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What is a remote assistant service?

Jun 2, 2025

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A remote assistant service provides trained professionals who work from a different location to support executives with administrative and operational tasks. Remote executive assistants are embedded into your daily workflow, offering high-level support in scheduling, communications, and coordination.

For startup leaders, these remote assistant services offer a fast way to scale without hiring in-house.The services handle recruitment, training, HR, and payroll so you can focus on delegating confidently.

At Viva Executive Assistants, all remote assistants are pre-vetted, trained in a business bootcamp, and matched by skill and time zone to ensure seamless collaboration.

Learn more about remote executive assistants in this short video. 

 

“I’ve gained so much time, so much composure in my day-to-day, and I’ve just been able to focus on my work, get a lot more done, and be more productive. I couldn’t imagine not having Dani as a partner.” — Emma Auscher, Global Head of Customer Experience at Notion

 

Information on customers that work with Viva Executive Assistants and give them a 9.3 out of 10 onboarding score. Customers: Glean, Veho, Openphone, Owner, HacktheBox, Groq, Notion, among others

 

What is a remote office assistant?

remote office assistant (or remote executive assistant) performs nearly all the tasks you’d expect from a top-notch in-person assistant. Their mission is to handle administrative and coordination duties so you can focus on high-level work. In a startup environment, this often goes beyond basic clerical work to include anything tactical that can lighten the executive’s load.

 

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