This isn’t a “support” role. It’s a seat at the table.

If you’re the kind of EA who anticipates what’s needed before anyone asks — who can hold a room, push back on a C-suite executive when it matters, and still have everything handled by end of day — read on. This one is for you.

Executive Assistant to the Main Principal, Highly Successful Executive Legal Recruiter/Local Remote

Houston, Texas |

We are recruiting on behalf of a highly successful “rainmaker” high- end legal recruiter who serves the major law firms in the country, based in Houston. 

This role demands someone who is sharp, confident, and wired for high performance. You will be the operational backbone for the principal who is fast-moving, where no two days are the same.

  What You’ll Be Doing 

●        Managing the Principal’s complex calendar including internal meetings, client meetings and scheduling candidate interviews. Understand competing priorities

●        Serve as a gatekeeper and trusted liaison handling sensitive communications with discretion and professionalism

●        Prioritize emails and texts and craft responses on his behalf

●        Draft, edit and manage Principal’s correspondence, and reports

●        Coordinating domestic and international travel end-to-end itinerary management

●        Anticipating needs, solving problems before they escalate, and keeping three demanding principals operating at full speed

●        Jumping in wherever needed — this is an “all hands on deck” environment and no task is beneath you

Base Salary, Plus Discretionary Bonus, Comprehensive Health Benefits

  What You Bring 

●        5+ years of executive assistant experience, ideally supporting a senior partner at a boutique  law firm but will consider other industries Knowledge of the language of the legal field generally a PLUS.

●        Proven experience coordinating meetings, events, dinners with a “high touch” service mentality

●        The kind of personality that earns trust fast — assertive, confident, and not afraid to speak up or push back when the situation calls for it

●        A roll-up-your-sleeves attitude — you don’t watch from the sidelines; you get in and figure it out

●        High energy and the ability to stay calm, focused, and effective when the pressure is on

●        Advanced proficiency in the full Microsoft Office Suite and Google Suite

●        Exceptional attention to detail, discretion, and follow-through

●        Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  Who Thrives Here 

This role is not for everyone — and that’s by design. The ideal candidate has been an EA long enough to know that the best ones aren’t just schedulers. They’re strategic operators. They read the room. They protect their executives’ time fiercely. They own their space with quiet confidence and get things done without being asked twice.

If you’ve built a career around being indispensable to the leaders you support, and you want to bring that skill set to help a dynamic principal — this is your opportunity.