About us

sweetgreen is a destination for simple, seasonal, healthy food. Founded by Nicolas Jammet, Jonathan Neman and Nathaniel Ru, the brand stands for a commitment to delicious, healthy food with a transparent supply chain.

Our vision is build healthier communities, starting with how they think about food. We’ve worked hard to build a company with passion and purpose - and we’re just getting started. As sweetgreen grows, we’re dedicated to working with the right people. We’ve built a family of 3000 hardworking individuals across 65+ stores who care about developing future leaders and live our core values daily.

About the role

sweetgreen is looking for a forward thinking, proactive and thoughtfully creative Executive Assistant to work alongside our brand and creative teams. The Executive Assistant will play an integral role in the support of day to day functions for the creative and marketing leadership. They will manage a variety of special projects for the leaders team, some of which will have a huge organizational impact. 

• Serves as liaison between the leadership and the working team, executive team and external/internal business relationships.
• Represent the leaders in answering questions and meeting requests, organizing larger team meetings and keeping track of calendar conflicts
• Prioritizes conflicting needs; handles matter expeditiously, proactively, and follows through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures
• Completes projects and special assignments by establishing objectives; determining priorities; managing time; gaining cooperation of others; monitoring progress; problem-solving; making adjustments to plans.
• Develop relationships with key individuals in the sweetgreen offices to facilitate smooth communication between the founding members and staff
• Arranges travel and meetings by developing itineraries and agendas. Manage complex calendars with an understanding of business priorities
• Improves the quality of task results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes then implementing changes
• Submit expense reports. Maintaining executives’ files and provide backup support to other executives on a regular basis.
• Pinch hit on some executional tasks for the marketing and creative teams – for example: social posts, research on a specific topic or vendors under consideration.

About you

• Self-starter who is able to work independently, and entrepreneurial
• Technically savvy and a strategic problem-solver
• Strong project management and planning abilities and decision making skills
• Exceptional analytical, verbal, and written communication 
• Strong organizational and leadership skills
• Business degree is highly preferred 
• Ability to work under pressure and handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion

What you'll get:

• Competitive pay + bonus plan granted based on performance 
• Health, dental + vision insurance
• Flexible PTO, because we respect the need for work/life harmony
• An opportunity to make a real impact on the people around you, both by growing them and by connecting them to real food
• To live the sweetlife and celebrate your passion + purpose
• A collaborative family of people who live our core values and have your back
• A clear career path with opportunities for development, both personally and professionally
• Our annual Impact Retreat offsite
• Free sweetgreen swag
• Complimentary sweetgreen

Come join the sweetlife!

sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for everyone that works for us and everyone that applies to join our team, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service, past, present, or future, in the uniformed services of the United States (military or veteran status), or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.

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