MARTINA ROWLEY
owner-operator & Chief VA/vBM
Martina has organisation and precision in her blood. Having been raised, educated and trained in Germany, her work ethic and style reflect her heritage. For her clients, that means they can expect professionalism, punctuality and all details considered and taken care of. For her friends, it means they have an utterly reliable sidekick and can always rely on an honest opinion when it matters.
Martina is equally accomplished and comfortable working with C-Suite executives and all ranks of stakeholders, as she is with the non-profit sector, small business owners, and solo entrepreneurs and their clients. She is fully bilingual and can work just as easily and precisely in English as in German.
Her thorough work training began in Germany with a three-year, federally recognized apprenticeship as office clerk/administrative assistant and certification by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Despite suffering through her first “boss from hell”, her parents convinced Martina to stick with it. As a result, she adopted some valuable lessons: always to produce error-free work, maintain impeccable telephone manners and client service, and have an untouchable work ethic. The latter can also be credited to both her late parents.
What followed over the years have been a string of professional training, university degree, 20+ years in corporate positions as executive assistant, business training, and starting and operating her own growing business. To round off her professional skills, she has been a leader and active participant in the volunteer sector and community engagement for over a decade and has also demonstrated leadership in the past as a soccer coach (women’s and men’s teams) and taught equestrian sports at a young age.
Martina is a virtual business manager (VBM) and Certified Canadian Virtual Assistant (CCVA) with advanced level skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Outlook and Google Suite, and has a solid and broad working experience with a plethora of 'Cloud' based tools and programs. Whichever task you want done well, consider it done! You can benefit from her solid European work experience, university education from the UK and Canada and her bilingualism.
Martina is well-spoken, well-mannered and very personable with an inquisitive mind. She is a published writer, an engaging speaker and a firm and creative facilitator. She is also passionate about volunteering in her local community, which includes environmental programs and education, writing for a local newspaper, being a mentor and advocate of Big Brothers Big Sisters and a supporter of the local Food Bank. Martina loves baking, gardening and growing vegetables, and leads an active lifestyle in her favourite places outdoors, hiking, cycling and loving winter activities in local parks and trails.
OUR TEAM OF Virtual assistants
We typically have Canadian virtual assistants on our team to handle our clients’ needs, as well as some of our own support requirements. Regardless of who completes your tasks, you will always receive a high level of support and quality of work that our business stands for and that your business deserves. Our VAs are carefully selected to ensure our company mission and core values are upheld by everyone on our team.
SHAUGHNESSY KING
EXECUTIVE Virtual assistant
Shaughnessy King is a Virtual Administrative Assistant with over 3 years’ experience. She is a driven and resourceful VA with a proven track record of providing support to high-achieving business owners. She has excellent communication skills and the ability to manage multiple projects she has on the go.
Her educational background includes studies in Early Childhood Education at Loyalist College. Shaughnessy has worked in various childcare and school settings as a Classroom Educator and Childcare Centre Director. This background helped her develop her excellent prioritization skills, ability to meet deadlines and being a collaborative team member. It also sharpened her people skills and ability to handle unexpected changes and demands from multiple stakeholders.
Shaughnessy is an excellent problem-solver and works diligently to communicate with clients to organize and support the execution of logistics. She loves working with clients from different industries to keep leaning something new. She is especially skilled in task management programs such as Asana, ClickUp and Hubspot, Google Workspace and Microsoft Office, CANVA and social media platforms, as well as WordPress and so much more.
In her spare time, Shaughnessy enjoys listening to audiobooks. She also loves to learn new skills, eat delicious food, get outdoors in the warm weather, and explore new parts of this great, big world we live in.
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