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About the Role

The Executive Assistant will provide high-level administrative and operational support to the Creative Director, ensuring seamless day-to-day execution, effective calendar and meeting management, expense oversight, and coordination of special projects. This role requires a proactive, highly organized individual who can anticipate needs, manage competing priorities, and operate with discretion in a fast-paced creative environment.

Responsibilities

Manage the Creative Director’s calendar, prioritizing key meetings, optimizing schedules, and coordinating across internal teams and external partners.
Build and maintain strong relationships with internal administrative staff, cross-functional teams, vendors, and external stakeholders to facilitate scheduling and execution of meetings.
Coordinate all logistics for in-person and virtual meetings, including agenda development, room bookings, materials preparation, and catering arrangements.
Provide basic technical support as needed, including submission of IT requests and troubleshooting of remote or meeting-related issues.
Administer Microsoft Teams channels, including creation, updates, and ongoing maintenance to support team collaboration.
Oversee travel and expense administration, including monitoring budgets, exercising discretion in line with company policy, and ensuring responsible spend management.
Prepare, submit, and reconcile travel and expense reports and corporate card statements in compliance with company policies.
Manage the department’s purchasing and procurement process (Buying Hub), including supplier onboarding, purchase order creation, and invoice tracking.
Serve as a liaison across departments on behalf of the Creative Director and team, resolving inquiries and facilitating issue resolution.
Support team culture by organizing celebrations, milestone moments, and engagement activities that foster a positive and connected environment.
Lead and support departmental programming and special projects from planning through execution and evaluation, including developing project plans, timelines, and budgets.
Build and manage project teams, coordinate resources, and develop detailed schedules and work plans to ensure alignment with priorities and deadlines.
Monitor project progress, track deliverables, and provide status updates to stakeholders while maintaining quality control throughout the project lifecycle.
Draft and prepare correspondence, presentations, agendas, reports, and other executive-level materials as needed.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years of experience required, preference in fashion/administrative field
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered
Strong Outlook Calendar experience.
Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Mac knowledge preferred
Experience interacting with executives at all levels and departments.
Must be highly organized with the ability to handle multiple priorities at once.
Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.
Must be a collaborative team player with great initiative and ability to prioritize.
Superior judgment, professionalism, poise, ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality, and assertiveness.
Excellent ability to maintain composure and effectiveness in a fast-paced environment.
Superior follow through skills, detail and customer service oriented.

Skills

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Teams
Outlook Calendar
Mac knowledge

Experience Level

Minimum 10 years of experience

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree

Salary/Compensations

$85,000.00-$120,000.00

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401 (K)
Paid Paternity and Maternity leave
Commuter Benefits
Disability insurance
Tuition assistance

About the Company

Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always been colorful, bold, and optimistic. Today, it is a global lifestyle brand that designs extraordinary things for the everyday, delivering seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more. Known for its rich heritage and unique brand DNA, Kate Spade New York offers a distinctive point of view and celebrates communities of women around the globe who live their perfectly imperfect lifestyles.
Kate Spade New York is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible.
A member of the Tapestry family, we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and is committed to being innovative and wholly inclusive. Visit Our People page to learn more about Tapestry's commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity.

Equal Opportunity

Kate Spade. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.
Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or employeerelations@tapestry.com