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I'm a virtual assistant with creative design and social media skills. If you're searching for a committed, self-motivated, and reliable partner who can seamlessly manage your daily operations while delivering high-impact graphic design and ad creatives, you've found the right person. As a virtual assistant and Creative Specialist, I am focused on providing efficient administrative support and strategic visual assets to help streamline your business and scale your Meta ads. How I Can Support Your Business: 1] Administrative & Virtual Assistant Support → Administrative Support: Email management, calendar scheduling, appointment booking, file organization, data entry, document formatting, and PDF to Word/Excel conversion. → Project & Task Management: Organizing tasks, tracking projects, and coordinating workflows. 2] Graphic Design & Social Media → Meta Ad Creatives: High-converting, custom Canva Pro static ads built for Facebook & Instagram performance - no generic templates. → Brand Assets: Elevated eBooks, presentations for buyers, carousels, templates, wobblers and thumbnails designed with premium Canva Pro features. → Content Banks: Complete, organized content banks featuring Meta ads, Reels and short-form video concepts, evergreen social media content, carousels, Google Business Profile posts, templates, and other ready-to-use branded content. I bring a sharp eye for design, a business-focused mindset, and a highly organized approach to every project. 📩 Send me a message today, and let’s discuss how I can take both the creative and administrative weight off your shoulders!

Need consistent social media content that attracts attention, engages your audience, and strengthens your brand? I help businesses create professional social media content, graphics, marketing campaigns, and content strategies that keep their brand visible and their audience engaged. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵: Your Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn & TikTok managed with strategies, content calendars, engaging posts, and performance tracking. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: High-quality graphics, brochures, presentations, print materials, and ad creatives — all crafted in Adobe Creative Suite. 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁: Copy and visuals designed to grab attention and inspire action. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀:Marketing campaigns that align with your goals and drive measurable results. 𝗲𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 & 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Managing products, optimizing listings, and improving conversions, I’ll make sure your online shop runs smoothly and sells effectively. Whether you need eye-catching graphics, engaging content, or a strategy to grow your brand online, I’ll help your business shine, engage, and convert. 𝙇𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚!

Hey, I'm Mart-Mari - founder of The Wellness VA, your dedicated marketing partner for businesses that help people feel better. 🌿 Whether you run a medspa, a chiropractic clinic, a wellness retreat, a healthcare practice, or any business built around helping people live happier, healthier lives - your marketing carries extra weight. You're not just selling a product or service, you're building trust with people looking for support, guidance, or care. Every piece of content matters, and every interaction shapes how your audience experiences your brand. That's where I come in. A former wellness business owner and qualified Holistic Health Therapist with 3+ years of experience in digital marketing, I'm Top Rated on Upwork with a 5-star track record across 20+ health and wellness clients. I work as a full marketing partner - planning campaigns, designing content, managing social media, writing email newsletters, refreshing brand identities, and building the automated systems that make your business run smoother behind the scenes. My goal is always the same: to help your business connect with the people who need you most, and turn that trust into booked appointments and returning clients. 🌱 HERE'S HOW I CAN SUPPORT YOUR BUSINESS 🌱 Digital Marketing ✅ Digital marketing strategy & execution ✅Marketing campaigns & launches ✅Brand messaging & content planning ✅Analytics, reporting & performance optimisation Social Media Marketing ✅Organic social media management across Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google Business & more ✅Content calendars & scheduling ✅Community management ✅Social media analytics & reporting Content Creation & Design ✅Canva graphics & branded templates ✅ Educational carousels ✅Reels & short-form video content ✅Lead magnets, ebooks & workbooks ✅In-office/print design using your existing brand ✅Email newsletters & promotional assets Email & Website Marketing ✅Flodesk, ConvertKit & Mailchimp ✅Kajabi, Squarespace & Teachable ✅Landing pages ✅Course & digital product support ✅Client onboarding systems Branding ✅Brand identity refreshes - logo, color palette, templates & brand guidelines AI & Automation Systems ✅Full automation systems that make your client journey smoother - booking confirmations, follow-ups, review requests & re-engagement sequences ✅AI-powered content workflows so you can create your own content, faster ✅Workflow automation connecting the tools you already use ✨ WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE TO WORK WITH ME ✨ I bring together something that's difficult to teach: real industry understanding and marketing expertise. As a former wellness professional, I understand how to communicate about health and care with empathy, professionalism, and authenticity. As a digital marketer and systems thinker, I know how to transform that message into marketing - and infrastructure - that builds trust, strengthens communities, and supports business growth. Clients appreciate me because I'm: 🤍Calm, organised, and dependable 🤍Proactive and detail-oriented 🤍A strong communicator 🤍Creative without losing sight of strategy 🤍Genuinely invested in the success of the brands I work with I believe the best marketing doesn't shout the loudest - it creates connection, earns trust, and turns first-time visitors into loyal, returning clients. If you're looking for a marketing partner who understands both your industry and your audience, I'd love to help bring your vision to life. 💛

I'm a professional Book Cover Designer, YouTube Content Creator, and Digital Branding Specialist with over 18 years of experience helping authors, publishers, businesses, and creators build brands that capture attention and drive results. I specialize in Amazon KDP book covers, including fantasy, thriller, memoir, romance, self-help, and children's books. I create professional covers for eBooks, paperbacks, and hardcovers that don't just look beautiful—they spark curiosity, generate clicks, and convert browsers into buyers. Every cover is strategically designed to capture the essence of your story while standing out in today's competitive marketplace. Beyond cover design, I provide professional book formatting, typesetting, and interior layout design for Amazon KDP and print publishing, ensuring your book is polished from the first page to the last. For first-time clients, I include typesetting and formatting at no additional cost. I also offer Amazon KDP publishing support, including file preparation, uploading, platform compliance, marketing graphics, and promotional materials to help authors launch successfully. In addition to publishing services, I specialize in YouTube channel branding and growth. I design high-converting YouTube thumbnails, channel banners, profile branding, and visual identities that increase click-through rates and help channels stand out. I also create AI-assisted content, video concepts, titles, descriptions, Shorts strategies, and channel growth plans designed to maximize audience engagement and long-term growth. Whether you're launching a new YouTube channel or scaling an existing one, I can help you build a recognizable brand with compelling visuals and a content strategy that attracts subscribers and increases views. I currently collaborate with respected publishers including The Inkfluence and Dartfrog Publishing, and my portfolio includes multiple Amazon bestselling book covers, including Frenched, Tempting Promises, Broken Dreams, Forked, and Killing Justice. By combining professional graphic design, typography, illustration, branding, AI-powered creative workflows, and market research, I create designs and content that don't just look great—they perform. If you're unsure about the direction of your project, I'm happy to offer a free consultation before you hire anyone. Whether you're publishing your next bestseller or building the next successful YouTube channel, I'd love to help bring your vision to life. Contact me today to get started.

Writing is my passion, English is my game. I live to travel, and I travel to live! Refreshing my being daily, reaching for joy from all walks of the earth — whether it be the 'Chi Oi's' working blissfully in the rice fields of Northern Vietnam, or the sun dancing off the Mediterranean Sea in Cadiz, Spain... I've been in the travel writing game since 2018, with hundreds of articles and works published online, including major travel publications. Highly detail-oriented? You bet! I love to lend my unique voice (doused in passion) to my writing — no AI here, folks! However, my tone is totally adaptable, depending on the House Style. I'm comfy writing in both British and/or American English. Research is also somewhat of a second love of mine; I guess there's a reason I studied Journalism. I'm extremely deadline-driven and possess excellent grammatical skills. And yes, I am a native English speaker. Not to toot my own horn, but I'm often praised for my speedy writing/deliverables and work ethic. Some may say I'm a "workaholic" — I beg to differ; I just dub it as being in love with what I do. Apart from the travel writing, I work for a design and lifestyle publication. Call me a Digital Nomad, with a strong online presence to match. My workbelt includes: • Long-listicle type content/blogs • Short, punchy description writing • eBooks • Content curation • Research • Copywriting • Fictional creative novel writing • Travel itineraries • Refreshing existing work on websites from the backend side/WordPress • Proofreading • Editing (and working closely with other teams of editors, writers, clients, etc.) ~ A great personal achievement was graduating Cum Laude in my final university year. ~ Touching briefly on who "Shan" is as a person (yes, I just did refer to myself in third-person): ~A super creative force; my spare time is filled with drawing, painting, or learning Italian. ~As much of a cliché as it is, YES, I am a foodie. I'm the one in the friends school hunting down the latest it-spots to wine and dine. ~I'm an aesthetically-pleasing Libra, and love getting lost in the world of fashion, design and art, conjuring up my dream aspirational products, or future coffee book I WILL one day compile. ~Travel-obsessed, my current destination count is sitting at 92 global cities/towns/villages worldwide. ~I wear my heart on my sleeve: what you see is what you get.

I am a professional writer with vast and varied experience. I have written countless newspaper and magazine articles and written and produced many books. I have prepared and circulated press releases, done copywriting for brochures, adverts and packaging, and have written college books and study guides. Since joining Elance (now Upwork) in April 2009, I have written numerous articles, SEO web content and blog posts. I have written ebooks, and have done research, editing, proofreading and indexing jobs. I excel in providing good quality, effective web content. My interests and expertise are varied, as my resume shows. And I have a huge amount of experience that enables me to work for employers all over the world. I welcome new challenges. I have a Bachelor of Social Science degree with majors in English, Social Anthropology, Comparative African Government, and Economic History. I also studied sociology, psychology, and social work. The books I have written relate mostly to home decorating, home improvement, DIY, and home construction. I have also written several books about horses. All of these were published in hard copy and sold in reputable bookshops, and many have been available via Amazon. The college books and courses I have written range from plumbing, concrete work, and welding, to landscaping, photography, and child care. I am a keen gardener and love doing creative crafts. I enjoy cooking and take an active interest in everything health related. I walk regularly and have completed many half marathons. What can I do for you?