Has your business outgrown winging it?
You’re too busy to keep making it up as you go
But you’re not ready – or can’t justify – hiring an Operations Director.
Panda provides the operational, project and business support that sits in the middle.
Panda Virtual Assistant provides business, operational and project support to growing businesses across North West England and North Wales, with particular experience in the creative industries, arts, culture and music.
Particular experience supporting:
Creative businesses | Entrepreneurs | Small businesses | North Wales and North West England
You’ve probably outgrown doing everything yourself.
Things fall behind.
Everyone’s busy.
Projects take longer than they should.
The owner is still doing jobs that someone else could be handling.
Nobody’s quite sure what’s slowing everything down.
That’s not a failing business. It’s a growing one – and that’s where I’m most useful.
You don’t necessarily need another employee.
You might need someone experienced to come in, look at what’s happening, work out what needs doing – and actually get on with it.
From one-off problem solving to ongoing support, I can help with the things that are currently sitting on your desk because nobody else has picked them up.
Whether you need one conversation, help getting a project over the line, or someone to become part of your team for a few hours each week, I’ve got an option to suit you.
🐼 Panda Power Hour
One focused session to strip things back, work out what’s really going on and leave with a practical plan.
One focused hour. One practical plan. £60
🐼 Panda Project
When something needs doing properly.
A defined project, deadline or piece of work that needs someone experienced to take responsibility for getting it over the line.
Fixed project / agreed scope
🐼 Panda Partner *Currently available
When you need someone in your corner every week.
From 1–10 hours a week, I take ownership of the jobs that keep landing back on your desk.
When you need to get your head around something.
What does Panda actually do?
- Get a project moving and ensures you hit those deadlines.
- Sort out the admin nobody owns.
- Build a system where there isn’t one.
- Deal with the digital stuff that’s driving you mad.
- Organise an event.
- Pull together a document, report or proposal.
- Manage the practical side of a project.
- Research what’s needed.
- Planning – work out what needs doing next.
- Or simply become the person who knows where everything is.
And there’s one area where I have a particular soft spot – the Creative Arts. I started off in radio/music and progressed into the management and strategy side of music/creative business. I’ve worked in Business Start-up support in the creative arts and I also have a dancing background too. I am a big supporter of the creative arts in both a physical and health context and believe we should fight tooth and nail to ensure the creative industry progresses positively.
Creative businesses need business support too.
Creative Operations, Project & Business Support
You might be brilliant at what you do.
That doesn’t mean you want to spend your afternoon chasing invoices, sorting spreadsheets, organising files, coordinating people, writing reports or trying to work out why Microsoft 365 has decided not to behave.
If you’re good at the creative stuff but would rather someone else dealt with the business stuff, we should probably talk.
Supporting:
🎵 Music & musicians
📷 Photography
🎭 Theatre & performance
🎨 Arts & visual creativity
🎬 Film & media
✍️ Writers & publishing
🎪 Events
🏛️ Arts & cultural organisations
💻 Creative agencies
Panda in the North West & North Wales
Based in the North West and working with businesses across Merseyside, the Liverpool City Region, North Wales, Manchester and beyond.
Local enough to meet for coffee. Experienced enough to work with businesses anywhere in the UK.
More than a pair of hands.
I don’t just wait for a list of jobs.
I’ll look at what’s happening, work out what needs doing and get stuck in.
Sometimes you need someone to do the job.
Sometimes you need someone to work out what the job actually is.
Often, you need both.
Don’t just take it from me, read what other people say about what I’m like to work with!
“Panda Virtual Assistant offers vital service for my creative business. Wendy’s professionalism and rapport makes her a joy to work with and her attention-to-detail is second to none. From behind-the-scenes administrator to collaborative sounding board, Panda Virtual Assistant is fast becoming a key ingredient to my business’s success”
Sarie Mairs Slee, Here for Culture & Place
“Wendy Roberts is absolutely the best person to help you with all your IT requirements. Intelligent, focused, great communicator, bright and witty amongst other skills. I’ve had the pleasure of working with her for a good few years and would thoroughly recommend her”
David Williams
Has your business outgrown winging it?
You don’t need to have worked out exactly what you need before you get in touch.
Tell me what’s going on.
We’ll work it out from there.
Connect with me on LinkedIn , complete my short online form to tell me more or email me.
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🐼 Panda Virtual Assistant
🌿 North Wales hippy
⚙️ Liverpool logic