W. R. Berkley Corporation

Berkley Aspire is an operating unit of the W.R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE – WRB), a Fortune 500 global insurer founded in 1967.  Aspire underwrites excess & surplus lines insurance solutions across the United States for hard-to-place commercial risks. Our direct to retail distribution strategy is unique, and we underwrite general liability, excess liability, property, and inland marine coverages. Verticals we specialize in include construction/contractors, habitational/real estate, hospitality/special events, entertainment/amusements, and manufacturing/products liability. Most of our customers are small to medium sized businesses and we operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

At Aspire, we strive to make surplus lines insurance easy to understand and easy to navigate. We think big. We lean in and listen. We work hard. We are open to new ideas. We experiment and innovate. We take care of our customers and support our teammates. And, if we do it right and stay true to our core principles, then we deliver profitable growth on a consistent basis.

We are an organization dedicated to an employee-centric company culture and a positively disruptive business model. By thinking outside the box, we are making insurance a little more exciting and a little more fun.

Our home office is in Scottsdale, AZ. We also have offices in Cincinnati, OH, Richmond, VA, and Charlotte, NC. Our growing number of work-from-home teammates are located across the country.

https://www.berkleyaspire.com/ 

This role is located in our Scottsdale office on a full-time in office schedule.

The Executive Administrative Assistant provides general clerical and administrative support to the company’s executive level management team.

• Oversee the processing of incoming and outgoing mail and non-marketing packages, statements, policies, letters, ensuring same-day in-and-out deadlines.
• Handle deliveries, pick-ups, mail drops, telephone duties and reception area.
• Under general direction from the executive and underwriting team prepare documents, spreadsheets, and maintain team and office contact directories.
• Coordinate team meetings including agendas, minute-taking, meals and clean up.
• Monitor and order all office and kitchen supplies and track expenses.
• Assist with appointment and meeting scheduling.
• Make travel arrangements for leadership team.
• Process monthly expense reports.
• Plan, manage and participate in various projects as directed by the executive team.
• Perform other clerical duties as needed, such as filing, photocopying and scanning.

• Minimum of five years of experience in an executive administrative assistant role.
• Excellent PC skills, working knowledge of Microsoft Office product suite.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills utilized effectively.
• Ability to take initiative, look for process improvement and use discernment in decision-making.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Entrepreneurial qualities, such as trying innovative solutions, resiliency to change and using judgment.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• High school diploma (or equivalent) required.
• An associate’s degree or its equivalent preferred.
• Must have at least five years of experience in the field or in a related area.

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As an elite Excess and Surplus Lines market, Nautilus Insurance Group offers commercial property and casualty insurance solutions to appointed wholesale surplus lines producers countrywide.  We have specialized in providing these solutions for more than 35 years.

We have more flexible policy terms and premium rates on a non-admitted basis. Our focus is small to medium Property and Casualty risks on both an admitted and a non-admitted basis.

Our offerings are distributed through partnerships with appointed wholesale surplus lines producers. Our relationships are defined by mutual success, speed to market, customer-centric focus and an expanded appetite. 

Coverage placed by Nautilus Insurance Group is provided by Nautilus Insurance Company and Great Divide Insurance Company, both W. R. Berkley Corporation members with A.M. Best (Superior) A+ XV ratings.

Benefit Highlights: 

• Paid Parental Leave! At Nautilus, we offer Childbirth Recovery Leave as well as Primary Caregiver Leave, for up to a maximum of 12 weeks of paid leave.
• Nautilus offers Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage options, along with Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) choices
• We help our employees feel secure by providing a 401(k) program, profit sharing, stock purchase plan, life insurance, and travel accident insurance options. 
• One of our core values is “Committed to Serve” and these aren’t idle words. We provide every employee one paid day off per year to volunteer at a local charity. That’s serving with a smile!
• We take risk management excellence and your professional growth seriously by offering Tuition Assistance and Industry-Related Education and Exam programs.
• Can you hear us now?  Employees are eligible for special cell phone service discounts with Verizon and AT&T. We’ve got a plum position for you! We participate in the Plum Benefits program offering employees cost-free access to thousands of exclusive travel and entertainment discounts.
• Flexible work arrangements, including working from home 2 days a week.

This role is located in our Scottsdale office on a hybrid schedule.

To support the Chief Operating Officer by providing executive-level administrative support, clerical support, event planning, project support, receiving clients and visitors, arranging travel and correspondence, and scheduling meetings.

• Coordinate complex scheduling and calendar management, as well as content and flow of information to senior executives.
• Prioritizes and manages multiple projects simultaneously. Follows through on issues in a timely manner.
• Format information for internal and external communication – memos, emails, presentations, and reports.
• Reading and analyzing submissions, letters, agendas, memos and determining significance; routing to appropriate personnel in a timely and efficient manner.
• Prepare executive responses to routine memos, letters, or correspondence.
• Prepare reports, collect, and analyze information; prepare presentations.
• Organize team communications and plan events, both internal and off-site.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Prepare and develop a records management system; maintain and recommend changes to the records system when appropriate.
• Develop and utilize historical information; provide retrieval of information. Record meeting discussions and provide minutes.
• Maintain inventory and office supplies. Anticipate office needs.
• Maintain knowledge by attending professional and technical educational seminars and workshops; review publications; establish professional and personal networks within the industry.
• Provide clerical and general office support to other executives as needed. Delegate tasks and responsibilities to other staff members when appropriate.
• Maintains expense account records for assigned executives.
• Meets and greets guests, agents, and vendors.
• Answering and directing calls to appropriate parties, taking messages.
• Communicates instructions to individuals and/or departments from executives.

• Sound judgment and decision-making skills.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
• Must be able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment.
• Experience in planning and executing conferences and meeting details.
• Ability to organize a daily workload by priorities.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Must have minimum of 3 years administrative assistant experience in office environment.
• Must be proficient in computer skills to include; Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.
• Communication skills which allow interaction with others in a professional manner, both verbal and written.
• Pleasant telephone communication skills.
• Basic to intermediate mathematical skills.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• High school diploma or equivalent.  Some College preferred. 

W. R. Berkley Corporation

Intrepid Direct Insurance is a direct-to-customer commercial insurance provider for a variety of industries, including auto aftermarket, fitness, and restaurant franchises. Located in Overland Park, KS in a new office building, our team of insurance professionals, developers, and marketers are on a quest to redefine everything franchisees know about insurance. You’ll also get to work with a diverse and talented group of people who are reimagining what a 200-year old industry could look like.

If you like challenging the status quo, making a customer’s life a little easier, or think maybe someday you’ll solve one of the world’s greatest challenges – you’ve found the right place. Ready to experience what it means to be intrepidacious? Apply today!

Our rapidly-growing company is seeking an innovative and collaborative Vertical Marketing Manager to help define and execute the growth marketing strategies for Intrepid Direct’s verticals, including our restaurant, auto-aftermarket, gym/fitness studios, and last-mile delivery segments, in addition to other verticals we enter. We’ll count on you to learn the business from our employees, partners, and customers about their needs and facilitate organization-wide shared understanding (i.e. personas, journey maps, etc.). You will then coordinate with Sales team members to develop marketing programs and campaigns to effectively target each vertical’s unique customer persona.

This role will become the subject matter expert for each vertical and will collaborate with our Sales team, our Graphic Designer, and our Digital Marketing Manager to develop customer and prospect outreach strategies including website landing pages, email campaigns, sales collateral, social media posts, and tradeshow participation. In this position you will also collaborate with departments within our organization such as Customer Service, Claims, and Engineering, with the shared goal of redefining insurance to deliver a better customer experience

Key functions will include but not be limited to:

• Champions projects for assigned vertical markets and facilitates cross-functional communication to ensure overall project and business success.
• Work within the existing digital framework (website, social media, marketing automation, etc.) to plan the creation and manage impactful, targeted, and effective multi-channel, customer-centric marketing campaigns aimed at increasing awareness and driving lead generation.
• Gather customer and market insights from aggregate campaign data to inform outreach strategies, increase customer conversions, and generate more qualified leads.
• Provide tracking, measurement, and reporting on the metrics of marketing programs and expenses.
• Work with the sales team to identify content required for customer-facing events (tradeshows, conferences, industry presentations, etc.) to enhance our presence, relevancy, and interaction with customers and prospects.
• Manage strategic partnerships within each vertical, working with the sales team to evaluate future business development efforts.
• Research and analyze information to identify new verticals and the potential demand for products and services, building out marketing programs as part of our go-to-market launch plans.

• Bachelor’s degree with a marketing focus
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in marketing, preferably B2B
• Exposure to digital and direct response marketing
• Detail oriented, with solid organizational, problem solving, and administrative skills
• Strong written, visual, and verbal communication skills
• Team oriented with a strong willingness to collaborate with others
• Possesses initiative and thrives in a fast-paced work environment
• Flexible in assuming new responsibilities as they arise
• Insurance background is a plus
• 100% in-office with flexibility

W. R. Berkley Corporation