WANTED: EXCEPTIONAL VIRTUAL ASSISTANT
Position Description
We are looking for an exceptional VA to join our fast growing, busy, exciting photography business and online workshop company.
You’ll be providing customer support over email as well as assisting in a range of web business management tasks including website
updating, community management, social media posting + the rest of the wide range of tasks that comes in a business like this.
About Us:
I am a wedding and portrait photographer and also teach online workshops to photographers throughout the world. We are expanding more and more into workshops and are building a strong online brand and online community of photographers. Lots of plans to expand more in the second half of this year and beyond.
You need to have:
• Availability for 20-30 hours of work each MONTH; flexibility for the amount of hours to fluctuate from week to week and month to month, with strong potential of increased hours in the future
• Availability to be a long-term member of a rapidly growing business
• Availability for email processing at consistent times every day, Monday through
Friday
• Willingness and ability to learn new software and skills as needed–and to do so sometimes very rapidly(This may be through watching videos instead of personally being trained by me)
• You will be an independent contractor, not an employee
SKILLS YOU WILL NEED
Required:
• Experience assisting other solopreneurs, micro businesses or small businesses with an emphasis in customer service
• Exceptionally high levels of attention to detail, self-motivation, follow-through and
thorough communication
• Experience with email customer service
• Ability to quickly adapt to new technologies + software platforms
• Advanced to expert skill level with Gmail and Google Docs
• Intermediate skill level with WordPress and with website management (especially HTML & FTP)
Experience with social media management (especially Facebook & Twitter for business purposes)
Basic to intermediate skill level with SocialOomph
• Skype
Preferred:
• • • • • •
Intermediate skill level with Basecamp
Intermediate skill level with photo/image editing
References: Testimonials are great; contact information for prior clients that we can contact is even better.
If you don’t have experience in the “Preferred” part – tell us how you quickly adapt to new skills
To apply: Send cover letter, resume and pay requirements to meghan@gatheringlightphoto.com. Please apply by July 8th, 2013
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