Chief of Staff to CEO

About Us

Chess.com is one of the largest gaming sites in the world and the #1 platform for playing, learning, and enjoying chess.

We are a team of 600+ fully remote people in 60+ countries working hard to serve the global chess community. We are here to support 125M+ chess players worldwide with the best possible product, content, and tools to serve the community!

We are a tech company. A gaming company. A content company. And we do it all with passion and commitment to the game. Above all we prize our mission-driven, flat, life-celebrating, no-corporate culture, and we look forward to meeting you and learning more about what you can bring to the team.

About You

You are interested in getting involved in EVERYTHING at Chess.com: product, tech, strategy, bizdev, marketing, people, monetization, content... literally everything, because you would be working arm-in-arm with our CEO, who is involved in every aspect of growing chess and Chess.com! You have a great education background and some business experience, but are looking to get your hands dirty as you work closely with our exec team and CEO to keep growing Chess.com. 

This role is an intentional path to more opportunities within Chess.com. Also, your application is going to be judged on the quality of your answers to the application questions. Being a thoughtful, thorough writer and good communicator is key to this role. 

What You’ll Do

• Handle special projects and assignments for CEO
• Unblock everything that needs unblocking, source things that need sourcing, and noodle on things that need noodling
• Attend meetings, take notes, create action items, and then get things done
• Work with every department at Chess.com to document and publish regular goals

Preferred Skills

• 2+ years experience working in consulting, gaming, consumer software, or digital entertainment
• Strong analytical skills
• Detail-oriented and highly organized
• Bachelor’s degree from a top university
• 1400+ rated Chess.com player
• Lifelong learner

About the Opportunity

• This is a full-time position
• We are 100% remote (work from anywhere!)
• This is open to applicants who can work in the USA or Canada

You can learn more about us here:

• https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-chess-com-virtual-team-works-together
• https://www.chess.com/about