Meet Melanie
If your business needs a wide range of VA skills, Melanie has 30 years’ experience as a senior-level Executive Assistant as well as strong marketing expertise. In Melanie's own words she tells you a little about herself below so you can get to know her.
Get to know me
Hi, I’m Melanie. I’ve been a virtual assistant since 2019 when I left the corporate world in London to move north to Durham with my husband, Jim, and our two cats, Willow and Daisy. Instead of a two-hour commute, I now have a fabulous home office in the countryside, overlooking a field of alpacas, which I absolutely love! I also get to work with all kinds of business owners in different industries which is so interesting after such a long time in financial and professional services.
When I’m not working, I love to travel around the UK in our campervan, visiting our herd of grandchildren, exploring new places and making new friends. Unless it’s cold, in which case I hibernate at home with Netflix and pizza.
Key Skills & Experience
I started my career as a Marketing Secretary in a well-known investment bank over 30 years ago, when you could still smoke in an office (can you believe you could actually do that!) and all my roles since then have been a mixture of support to senior executives coupled with marketing. I love the combination of support and creativity; what that means is that as a business owner, you get the full benefit of my experience with all things marketing and social media as well as top-notch executive assistance.
If you are looking for someone to write content, update your website, manage your social media accounts, build your audiences, write and send out your newsletters, manage your projects, correspond with your clients, manage your diary or generally organise your life, I can help.
My key skills include:
Diary management
Email management
Client liaison
Travel planning
Research
Project management
Event management
Social media management (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
Proofreading
Copywriting
Email marketing
Website development
Work with Melanie
If you would like to be introduced to Melanie so you can arrange a chat and see if she's the right VA for you, get in touch.