Digital Marketing & Operations VA - Systeme.io + Email Automation + Social Media + Team Support

About Us Foundation First Family LLC is a financial literacy and education company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. We serve teachers, federal employees, military families, first responders, professional women, and faith communities through books, webinars, online courses, and a growing team of field professionals. Our founder is a retired U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant, CFP Course Instructor, and published author. We are growing fast across multiple platforms and need a capable operations partner to grow with us. The Role We are looking for an experienced, self-directed Digital Marketing & Operations VA who can execute the technical and creative side of our marketing and support our field team in real-time, without needing daily supervision. This is a long-term growth role for someone who takes ownership, tests their own work, and communicates clearly and professionally. The right person becomes the operational backbone of a fast-growing brand. What You Will Do - SYSTEME.IO: Build and maintain funnels, landing pages, and email automation sequences with correct tags, triggers, and delays. Test every change before reporting it complete. - EMAIL MARKETING: Load and manage email sequences, broadcasts, sender settings, and deliverability. Never send to live contacts without written approval. -SOCIAL MEDIA: Design and schedule approved content across Facebook and Instagram (Foundation First and 1st Pass Exam Prep pages) and Linkedin using Meta Business Suite. Submit content for approval 24 hours ahead. -TEAM COMMUNICATION (GROUPME): Provide timely communication to our field team in our GroupMe group chat during workday, posting announcements, reminders, recognition, and event details that the founder provides. (This role is broadcasting/posting on the founder's behalf, not answering team questions independently). This is a core daily daily duty, not an occasional task. -YOUTUBE: Edit webinar recordings into clean long-form videos and short-form clips with lower thirds, captions, branded intro/outro, and thumbnails. Upload as unlisted for review before publishing. -CANVA: Design professional graphics in our brand colors (Navy and Gold), consistently and on-brand. WEEKLY REPORTING: Submit a Friday report with completed tasks, screenshots, and key metrics, plus next week's plan for approval. Required - You Must Have These to Apply -Hands-on Systeme.io experience (minimum 6 months) building funnels and email automations. You must be able to prove this with examples or a live test. -Email automation skill: triggers, tags, delays, and conditional logic (Systeme.io strongly preferred). -Meta Business Suite experience managing actual business pages (not personal profiles). -Canva proficiency for professional, on-brand graphics. -Testing discipline: you verify your own work before reporting it complete. Non-negotiable. -Native-level written and spoken English - you will communicate directly with our U.S.-based team in real time. -Reliable real-time availability with a reliable daily overlap of at least 3-4 hours within U.S. Eastern Time business hours (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EST), available in real time during that window. -You use AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, or similar) to research and solve problems independently rather than waiting to be told how. -Reliable high-speed internet with a backup connection -Camera-on Zoom check-ins with you during the EST overlap window -Real-time responsiveness during the agreed 3–4 hour EST window Strong Advantage -Video editing (CapCut, DaVinci Resolve, or similar) for webinar repurposing. -YouTube channel management and SEO (titles, descriptions, thumbnails, playlists). -Experience supporting coaches, authors, financial educators, or sales teams. -Community management experience (GroupMe, Slack, Facebook Groups, or similar). What We Offer -Starting rate $7-$8/hour based on demonstrated skill, with a 30-day review and a path to $11/hour for strong performance. -A long-term, stable role with a growing brand and a founder who gives clear instructions and respects your time. -Exposure to publishing, financial education, webinar production, and multi-channel marketing. This is NOT the Right Role if -You need constant supervision to complete tasks. -You make changes to live pages or automations without written approval. -You report work complete without testing it first. -You cannot be reliably available in real time during U.S. Eastern business hours. How to Apply (read carefully - we ignore generic proposals) 1. Describe your Systeme.io experience specifically: what funnels you have built and what automations you have set up. 2. Describe one time you caught an error in your own work before it reached a client or audience. What was it and how did you catch it? 3. Confirm you have manager Facebook/Instagram business pages through Meta Business Suite (not personal accounts). 4. Confirm your real-time availability during U.S. Eastern business hours and your typical overlap window. 5. Tell us briefly about any experience supporting or communicating with a team or community in real time. 6. Start your proposal with the word LEGACY so we know you read this fully.