Personal Assistant to Founder

Job Title: Personal Assistant to the Founder

Location: Bournemouth

Reports to: Founder / Managing Director

Contract: Full-time contract

GRIT Media is a vibrant, fast-moving, and quickly evolving start-up. We pride ourselves on GRIT Media is a vibrant, fast-moving, and quickly evolving start-up. We pride ourselves on providing a space to grow and develop, travel, be adventurous, and work with incredible talent in an exciting yet demanding work environment.

We are looking for people who are passionate and compassionate. We care about creating an environment that thrives on accountability, humility, and respect for each other, and all our stakeholders. We are a space for thinkers who are also doers.

We’re looking for a highly organised, proactive Personal Assistant to support the Founder of a fast-paced creative agency.

This is a hands‑on, varied role combining personal assistant duties with office management responsibilities. The role offers flexible working hours, with some weekend work required depending on shoot schedules.

• Manage the Founder’s diary, meetings, and priorities
• Handle emails, messages, and follow‑ups on behalf of the Founder
• Prepare notes, documents, and briefings ahead of meetings
• Support with personal admin and ad‑hoc tasks as required
• Manage personal errands and appointments
• Assisting with personal and professional projects (office, business, home)
• Researching information and preparing summaries and recommendations
• Coordinating tasks, suppliers, and deadlines

• Support the planning of agency projects
• Help coordinate logistics such as schedules, locations, equipment, and talent
• Track actions, deadlines, and deliverables across projects

• Provide general admin support across the agency when needed
• Liaise with clients, suppliers, and freelancers
• Help organise internal processes, documents, and shared resources
• Support with invoicing, expenses, and basic reporting

• Keep projects moving by chasing actions and keeping stakeholders aligned
• Ensure clear communication and smooth handovers

• Experience in a PA, production assistant, or admin support role
• Highly organised with strong time management skills
• Flexible, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Confident using tools such as Google Workspace, calendars, and task management tools
• Discreet, reliable, and comfortable working closely with a Founder
• Must love animals/comfortable around them

• Experience in a creative, media, or agency environment
• Full UK driving licence

• Flexible hours
• Some evening and weekend work required depending on projects