Executive Assistant

Job Title: Founder’s Office Executive Assistant

Location: Chennai

Company: Knack Studios

Experience: 0–2 years (Freshers welcome)

Type: Full-time

About Knack Studios

Knack Studios is a filmmaker-first post-production studio built from inside the industry, working across Color, VFX, Sound, and Post workflows. We are building a next-generation creative ecosystem through our Post+™ philosophy, combining craft excellence with structured execution and cinematic hospitality.

This role sits inside the Founder’s Office, offering direct exposure to leadership thinking, business execution, and studio operations.

Role Overview

The Founder’s Office Executive Assistant will work directly with the Founder to create structure around time, priorities, meetings, research, presentations, and execution tracking.

This is not a traditional admin or secretary role.

This is an execution partner role where you will help ensure:

• Meetings convert into outcomes
• Ideas convert into documents
• Decisions convert into execution
• Information converts into clarity

If you are highly organized, curious, and want to learn how a creative business operates from the inside, this role offers rare exposure early in your career.

Key Responsibilities

Founder Time & Calendar Management

• Manage founder calendar and meeting scheduling
• Ensure meetings have purpose and preparation
• Protect deep work time blocks
• Coordinate travel and meeting logistics

Meeting Preparation & Execution Tracking

• Prepare meeting agendas
• Capture MOM (Minutes of Meeting)
• Track action items and deadlines
• Follow up with stakeholders
• Maintain decision and task trackers

Research & Presentation Support

• Conduct research for business, industry, and internal needs
• Prepare PPT drafts and briefing documents
• Structure founder ideas into documents
• Prepare summaries for faster decision making

Communication & Coordination

• Structure incoming communication for clarity
• Draft professional responses when needed
• Coordinate meetings between teams
• Maintain Founder Office execution dashboard

What We Are Looking For

Must Have Skills

• Strong organization ability
• Good written English communication
• Basic PowerPoint skills
• Google Docs / Sheets familiarity
• Attention to detail
• Time management discipline

Good to Have

• Research capability
• Presentation structuring ability
• Business curiosity
• Exposure to creative industry (not mandatory)

Ideal Traits

We care more about traits than degrees.

We Are Looking For Someone Who Is

• Highly organized
• Proactive
• Detail oriented
• Curious learner
• Calm under pressure
• Reliable
• Discreet
• Strong follow-through mindset

Avoid If You

• Need constant supervision
• Struggle with organization
• Dislike documentation work
• Prefer unstructured environments

Who This Role Is Perfect For

This role is ideal for:

• MBA / BBA freshers
• Mass Communication graduates
• Literature graduates
• Engineering graduates with strong organization skills
• Anyone wanting early business exposure

What You Will Learn

This role provides exposure to:

• Leadership workflows
• Business decision making
• Production & studio operations
• Meeting discipline & execution systems
• Communication structuring
• Founder office functioning

This Is a Strong Foundation Role For Careers In

Operations

Strategy

Founder Office

Business Management

Chief of Staff tracks