[Hiring] Founder's Assistant @Aperture

Role Description

We’re hiring a Founder’s assistant to work closely with Aperture’s founder. This is a high-trust role for someone who is exceptionally organised, discreet, thoughtful and calm under pressure. You’ll help create space around the founder by taking ownership of the logistics, details, decisions and follow-ups that make life and work run smoothly. This is not a passive admin role. It’s a role for someone who loves making things feel seamless. Someone who notices what needs to happen before it becomes urgent. Someone who can take a loose request, understand the context, make a good judgement call and get it done. The right person will have excellent taste, strong instincts and genuine pride in being useful.

Who this is for

• You see the moving parts immediately.
• You naturally think ahead and do not need every step explained.
• You can work out what needs to happen, what might go wrong and what would make something feel easier, smoother or better considered.
• You are organised, but not robotic.
• You are warm, but not overfamiliar.
• You are fast, but not careless.
• You are polished, but not precious.
• You know how to be discreet and understand tone, timing and context.
• You can communicate clearly with senior people, suppliers, clients, friends, venues and internal teams.
• Good taste matters in this role; you know the difference between something that is technically fine and something that is actually right.
• You should be comfortable moving between work and personal contexts with maturity, judgement and ease.

What we’re looking for

• Strong judgement, excellent organisation and a calm, can-do attitude.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, make sensible recommendations and take ownership without turning every task into another decision for someone else.
• Trust with sensitive information, personal details, business context and access to a fast-moving founder-led company; discretion is essential.
• Quietly brilliant: observant, resourceful, reliable and emotionally intelligent.
• Experience supporting busy people or high-expectation environments where organisation, discretion and follow-through really mattered.
• Experience managing diaries, travel, bookings, appointments, follow-ups and shifting priorities without needing constant direction.
• Experience planning or supporting events, whether that’s dinners, client events, conferences, team offsites, launches, community events or high-touch hospitality moments.
• Ability to make things happen: research options, speak to suppliers, compare costs, manage timelines and get it over the line.
• No need for agency experience.
• Understanding of London and its key areas/restaurants/venues; this does not need to be professional experience.

Location

• Open to someone based anywhere if they are exceptional, able to work in a UK timezone.
• Excellent research skills, strong judgement, and ability to travel to London, the UK or Europe easily when needed.

What success looks like

• The founder’s life feels calmer, lighter and better organised.
• Open loops are reduced.
• Details are handled before they become distracting.
• Events, travel, meetings and logistics feel smooth.
• Ideas move from “we should do this” to done.
• The right things are anticipated before they become urgent.
• Trust builds quickly because your judgement is consistently good.

How we work

• Aperture is remote-first and impact-first.
• You can work from wherever you’re most productive, while staying closely connected through regular communication, team sessions, events and in-person meetups.
• This role will require flexibility; some work will be predictable, some will not.
• Some weeks will be quiet and structured; others will involve travel, events, last-minute changes or unusual requests.
• You must be able to work in a UK timezone.
• Work from anywhere, with flexibility around how you structure your day.
• Regular team meetups and events.
• Travel to team meetups covered.
• Direct exposure to a fast-growing business and founder.
• Varied work across business, events, travel and personal logistics.
• A high-trust role with real responsibility from day one.

Before you apply

• We read every application.
• For this role, we do not want a generic cover letter.
• Before applying, please research Aperture and its founder.
• Write a cover letter explaining why you think you are the right person for this specific role.
• If you do not include this letter, you will be automatically excluded.
• We want to understand how you think, what you noticed, and why this role makes sense for you.
• Specific examples matter more than polished language.
• Tell us where you have done this kind of work before, what kind of person you are to work with, and how you would approach supporting a founder whose work spans clients, events, travel, partnerships, content and a fast-moving business.
• We can tell when something is generic.
• For this role, we are especially interested in your judgement, discretion, taste, organisation and ability to make life feel easier without creating more work.
• We do not want AI generated responses, but genuine authentic language.