Please Note: This job is being posted on behalf of Pro Church Lights (www.prochurchlights.com) by Great Assistant (www.greatassistant.com). Great Assistant is a company that works with entrepreneurs to match them to assistants.
Craig Dereka is the CEO of Pro Church Lights, a company that assists churches across the nation with stage lighting systems, electrical, and design. Pro Church Lights provides A to Z solutions, including visualization, consulting, equipment selection, installation support, and training. The company's mission is to empower churches with exceptional lighting solutions at an affordable price to help them share the greatest news ever told.
We are looking for a proactive, tech savvy Virtual Assistant who can support the CEO by helping keep projects, content, systems, and communication moving forward. As our assistant, you should be comfortable working in a fast moving environment, asking questions, adjusting course when priorities shift, and taking action without needing every detail upfront.
The ideal assistant will understand and align with Pro Church Lights' core values:
- Wow Experience
- Creativity
- Empower
- Collaboration
- Understanding
To succeed in this role, you will ensure no key details fall through the cracks while also identifying tasks and processes that can be improved or taken off the CEO's plate over time. You'll help create structure, improve follow through, support internal efficiency, and help create an excellent customer experience.
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Managing the CEO's inbox, handling simple items, identifying tasks that can be rolled off his plate, and bringing larger CEO only items to his attention
- Supporting project management checkins with internal team members and outside partners to keep projects moving forward
- Supporting social media management, including reporting, monitoring, responding to messages, and harvesting questions from groups to develop content ideas
- Managing content workflows across social media, email, YouTube, and marketing, including editing, proofing, scheduling, and final posting
- Coordinating with video editors, graphic designers, internal stakeholders, advertising partners, and channel partners
- Supporting email campaign management, monitoring, and automations
- Helping optimize the CRM, customer management workflows, and overall customer experience
- Creating and improving systems, processes, and feedback loops so nothing falls through the cracks
- Setting up new supplier accounts
- Assisting with general operational tasks to help the team stay organized and make progress
In addition to the above, the ideal candidate must be/have:
- Proactive and able to take action without waiting for every detail
- Comfortable working with a fast moving, direct, big picture CEO
- Able to anticipate what needs to happen next and keep things moving
- Detail oriented, but not someone who gets stuck needing every detail before starting
- Flexible and able to adjust course when priorities or direction change
- Comfortable with change and able to shift direction without taking it personally
- Curious, creative, and open to testing new tools, systems, and ideas
- Strong follow through and able to get the job done
- Courageous enough to ask questions and clarify priorities
- Able to think through problems and offer ideas while still being open to feedback
- Comfortable helping bring structure to creative ideas and moving projects forward
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- You must be tech savvy and quick to pick up new tools and software
Experience with the following tools is a plus!
- Google Workspace
- Asana
- Pipedrive
- Kit
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Canva
Position Details
- This is a W2 position
- Benefits include PTO, sick time, paid holidays, and performance based bonus pay
- The position will be 30 to 40 hours per week
- Hours are Monday through Friday, with a 9:00 am ET start time
- The pay rate is $30/hr. USD and is non-negotiable
- You must be able to pass a background check
- Travel may be required approximately 1 to 2 weeks per year for possible conferences and team meetings
- We are looking for someone to become a long-term (3+ years) team member
**Please do not contact Craig Dereka or Pro Church Lights directly; doing so will disqualify your application***
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