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PowerSpike
Chief of Staff
Why this is a great job
I’m not a gamer, but it’s been hard to avoid gaming’s increasing prominence, the massive $$$ at stake, and the innovation that’s happening in the gaming ecosystem. PowerSpike is looking to take advantage of the growing influence of gaming celebs. It sounds like this role would let you roll your sleeves up and build something from the early stages while gaining credibility in this hot space.
The nitty gritty
Company website: https://powerspike.tv/
Founder/CEO: Angelo Damiano (he’s young, but that probably means that you’ll have a lot of scope to take on responsibility)
Funding: $1.2mm from Cox Enterprises, Dorm Room Fund, Ocean Azul Partners
PowerSpike is a media & technology company focused on building the most compelling and streamlined destination for activating sponsorships within gaming communities. PowerSpike collaborates with 20,000+ gaming and esports influencers to execute premium, authentic influencer marketing campaigns. PowerSpike’s influencer network reaches over 125M viewers every month and grew over 1000% in 2018. The 4-year-old company is backed by Techstars, Cox Enterprises, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Dorm Room Fund, and Ocean Azul Partners.
What we’re building
PowerSpike is building the world’s first Influencer Exchange.
Like a traditional ad exchange, where buyers can place bids for ads in real-time, PowerSpike’s technology instead enables brands to bid on influencers. We’re taking the simple and streamlined experience of programmatic advertising, and combining it with the authenticity of influencer marketing to deliver instantly scalable influencer campaigns. Think Google Ads meets influencers.
Currently focused on the gaming space, our technology enables brands like Intuit Quickbooks and Activision Blizzard to launch influencer campaigns across our network of over 20,000+ Twitch streamers, just like they'd make a media buy.
Your work will directly help influencers pursue their dreams and assist some of the biggest brands in the world in streamlining their influencer marketing efforts.
What we need
The fixer, the band-aid, the fire fighter...these are all alternative titles for the role, but in essence, the Chief of Staff has one key responsibility - help PowerSpike’s CEO AJ Damiano to help PowerSpike succeed.
Startups grow fast, and as a part of that growth - things are inevitably going to break; that’s where you come in. We’re looking for someone special here - someone who fully embodies our cultural values of Radical Candor, Creativity, Positivity, Collaboration, and Learning; and can be the counterpart to the CEO when it comes to building PowerSpike into a massive organization.
As the Chief of Staff, you’ll wear a lot of hats - a lot of them. In this role, you’ll directly support the CEO on all major projects and priorities, and have intimate insight into the core operations of a high growth startup.
Your core responsibility will be to clear out any obstacles and bottlenecks in the way of PowerSpike’s growth, and assist the CEO, and the rest of the organization in managing the day to day operations of PowerSpike. When something breaks, you’ll be on the front lines fighting the fire.
We value learning, creativity, candor, and collaboration - and as one of the first people at PowerSpike, we’re looking for someone who can help us define our culture and processes for years to come. Simply put, we believe in hiring A+ people, giving them clarity in what success means, and then supporting them to their fullest potential.
Core responsibilities include:
Supporting the CEO to help PowerSpike succeed
Serving as a "facilitator" for the CEO; ensuring the CEO's time is focused on the highest value activities and business issues
Helping the CEO to identify items that can be delegated, where time allocation should be changed, etc. and coordinating / managing delegated items
Supporting the CEO on creating key documents (e.g., board communications, internal communications)
Proactively clearing out any bottlenecks or roadblocks that may hinder PowerSpike’s growth
Stepping in to assist when something breaks
Directing and supporting the day to day operations of the PowerSpike team based on the CEO’s recommendations
Other potential responsibilities may include:
Implementing processes, plans, and measurements to help our people succeed and ensure we hit our milestones as an organization
Creating customer contracts
Conducting meetings with team members and influencing decisions throughout the organization
Managing and measuring people
Maintaining company wide KPI’s
Assisting the sales team in creating proposals
Assisting the HR team in selecting company benefits, and managing elements of PowerSpike’s payroll
Working with the legal and accounting teams to ensure deals are closed
Working with the execution team to ensure timelines are met for our clients
Responding to emails and scheduling meetings for the CEO
Managing PowerSpike’s New York office - handling food orders and other misc. items
Responding to customer challenges and support inquiries
On-boarding and training new people at PowerSpike to help them succeed
Organizing company retreats and all-hands meetings and assisting in building the company culture
Assisting the CEO with recruiting, board meeting prep, investor updates, and business development.
Managing follow ups (communications, action items, and execution) for meetings, partnerships, and key relationships
Requirements
3-5+ years experience in startups as a CEO, COO, Chief of Staff, Administrative Assistant or Operations person
Exceptional communication and operational skills
Ability to comfortably dive into most/any area of the business or product and be a multi-tasker
Desire to work in a fast-paced early-stage startup environment
Ability to learn fast, adapt quickly, wear many hats, and hit the ground running
Efficient with limited resources, and extraordinarily entrepreneurial
Bonus points if:
You’re a gamer/Twitch fan
You’ve worked at a startup or attempted to launch your own startup before (even if it failed)
You have experience acting as a band-aid/fixer in previous startups
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