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About Noire

We built the firm we
wished existed.

Noire places vetted executive assistants with US founders and executives. We developed the hiring process and the management system ourselves, from scratch, after learning the hard way.

Our story

It started from our own frustration.

We tried to solve the problem ourselves. We hired EAs. We got burned. We hired again. After a few rounds of this, we stopped blaming the candidates and started looking at the system.

What we found: the hiring process most people use does not work. It does not test for the things that matter, and it does not give the EA any real shot at succeeding once they start.

So we built a better one. Then we built an onboarding process. Then we built what we now call the Noire Method — a management system that tells both sides exactly how to work together from day one.

Once we had all three pieces, the results were immediate. We knew other founders were going through the same thing, and we decided to make it available. Noire was incorporated to do this professionally.

What makes us different

The Noire Method.

Three systems we built from real experience, not theory.

  1. Precision sourcing

    We go deep rather than wide. Our pipeline is built for English fluency, US-overlap availability, and the kind of career EAs who treat the work as a craft — not a stopover.

  2. A hiring process that actually predicts fit

    We developed our screening process after multiple bad placements, including our own. We test for the signals that matter: how someone communicates, how proactive they are, how they think through problems, and how well they take feedback.

  3. The management system nobody teaches you

    Hiring the right person is only half of it. Knowing how to work with them is the other half, and almost nobody teaches this part. The Noire Method gives both the founder and the EA a shared operating system before the engagement starts.

Our values

How we operate.

01

Precision over volume

We take on a limited number of clients and placements. The quality of the match is the only thing we measure ourselves by.

02

Radical transparency

Clear pricing. Clear process. No surprises on either side of the placement.

03

Long-term thinking

We succeed when placements stick. Retention is the number we care about.

04

White-glove service

We stay involved after the placement. You are not on your own once the intro is made.

05

Talent-first culture

We advocate for our EAs. When they are well-supported, they do better work. That is good for everyone.

06

Obsessive follow-through

We operate the way we expect our EAs to: proactively, completely, and without needing to be chased.

Our team

Where we work.

Noire is a distributed team. Leadership is based in New York City; our EA network spans time zones, so your assistant stays close to your workflow.

  • New York City — HQ
  • Global EA network

Work with us

Ready to get started?

For companies

Hire an Executive Partner.

Hire an Executive Partner and get the leverage you have been looking for. We will match you with a pre-vetted EA and onboard both of you into the Noire Method.

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For applicants

Build your career with Noire.

Build your career with Noire. We place exceptional talent with founders who are invested in the people working with them.

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