Offsite Administrative Assistant

Administrative assistant to principal of interactive marketing firm. This is a 20 hr./week position, or about 86 hrs./month. (You will be paid on an hourly basis, but your monthly salary works out to about $946/month.) In general, your job will be to take care of many of the day-to-day operational details of the business, as well as making information requests of vendors/partners. Also, some light customer contanct via phone/e-mail will be required.

Duties include, but are not limited to, the areas of: customer care, general admin, quality assurance, and job status tracking. Details as follows:

Customer Care
1. Receive and respond to customer requests about our processes and procedures
2. Set up/schedule/change customer appointments on behalf of principal

General Admin
1. Check/maintain existing software accounts
2. Sign up for new software
3. Make general inquiries with vendors and partners
4. Perform light research
5. Coordinate partners/employees

Quality Assurance
1. Check reports and other deliverables completed by our employees/vendors for quality before they go out to customers
2. Forward quality-checked reports to customers or firm's principal (or, send back to vendors for fixes, when necessary)

Job Status Tracking
1. Track the status of every current project; you will need to know the status of every project when asked
2. Update company owner (upon request) as to current status and pending "next steps" for each project
3. Track report and/or other deliverable submissions by internal employees, follow up with them if late

Job Requirements:
This is an off-site position, so your ability to self-manage is crucial. High levels of integrity and trustworthiness are a must. Other requirements include:

1. This is a 20 hr./week position; hours are flexible; I prefer that you work during some agreed-upon 4-hour period between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. each weekday
2. You will need to have your own home office and be able to work in an uninterrupted manner during work hours
3. You need access to a telephone and a computer; computer should have Internet access and have MS Office installed
4. Experience doing admin/front office management
5. General computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint), e-mail.
6. Ability to write professional-sounding e-mails to customers, handle basic customer inquiries via telephone
7. Ability and competence in using social media sites like Facebook, Twitter desirable (not a must)
8. Need to be a good communicator
9. Must be assertive and not afraid to call customers/partners, make requests, etc.
10. NO sales or accounting duties will be required.
11. I prefer that you live in either Williamson County, TX or Travis County, TX, since we will meet periodically in person.

Application Instructions:
Please be sure to include the following information in your application e-mail:

a. describe your experience in this area, and/or how you are well-qualified for this position
b. tell me about your current work situation (how many hours/week can you devote to this?)
c. tell me one non-worked-related thing about yourself, such as a hobby or interest
d. send me your resume, if you have one

• Location: Round Rock, TX
• Compensation: 20 hrs./week @ $11/hr. (approx. $946/month)

Employer Posted:Tuesday, June 16, 2009