Mikarla “Mika” is an experienced Virtual Assistant and Administrative Professional with over 10 years of work history spanning HR, admin, and freelancing support roles across the U.S., Canada, Portugal, and Australia. Since transitioning to freelancing in 2020, she has specialized in back-end support, client communications, data entry, project coordination, and accounting assistance.
She is Xero Advisor Certified (April 2025) and has hands-on experience with reconciliation, invoicing, and contract administration for construction companies. Mika also has exposure to social media content scheduling and email marketing. She is highly adaptable, resourceful, and committed to delivering reliable support for international clients, with proven success in both short-term and long-term engagements.
Key Skillset
Administrative & Coordination
- General Virtual Assistance (email/calendar management, client communications, document filing)
- Contract administration & drafting (HR background + freelancing roles)
- Light project coordination (reminding teams on deliverables, monitoring progress, updating stakeholders)
Finance & Accounting Support
- Xero Advisor Certified (2025) – skilled in reconciliation, coding expenses, invoice processing, and project assignment
- Vendor and client data entry and records management
Research & Lead Generation
- Web research, lead scraping, and data entry (experience in logistics, real estate, sports, and migration assistance industries)
- Creation of lead sheets and sales team support
Marketing & Social Media
- Social media scheduling and content drafting (Facebook, Instagram)
- Caption writing and engagement support using ChatGPT-assisted drafts
- Canva for photo editing and template creation
- Email and SMS campaign reporting and support (HubSpot, Buildout, internal tools)
Tools & Platforms
- Xero (reconciliation, invoicing, expense coding)
- HubSpot (email marketing, property listings)
- Buildout (real estate property posting)
- Canva (photo editing & design)
- Internal productivity monitoring tools
- Email outreach tools and CRM systems
💼 Work Experience
General Virtual Assistant / Project Support (Ad hoc) – Construction Client, Australia
April 2025 – Present (Ad hoc, 3–5 hrs/week)
- Performs reconciliation and invoicing using Xero
- Assigns and codes project expenses, attaches invoices for processing
- Provides administrative support as needed
Administrative & SMS/Email Support – The Snow Agency, New Jersey, USA
Full-time, 4+ years
- Longest full-time role; supported marketing managers with campaign data tracking
- Managed reports on email/SMS outreach (sends, unsubscribes, engagement)
- Provided consistent back-end admin support for U.S.-based marketing clients
General Virtual Assistant – Real Estate Broker, Florida, USA
Part-time, 2.5 years
- Managed emails, calendars, and property marketing materials
- Created property email templates and basic graphics via Canva
- Posted real estate listings through Buildout and supported email campaigns via HubSpot
Freelance Research & Data Entry Roles
2020 – 2021
- RMS Movers, Illinois, USA – Web research, lead sheet preparation for sales
- Expat Empire, Portugal – Country and relocation research for migration clients
- Pivation, Ontario, Canada – Cold email outreach, Instagram inbox outreach, lead scraping for sports professionals
HR & Admin Career (Philippines, 2014 – 2020)
- HR/Admin Supervisor – Draw Steel Builders (served AU clients, AutoCAD projects)
- HR Recruitment & Assistant – Food Manufacturing Company (McDonald’s PH supplier)
- HR/Franchise Specialist – Travel Agency, Quezon City
- HR Associate – BPO Company
She can start immediately and is amenable to both full-time and part-time arrangements.
Predictive Index Behavioral Profile - Specialist
Strongest Behaviors
- Formal, reserved, introspective, and skeptical of new people; requires “proof” to build trust in new people.
- Detail-oriented and precise; follow-through is deep and literal to ensure tasks were completed in accordance with quality standards.
- Operationally, as opposed to socially, focused. Thinks, in specic terms, about what needs to be done and how to do it accurately and awlessly; follows, in a literal way, that execution plan.
Behavioral Summary
Mikarla is a very conscientious person, particularly attentive to, careful of, and accurate with the details involved in the job. Identies problems, and enjoys solving them, particularly within own area of expertise.
Reserved, serious, and always concerned with the exact correctness of the work. Self-discipline, sense of duty, and respect for authority and tradition are strong qualities in Mikarla, who takes responsibilities very seriously.
With experience and/or training, Mikarla will develop a high level of specialized expertise and eciency. Disciplined and dedicated to the job and the company. Work pace is somewhat faster-than-average, and Mikarla is motivated by a real concern for getting work done on time and correctly. Discipline and circumspect thinking will lend caution to decision-making; plans ahead, double checks, and follows up carefully on decisions and actions.
- Mika started her career last 2014 in the field of Human Resources and was exposed to Recruitment and Selection, Timekeeping, Payroll/Benefits, Employee Relations and on Records keeping/custodian. She has worked for various industries such as BPO, travel agency, manufacturing, logistics and digital marketing. In 2018, she started on being a Virtual Assistant where she has been supporting the following administrative tasks:
- Data Entry
- Web Research
- Editing and Formatting documents
- Creating visual presentations
- Transcribing audio file into text file
- Email Management
- Calendar Management
- Graphic Designing
- Video Editing
- She is proficient on the following tools/applications:
- Google Suite-Sheet,Document,Drive,Hangouts,Meet
- Microsoft Applications (Word,Excel and Powerpoint)
- LinkedIn
- Buildout
- Trello
- Hubspot
- Clickup
- Slack
- Canva
- Redfin
- Lead Sherpa
- She can start immediately
Predictive Index Profile - Specialist
https://www.predictiveindex.com/reference-profile/specialist/
Strongest Behaviors
- Detail-oriented and precise; follow-through is deep and literal to ensure tasks were completed in accordance with quality standards.
- Cautious; follows a well-established and proven plan to avoid making mistakes. Does the background research necessary to have proof to support decisions before action is taken.
- Driven to achieve operational efficiencies: thinks about what needs to be done and how it can be done as fast as possible while maintaining a high-quality outcome.
Behavioral Summary
Mikarla is a very conscientious person, particularly attentive to, careful of, and accurate with the details involved in the job. Identifies problems, and enjoys solving them, particularly within own area of expertise.