Office Manager / Executive Assistant - Maternity Cover
Be the heartbeat of QB. Join us as an Office Manager/EA, supporting the CEO, running the office, coordinating admin, IT and events, and keeping everything moving seamlessly.
At Quintessential Brands Group, we are proud to continue the legacy of Thomas Dakin, the visionary who pioneered quality English gin in 1761. Today, our award-winning portfolio spans iconic names like Greenall’s, Opihr, Thomas Dakin, The Dubliner, and Chamère, our exciting new venture in the world of RTD cocktails.
A Taste of The Job
As our Office Manager/Executive Assistant, you’ll sit at the heart of Quintessential Brands, providing trusted, proactive support to the CEO and the wider executive team while ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of our office. This is a highly visible, varied role where no two days are the same, perfect for someone who thrives on organisation, ownership, and being the go-to person others rely on.
You’ll combine classic PA responsibilities with office management, guest greeting, administrative coordination, and event organisation. From managing diaries and priorities at the executive level to keeping the office running seamlessly behind the scenes, you’ll play a vital role in enabling the business to operate at its best.
Your Impact Will Include
Executive Support – Provide intermittent PA support to the CEO and other members of the executive team.
Office/Facilities Management – Take ownership of the day-to-day running of the office, ensuring everything operates smoothly and professionally.
Welcoming guests & first impressions – Act as the first point of contact for visitors, creating a warm, organised, and professional welcome.
IT and administration co-ordination – Serve as the central point for administrative matters and simple IT queries in the London office, liaising with internal teams and external providers as needed.
Events & Engagement – Organise internal events and support the delivery of selected external events.
Stock & Supplies – Manage office and business stock, ensuring availability, organisation, and cost control.
The Perfect Serve - A Bit About You
You’re highly organised, proactive, and calm under pressure. You enjoy variety, take pride in getting the details right, and are comfortable working closely with senior leaders. You’re approachable, discreet, and naturally good at keeping people, priorities, and processes aligned.
You will bring:
Experience supporting senior leaders in a PA, EA, or Office Management role.
Strong organisational and time-management skills.
Confidence as a central point of contact across the business.
A professional, welcoming manner with visitors and stakeholders.
Comfort coordinating IT queries with suppliers or internal teams.
The ability to juggle priorities while staying focused and composed.
A hands-on, can-do mindset and strong attention to detail.
The Garnish- The Benefits
We know great support roles are critical to success, so we offer:
Competitive salary
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Bupa Healthcare
Company pension scheme
Staff product allowance and discounts
- Locations
- London HQ
- Yearly salary
- £51,000
- Employment type
- Contract
Our Culture - The Essence of Quintessential Brands
We're an 'all hands on deck' kind of place where you'll have the opportunity to get involved in end to end projects, implement systems and process. We're fast, agile and entrepreneurial but, most importantly, our people are at the heart of what we do.
While we do work hard, we do it with a sense of fun, pride and passion that you won't find anywhere else.
Are you never shaken and very rarely stirred? More Cosmopolitan than Old Fashioned? Approach everything you do with a dash of creativity and a squeeze of positivity? Then we need you!
About Quintessential Brands Group
Established in 2011, Quintessential Brands Group is one of the most successful spirits companies to emerge from the UK in the last decade. The company offers a complete range of services and products to its customers across the world; producing and distributing some of the world's most-loved spirits brands, including Greenall's, the Original London Dry Gin, Opihr Spiced Gin and BLOOM Gin, as well as developing and producing some of the most commercially successful retailer brands of recent years for trade customers, and co-packing for some of the world’s most well-known spirits brands.
Recognised by the industry as International Spirits Challenge Gin Distiller of the Year five times in the last six years, Quintessential Brands is renowned for its unrivalled gin distilling capabilities heritage dating back to 1761 and is emerging as one of the most dynamic new entrants in the Irish whiskey market with the Dublin Liberties Distillery. With world-class product development and manufacturing at four world-class production sites across Europe and an award-winning premium brand portfolio comprised of English Gins, Irish Whiskeys, Irish Creams and Liqueurs, Quintessential Brands is committed to being the indispensable spirits partner of choice to its customers across the world, with customers and insights at the heart of everything we do.
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