level administrative and personal support to help manage a busy and fast moving schedule. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a creative, entrepreneurial environment and can bring structure, initiative, and calm to an energetic, fast paced leader.

ONLY candidates with at least 3-5 years experience working as an executive assistant and that are based in the UAE will be considered, please do not apply if you do not meet this criteria. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide full executive support to the Founder, including complex diary management, travel coordination, and meeting preparation.

• Anticipate needs and proactively manage day-to-day priorities.

• Act as a gatekeeper and key liaison for all internal and external communications.

• Support with business projects and new concept launches across hospitality and lifestyle ventures.

• Prepare presentations, briefs, and follow-up notes for meetings.

• Manage personal tasks and ad-hoc requests efficiently and discreetly.

• Help bring order and organisation to a creative, fast-paced working style.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as an Executive Assistant or similar role, ideally supporting an entrepreneur or C-level executive.

• Background in hospitality, creative industries. 

• Highly organised, quick-thinking, and comfortable in an ever-changing environment.

• Exceptional communication skills in English; confident liaising with stakeholders at all levels.

• Professional, polished, and emotionally intelligent, someone who can keep up with a visionary founder “running at 1000 miles a minute.”

• Discreet, proactive, and solutions-oriented with a positive, can do attitude.

The Offer

• Salary up to AED 20,000 per month (open to stretch for an outstanding candidate).

• Opportunity to work directly with a successful, creative founder driving exciting global expansion.

• Collaborative, down-to-earth culture based in Al Quoz, Dubai.

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