Caroline Melville:
Caroline has over 10 years’ administration experience working in the music and advertising industries including wide ranging projects such as organising video shoots and co-ordinating marketing campaigns for big companies such as Sony, AMV:BBDO and Euro RSCG Riley.  An entrepreneur herself, she founded Virtually Sorted in 2004 and enjoys using her many assorted virtual office gadgets to enable her flexible lifestyle living between London and Glasgow.  The trick is to try and guess where she is!

My specialist VA skills are:
Gadgets/gizmos – I love them, and I love what they do.  My pink laptop was hard fought for… and now Dell have one too!  I’m also a bit of a marketing guru – I just love seeing the immediate response that campaigns get if done correctly.

The best thing about working at Virtually Sorted is:
Wearing jeans to the office!

Favourite tipple:
Cranberry juice – with perhaps a little vodka in it during the evening

Something you might not know about Caroline…
Will Young of Pop Idol fame used to be her PA – a long story, ask her about it!

Emma Bahl:
Emma heads up the call answering team.  With a varied administration background including accounts, recruitment, Emma brings her bright and sunny disposition combined with sharp business acumen to the team working from Glasgow. 

My specialist VA skills are:
Telephone answering.... I am a bit of a chatter box so this suits me down to the ground!  I started work as a telephonist/receptionist, when I was 16,  and then moved up to being the Temp Controller for a recruitment consultancy, this involved some telesales so I know how it feels to be the poor schmuck on the other end of the phone.  I don’t even mind the “rude” callers. I get to feign righteous indignation -   And we all enjoy a bit of feigning of a morning!

The best thing about working at Virtually Sorted is:
The variety - You never know what the day is gonna throw at you. I could tell you some of the bizarre tasks we have been given but then I would have to kill you – yes, we take our client confidentiality that seriously!   

Being part of a great team - Working as part of a virtual team is great too, even though we are all in offices miles apart there is a great team spirit.  We know that someone is just an IM away.  We are all able to draw from each others experience (professional and personal!) to get the job done.

The clients - We have a lot of great clients (you know who you are!).  Working with small companies and being part of their first steps towards success is an amazing feeling. 

My favourite tipple:
Depends on the time of day!  Right now it would be a Starbucks Chai Tea Latte.... By this evening it will be a Mojito!

Something you might not know about Emma
I was Scottish School Girl High Jump Champion!  But that was a lifetime ago... And, as well as being a geek girl, I am a bit hippy dippy – I am a fully qualified Clinical Aromatherapist... My office smells lovely!

Jo Smith:
Heading up the audio typing team on a daily basis, Jo’s job is to make sure your typing is done accurately and on time. Jo arranges the templates and audio typists who work with us and runs a tight ship.  Based in Staines, Jo demonstrates the truly virtual nature of our business by being an integral part of the team from a distance.  Her eagle eyes are her greatest asset!

My specialist VA skills are:
Typing.  I think I’m a bit strange, but I love to type.  It takes all sorts I suppose! I also love bossing people round so heading up the typing team is perfect for me!!

The best thing about working at Virtually Sorted is:
The team!  I was a little concerned when I decided to take the step away from the high powered corporate environment and set up on my own.  I thought I would miss the office banter.  But since teaming up with Caroline and the team at Virtually Sorted, I have no worries on that score.  With the wonders of modern technology, it’s as if we are all sat next to each other in the one office! I have even received cake through the post for a Friday afternoon treat!!

Favourite tipple:
I am a coffee girl during the day (drink far too much of it, should really swop to decaf!) and I have been known to partake of the odd glass of red wine of an evening.

Something you might not know about Jo… 
I am totally and utterly dog crazy! Cesar Millan is my hero!

Lynsey Buchanan:
Lynsey is our bookkeeping guru, based just over the M8 in Edinburgh.  Not only does she complete all of Virtually Sorted’s bookkeeping, invoicing, credit control and bank reconciliation’s she also heads up a team looking after a number of our clients books too, using our preferred package Kashflow. 

My specialist VA skills are:
Bookkeeping, being organised and working under pressure.   

The best thing about working at Virtually Sorted is:
The best thing about working for Virtually Sorted is the great team I work with and the great customers we work for!!

Favourite tipple:
A G and T with lots of ice and a squeeze of fresh lime….perfect!!

Something you might not know about Lynsey
Lynsey says: It’s a secret.  That’s why you don’t know!!  (We’ll get it out of her eventually!)