Opportunity for a General Virtual Assistant

Are you looking to be part of an outstanding work and career development opportunity?

Are you a multi skilled General Virtual Assistant, with experience working as a customer support?

Do you take pride in your work, work hard and are able to work to tight deadlines?

If the answer is yes, then…

We have a really unique opportunity for a very special individual to be part of an outstanding team of individuals that are based in the Philippines, Slovakia, UK and the USA.
You will have the opportunity to work in a rapidly growing magazine company with great career and learning opportunities.
We use agile scrum methodology to manage projects, so exposure to this along with other project management tools like Asana are beneficial. With a high standard for work, the ideal candidate should be able to grow and flourish in the fast moving environment of the magazine embracing change with a “can do” Upgrade to see actual infosential skills

This is a perfect opportunity a rockstar Virtual Assistant as their first role where you will get exposure to various technologies and business areas to enable career progression.

The magazine expects a high standard of work, so the ideal candidate should be able to grow and flourish in the fast-moving environment of the magazine embracing change with a “can do” attitude.

Personal skills:

• Good attitude
• Fast learner
• Precise
• Good team player
• Ability to read and follow written instructions
• Ability to independently learn how to do a task by reading 3rd party system documentation and running google searches
• Ability to prioritize
• Good organizational skills
• Able to multi task
• Excellent communication skills

Nice to have skills:

• Technical aptitude (willingness to learn new skills, embracing new technology and being able to read the manual.
• Social media management (all platforms)
• Customer support (Freshdesk and Social Media)
• Good email etiquette
• Excellent English
• Resourcefulness
• Adobe Photoshop or Canva
• Excel
• Email software such as ActiveCampaign or MailChimp
• Image formatting for web
• Basic HTML
• Asana/Basecamp ( or equivalent project management tool)
• Autism or special needs related knowledge

Qualifications and other requirements:

• Have own personal home workspace
• college degree is a plus
• 1-2 years work experience as a VA or office based worker is a plus
• Strong internet connection
• Adequate computer hardware and software to work online

Shift pattern:
This is a full time role. There is a requirement for some overlap with UK business time. The candidate MUST be able to work weekends as part of a shift rotation. This will be one or two 3 hour shifts per month on either Saturday or Sunday.

To Apply:
Please send an email with your cover letter to Upgrade to see actual info
Use the exact subject line: “REF-OJS Job Application”