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Jodie Mears is a practising C-Suite Executive Assistant with more than 25 years of experience in the administrative profession. She has chosen to stay in the profession and grow within it, while building a career that now also includes coaching, training and speaking to administrative professionals around the world.
Her work focuses on helping Executive Assistants build stronger partnerships with the leaders they support, communicate the value of their work and take greater ownership of their careers.
Jodie has been a LinkedIn Top Voice since 2023. In 2025, she was named one of the Top 60 Digital Women to Watch and was a finalist for Digital Woman of the Year. In 2026, she became an Adobe Express Ambassador, becoming the first Executive Assistant to represent the brand in this way.
She speaks at international conferences across the UK, Europe and the US, as well as delivering private team development sessions for organisations, both online and in person. Her speaking and training cover executive partnership, career development, communication, visibility, personal brand and the changing role of the Executive Assistant.
Alongside this, Jodie is a career coach and neurodiversity coach. She created **Aspire & Achieve**, her coaching programme for administrative professionals who want to progress in their careers while staying true to who they are.
She is also the editor of The Assistant’s Edge, her Substack publication for administrative professionals, and the founder of a global WhatsApp community that brings assistants together to share knowledge, ask for help and build meaningful professional connections.
At the heart of Jodie’s work is a simple ethos: Network. Learn. Grow.
She believes that good work should not remain invisible and that administrative professionals should be able to explain the difference they make, not simply list the tasks they complete.
Most importantly, Jodie is still doing the job herself.
Alongside the conferences, coaching, writing and training, she continues to work as a C-Suite Executive Assistant. The advice she shares is therefore rooted in current, lived experience of supporting senior leaders and navigating the realities of the role.
Sharing what she has learned, bringing people together and helping others grow in their own careers are a big part of why she continues to contribute to the profession.
Jodie has been a member of The PA Show Advisory Board since 2021
Website: www.jodiemears.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jodiemears/