executive secretary

Senior administrative aide

An executive secretary provides high-level administrative support to senior management, handling correspondence, scheduling, and confidential matters.

The role requires more responsibility and discretion than a general secretary: She served as executive secretary to the CEO for fifteen years.

The title has largely given way to "executive assistant" in contemporary usage.

Opposites
organizational hierarchy and authority

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Top corporate decision-maker

CEO · decision-maker · executive · president · boss

skill level and specialization

executive secretaryfile clerk

One who maintains documents

receptionist · temporary worker · intern · trainee · gofer

support vs. leadership function

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Senior organizational leader

leader · supervisor · manager · department head · team leader

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G