Executive Assistant

We are looking for an Executive Assistant to join our team here at Disney, on a 9-month fixed term contract!

The successful Executive Assistant will provide total executive and administrative support to our SVP & GM, Direct to Consumer EMEA, enabling them to operate effectively through exceptional organisation, prioritization, stakeholder management and judgement.

The postholder will play an integral part in our DTC EMEA Leadership team and its therefore important that the postholder is able to build trusted relationships across the business, whilst ensuring the smooth delivery of executive priorities and leadership team objectives.  

Please note: This role will be based in our London Hammersmith office, 4 days a week, with either Monday or Friday working from home.

Values

You’ll join a team grounded in our Disney values — acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together through Collaboration and caring deeply for our Community. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.

What You Will Do

Provide proactive executive support to the SVP & GM, including: 

• Build a trusted partnership with the SVP, developing a deep understanding of their priorities, working style and strategic objectives. 

• Protect the executive’s time through effective prioritisation, proactive diary management and sound judgement. 

• Manage complex calendars across multiple time zones, balancing competing priorities and anticipating future demands. 

• Manage executive communications, triaging correspondence and enabling timely, informed decision making. 

• Prepare meeting agendas, briefing materials and follow-up actions to maximise leadership effectiveness. 

• Coordinate complex international travel, ensuring seamless execution and contingency planning where required. 

• Manage highly confidential information with absolute discretion and professionalism. 

Be an integral member of the DTC EMEA leadership team: 

• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across departments, regions and international teams. 

• Coordinate leadership meetings, ensuring actions are tracked and delivered. 

• Support executive communications including reports and leadership updates. 

• Acts as a trusted strategic partner and confidant to the SVP, serving as their trusted eyes and ears across the organisation. Uses insight, judgement and strong relationships to identify emerging issues, gauge team morale, anticipate risks and provide informed observations that support effective decision-making and organisational leadership. 

• Anticipate risks or challenges and proactively propose solutions where appropriate. 

• Support on team events and away days as appropriate 

 Be an integral member of the wider Disney assistant community 

• Collaborate with other assistants both within the Disney EMEA Leadership team, the DTC team and across other LOB’s 

 Additional Responsibilities 

• Line management of the DTC Team Assistant 

• Undertake project work and business initiatives as required. 

Areas of Accountability:

• Accountable to the SVP, DTC & GM, Disney+ EMEA

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Significant experience supporting senior executives within a complex, fast-paced organisation. 

• Experience managing multiple competing priorities with minimal supervision. 

• Experience building relationships with senior stakeholders across functions and regions. 

• Confident using workplace technology and digital collaboration tools to improve executive effectiveness and business efficiency. 

• Previous line management or coaching experience is desirable, with the ability to support and develop others through regular feedback and guidance.  

• Exceptional organisational, planning and prioritisation skills. 

• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of business priorities. 

• Excellent judgement and decision-making ability. 

• Outstanding stakeholder management and relationship-building skills. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

• Ability to manage ambiguity and adapt quickly to changing priorities. 

• High levels of discretion and professionalism. 

• Strong attention to detail whilst maintaining a strategic perspective. 

Competencies Required 

• Executive Partnership – builds trusted relationships and enables executive effectiveness. 

• Judgement & Decision Making – confidently prioritises competing demands and exercises sound judgement. 

• Business Acumen – understands organisational priorities and aligns support accordingly. 

• Stakeholder Influence – builds credibility across all levels of the organisation. 

• Strategic Thinking – anticipates future needs, identifies opportunities and proactively solves problems. 

• Continuous Improvement – seeks better ways of working through process improvement and technology. 

• Leadership – contributes to the development of the assistant community through mentoring and knowledge sharing. 

• Collaboration – works effectively across teams, departments and international offices to achieve shared outcomes

The Perks

• 25 days annual leave

• Private medical insurance & dental care

• Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free

• Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing

• Excellent parental and guardian leave

• Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney Mosaic, Disney PRIDE, our disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.