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Virtual Assistant
Job Description
Looking for a long term full time applicant who can handle website work using WordPress, PHP and Shopify for our agency.
There will be a wide variety of tasks, and I don't expect you to be an experienced expert with every single task. The website and graphic designing tasks should have quality work and you should be very confident with those. Here are some of the known responsibilities.
Manage website work:
- Building websites from scratch, Custom build websites, must be able to work on all themes of WordPress.
- Subdomain setup or removal
- Using MailChimp or Aweber
- Should be comfortable moving a site from one host to another
- Familiar with cPanel, phpMyAdmin, and FTP
- Comfortable making and restoring backups, especial of WordPress sites
- Should be comfortable with WordPress, themes, child themes, plugins
- Familiar with WordPress customizer, widgets, menu builder
- Familiarity with page builders (Divi, Elementor, Beaver Builder, etc) is a plus
- Willingness to learn the specifics of a few common industry specific themes
- Adding titles and meta descriptions to pages/posts
- Adding pre-written copy to pages
- Rearranging page layouts, elements, etc.
- I am expecting you to build websites from scratch and be a web designer.
- There will be edits to existing sites also. However, you should feel comfortable duplicating or recreating pages, adding sections, etc.
- For this position, you do not need to write front end website copy (copy will always be provided), but writing decent English is a plus, and you may need to write alt text from scratch from time to time (not as important to be exactly perfect grammatically).
- Optimizing and compressing images
- Setting up caching when necessary
- A basic familiarity with website optimization and best practices is a plus.
- You should be familiar with the following tools or concepts, that is a plus.
- Semrush
- Screaming Frog
- Sitebulb
- Excel (strong understanding of Excel and/or Google sheets is a huge plus)
- Having a basic understanding of indexation and ranking factors is a HUGE plus
- If you have other experience, please let me know. For example, being very comfortable with CSS is a huge advantage, and if you are familiar with javascript/jquery, that is also a valuable skill.
- With this position, the MOST important thing is that you are able to understand assignments, and figure out the right solution.
- If you need to do some reading/research to accomplish a task, that is totally acceptable, as long as you aren't attempting to do something where you may cause a problem that you can't fix.
- You'll be working on client sites, so it is important that you not make mistakes you don't know how to resolve.
- I need you to be a problem solver, proactively suggesting solutions to any issues that arise.
- I also want you to submit the work in time.
- I'm also looking for someone who will be willing to commit to working exclusively with our agency.
- If you are trying to work full time hours for multiple people (working 80+ hrs/wk), please do not apply.
- If you are working as part of an agency and plan on sub-contracting tasks, please do not apply.
- Looking for someone who can work at least some of your hours during Indian daytime hours (I am in IST timezone), but as long as communication happens effectively, this can be flexible.
- We do most of our team communication on Skype, and I will expect you to be available through email when necessary.
- Pay will be negotiable, and there is potential to earn even more over time as you become part of the team and the company grows.
- In your proposal, please include what you expect to make to be happy in the long term, but also what you are willing to work for in a temporary trial period.