Personal Assistant (Bilingual)

3 Months ago • All levels

About the job

SummaryBy Outscal

Bilingual Personal Assistant needed for SVP with experience in managing households, children's transportation, and translation.

IGG Canada is a premium mobile game studio located at 5 East 8th Ave. Vancouver, Canada.


With spectacular views of the downtown skyline, coastal mountains, and English Bay, our new studio is spacious, high-tech, and inspiring. IGG Canada is a division of IGG (I Got Games), a global interactive digital entertainment company that specializes in the development and operation of Mobile Games. Established in 2006, IGG was founded with the aim of becoming a leading multiplayer game publisher and developer. The company has rapidly expanded its global operations, through strategic partnerships with popular gaming platforms such as Facebook, iOS, Amazon, Google Play, Kongregate, and many others. IGG currently operates studios in China, Philippines, Singapore, the U.S., and Canada (opened in 2013).If you're passionate about creating mobile games that reach millions of players around the world and are interested in becoming an integral member of our Canadian team of superheroes, we want to hear from you!


Position: Personal Assistant
Reports to: Senior Vice President
Department: Administration/Management
Hiring Level: Entry Level
Contract Length: Permanent with a 6-month probation period
Workplace: Primarily at the Senior Vice President's home (may require travel with her family)


Hiring Processes:
1. Resume reviewing
2. Interviews

3. Tests
4. Offer


Responsibilities:

  • Coordinating and managing communication with household service personnel, including nannies, chefs, tutors, doctors, coaches, renovation companies, and schools.
  • Daily transportation of children to and from school, including evening drop-offs to tutoring classes (requires a valid driver's license).
  • Daily translating tasks between Mandarin & English for SVP's daily life such as medical appointments and meeting.
  • Acting as a liaison on behalf of the Senior Vice President to oversee household service personnel, such as nannies and housekeepers.
  • Arranging daily work and personal activities for the Senior Vice President and their family, including transportation, visa applications for overseas visits, travel arrangements, study tours, hotel bookings, and other personal arrangements.
  • Flexibly coordinating tasks and work schedules based on the needs of the personal assistant (education direction).
  • Prepare and manage the Senior Vice President's personal documents, including tax-related matters.
  • Ensuring the security of sensitive information and managing selected accounts belonging to the Senior Vice President.
  • Handling procurement and payment matters related to the Senior Vice President's personal affairs.
  • Managing and arranging personal and work-related matters as authorized by the Senior Vice President.


Qualifications:

  • Prior Experience: Must have previous experience as an executive or upper management assistant.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree or higher, preferably in education, law, economics, or English-related fields.
  • Organizational Skills: Excellent organizational and coordination abilities are essential.
  • Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, including public relations and overall coordination abilities.
  • Adaptability: Ability to remain calm and handle unexpected situations in a fast-paced environment.
  • Language Proficiency: Native Chinese speaker with proficiency in spoken and written English, with a minimum score of 7 on the IELTS or equivalent.
  • Technical Skills: Proficiency in various office software and familiarity with electronic devices.
  • Personal Attributes: Demonstrated enthusiasm for assistant work, with traits such as honesty, gentleness, patience, meticulousness, responsibility, politeness, and the ability to handle pressure.
  • Problem-Solving: Self-driven with problem-solving skills.
  • Time Management: Strong time management skills.
  • Remote Work Skills: Ability to communicate and report effectively online.
  • Meeting Minutes: Experience in preparing meeting minutes for daily gatherings.



What We Offer:

  • Comprehensive benefits after 3 months including health, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
  • 18 days of accrued paid Vacation + Sick Days.
  • Reimbursement for Active Living Benefits and Training/Development fees after 3 months.
  • Dependent/Child Benefits.
  • Paid Holiday Closure between Christmas & New Year's week.
  • Paid Statutory holidays.


Perks:

  • On-site car and bike parking at office.
  • On-Site Foosball table, table tennis, basketball game machine & pool table at office.
  • On-Site Gym at office.
  • Casual Dress Code.
  • Gifts for employee's children.
  • Snacks and drinks provided at office.
  • Festival Bonus/Gifts.
  • Referral Bonuses.

    About The Company

    Established in 2006, IGG is a renowned developer and publisher of mobile games and applications with a strong global presence and an international customer base of over 1.6 billion users with over 38 million MAU. Leveraging its success in client and browser PC online games, the Group changed its strategy to target the mobile games market in 2013. After years of effort, the Group’s mobile games are now available in 23 different languages worldwide, and the APP Business has also hit its stride after a decade of perseverance. Embracing our corporate spirit of “Innovators at Work, Gamers at Heart”, the Group is dedicated to creating high-quality and enjoyable games and applications that will stand the test of time.

    IGG is headquartered in Singapore with local offices in the United States, China, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, Türkiye, Italy and Spain, and users from more than 200 countries and regions worldwide. Over the years, IGG has aggressively pursued a strategy of globalisation in R&D and operations, establishing long-term relationships with over 100 business partners, including global platforms, advertising channels, and vendors such as Apple, Google, and Meta. The Group’s international presence and partnerships have enhanced its competitive advantage in the industry.

    We are in constant search of talents for our overseas studios, check out careers website ( http://jobs.igg.com/) to get to know about our openings in:

    IGG Singapore

    IGG USA

    IGG Canada

    IGG Brazil

    IGG China

    IGG Japan

    IGG Korea

    IGG Thailand

    IGG Indonesia

    IGG Philippines

    IGG Spain

    IGG Türkiye

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