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Leadership Meeting Cadence (Notion)

Manager · Chief of Staff · Hybrid · Santa Ana

$155–$193/ hour About $4,500 a month at 6 h a week. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so nothing comes out of your rate.
Company
Brand and creative agency for consumer brands · 5,000+ employeesCL-11950 · based in Santa Ana
Where
Hybrid · Santa Ana
Format
Regular role
Time needed
4–8 h a week
Start
Starts within 7 days
Level
Manager · 7-12 years
When you work
Early mornings2 h a week overlap with PT

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About this task

This brand and creative agency for consumer brands (5,000+ employees) is looking for a manager Chief of Staff for an ongoing part-time engagement of 4–8 h a week. Agendas, pre-reads and decision notes for leadership meetings.

The company wants a senior person on this without carrying the cost of a full-time role. It is an agency, so work is organised around client campaigns and approval rounds.

The team sits in Santa Ana. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. The company prefers early-morning hours, before a normal working day starts. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (PT).

What you deliver

  • Run the weekly leadership meeting agenda, track decisions and send notes the same day.
  • Work logged against the agreed list, so the company contact can see progress without a call
  • A written update every Thursday with what was done, what is next and anything blocked
  • Questions collected in one thread, answered within one working day

What a week looks like

  • Tuesday: 15-minute check-in to agree the week's items
  • Monday: main working block (3 hours)
  • Thursday: hand-off note with what shipped and what is open

Duration: 8 weeks, renewable. Accepted when the company contact confirms the deliverable against the written checklist. One round of edits is included.

Tools

NotionGoogle Workspace

Who fits

  • 7-12 years of hands-on work as a Chief of Staff, or the equivalent mix of roles
  • Comfortable working in Notion and Google Workspace
  • Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate

Nice to have

  • Has worked with a distributed team across time zones
  • A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late

Not included

  • Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so
  • Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately
  • Travel or work at a fixed location

How you get paid

  • The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
  • Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
  • You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
  • You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.

What happens after you say you're interested

  1. Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
  2. You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
  3. With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
  4. StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.

What the company sees about you

First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.

Your profile
AlexManager Chief of Staff
Experience
7-12 years in operations & assistance
Tools
Notion, Google Workspace
Offers
6 hours a week, weekday evenings
Rate
$174 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, $174 an hour, is above the median manager Chief of Staff rate in California ($170). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

All Chief of Staff jobs in United States · Chief of Staff rates in California · Operations & Assistance jobs

Questions about pay and privacy

The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.

CL-11950 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.

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