Marketing Virtual Assistant

We are an e-commerce store retailing designer lighting in Australia. We are looking for a superstar who we can train to manage and run the marketing side of business for us - we are committed to building a long term ---------- itially, we would like to start you off part time (4 hours a day) doing basic tasks for the first 4 weeks and then offer full time based on performance.

THE TASKS

You will be doing the following tasks initially (we will provide clear documentation to assist you in doing these tasks):

1. Product Listing / Data Entry (upload products to Bigcommerce and Shopify)
2. Organise and maintain product listings
3. Social Media Management: Make posts and interact on Instagram and Facebook
4. Search Engine Optimisation: Content writing, blogging and link building
5. Email marketing via Mailchimp

PROGRAM EXPERIENCE

We prefer you to have experience in marketing and product listings with prior use of the following programs (if you don't have experience with some of these programs, then we can train you):

1. Bigcommerce / Shopify
2. Google Suite (google sheets, docs, gmail, etc)
3. Asana
4. Mailchimp
5. Canva

SKILLS REQUIRED

You must have the following personal skills:

* Excellent English speaking and writing skills
* Extremely organised with great attention to detail
* Creative
* Super reliable and trustworthy
* Very proactive and hard working - you will need to use your own initiative
* Tech savvy
* Have a reliable computer and internet connection
* Endless curiosity, personal drive and tenacity

You must have the following work skills and experience:

* Data Entry and Administration
* Marketing (SEO, social media, email)
* Content Writing
* A bit of graphic design skills

TIME ZONE AND HOURS

Virtual assistant need to be able to work from 11am to 6pm Australian Eastern Standard Time Monday to ---------- weekend work required.

You may only need to work on average 4 hours a day initially and then we can offer full time from 10am to 6pm after 4 weeks of ---------- weekend work required.

START DATE

As soon as possible. We are aiming for a August 18 start at the very latest.

Live interviews will be conducted from Friday 6 this week.

WHY WORK WITH US

* Flexible hours if needed with no weekend work
* Good base pay with bonuses based on performance
* Above market salary paid weekly for above market candidates
* Comprehensive training provided
* Long term and stable employment
* Career progression with full time work and pay raise

We take very good care of our staff and grow with them - will help you grow your skills and experience to eventually become an ecommerce manager of multiple stores and a partner to our new ecommerce stores.

ABOUT US

* Australian company established in 2013
* Stable and growing business
* E-commerce company specialising in furniture and lighting

QUESTIONS

In your cover letter, please answer the following questions:

1. Do you already have another job? If so, where are you working and how many hours are you working?

2. How many hours do you want to work?

3. Do you have your own computer and Internet access? If you have access, how fast is your connection?

Also, in your application, please tell me which past historical figure you would like to meet, and why?