Remote staffing · Central Asia & Georgia

Your next executive assistant costs $950 a month, not $85,000 a year.

Silkstaff places pre-vetted remote assistants, e-commerce operators and bookkeepers from Tashkent, Almaty, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Kyiv and Manila with founders in the US and EU. Three profiles with intro videos in 7 days. You pay only when the person starts.

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English C1, tested in writing and on camera 90-day free replacement No deposit, no exclusivity

PROFILE · EA-0412

Executive Assistant

Tbilisi, Georgia · UTC+4 · available Oct 27

4 years as EA to the CEO of a 60-person logistics company: calendar, travel, board reports, 12 vendors.
HubSpot, Notion, Google Workspace, Slack, QuickBooks invoicing.
2 years working with a UK client. Written test 15/16.

Shift: US East 9 am to 6 pm, or EU hours
Rate: $950 / month, full-time contractor
Checked: 2 references, 180 Mbps, quiet home office

Example of what you receive: anonymized until you book an interview. Intro video on request.

$65–90kTypical yearly cost of an executive assistant hired locally in the US, before benefits

$10–14kYearly cost of a full-time Silkstaff contractor at $800–1,100 a month

7 daysFrom your brief to three vetted profiles with videos

14–21 daysFrom brief to first working day

Roles we place

Three roles, deeply vetted, instead of a catalog of everything.

We only place roles where we run our own written tests and know what good looks like.

Executive / Operations Assistant

$800–1,100 / month

Inbox, calendar and travel for the founder
Reports, spreadsheets, CRM hygiene
Vendor and contractor follow-up
Task tracking across the team

Google Workspace, Notion, Asana or ClickUp, HubSpot, Slack

E-commerce Operations & Support

$700–1,000 / month

Tickets and chats in Gorgias or Zendesk
Returns, exchanges, order tracking with your 3PL
Product listings on Shopify and Amazon
Daily sales and inventory reports

Shopify, Amazon Seller Central, Gorgias, Klaviyo, Google Sheets

Bookkeeper

$900–1,300 / month

Bank and payment reconciliation
Month-end close for Shopify, Stripe and PayPal
AP/AR and invoice follow-up
Clean books for your CPA at tax time

QuickBooks, Xero, A2X, Excel

How it works

A 15-minute brief. Three profiles in a week. Interview, hire, pay on start.

Tell us the role

A 15-minute call or a written brief: tasks, tools, hours, budget, start date. We confirm within a day whether we can fill it.

Day 1

Receive three vetted profiles

Each with a 2-minute intro video, written-test results, reference notes and the exact monthly rate the candidate asked for.

By day 7

Interview, hire, start

You interview the ones you like. We prepare the candidate, send the contractor agreement template and the W-8BEN, and check in on day 1.

Day 14 to 21

Vetting

Every profile you see has passed five checks.

Written testRole-specific tasks in English: a supplier delay, a reprioritization, a refund dispute. Scored on a rubric, screened for AI-written answers.

Live interview15 minutes on camera with a role-play, in English. Structure, speed and tone.

Two referencesWe call former managers before a profile reaches you.

Setup checkInternet speed test, backup connection, a quiet room with a door, laptop model.

Shift checkConfirmed availability for US afternoon-to-evening shifts or EU hours, in writing.

Pricing

One fee when your hire starts. Nothing before.

Assistant & Support

$2,500 one-time

Executive, operations and support roles
Paid on the candidate's start date
90-day free replacement

E-commerce Operations

$3,000 one-time

Shopify and Amazon operations roles
Paid on the candidate's start date
90-day free replacement

Bookkeeper & Specialists

$3,500 one-time

Bookkeepers, analysts, specialist roles
Paid on the candidate's start date
90-day free replacement

      Retention plan
      $250 / month, optional
      We run payouts through Deel or Wise
Weekly check-ins for the first 90 days
Replacement at any time, not just 90 days
Cancel with 30 days' notice

    

No deposit No exclusivity Candidate contracts directly with you Rates are the candidate's own, no markup

FAQ

Questions founders ask before the first hire.

Who employs the person?

You do, as an independent contractor. You sign a contractor agreement directly with the candidate and pay them monthly. We send the agreement template, the W-8BEN form for US companies and a first-week checklist. We are a recruitment service, not an employer of record.

How do I pay someone in Georgia or Uzbekistan?

Deel contractor payments (about $49 a month) or a Wise Business transfer in USD. Both are standard for our candidates. If you prefer, the retention plan includes us administering the payouts.

What about time zones?

EU hours are native for our candidates. For US clients, candidates work 2 pm to 11 pm local time, which covers 9 am to 6 pm US Eastern. Philippine candidates cover US night shifts.

What if it does not work out?

If the person leaves or is let go in the first 90 days, we replace them at no cost. On the retention plan, replacement is available at any time.

Where do you source, and where not?

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine and the Philippines. We do not source in Russia or Belarus: US and EU companies cannot pay contractors there.

Why not just hire on Upwork?

You can. Upwork gives you 200 applications and 20 hours of screening. We give you three people who passed a written test, a live interview, a reference check and a setup check, with videos, in a week. If none fits, you pay nothing.

Request profiles

Tell us the role. Three profiles in 7 days, no cost until someone starts.

Write a few lines or send the form. We reply within one business day with a yes or a no, and a short list of questions if we need them.

hello@silkstaff.com

Silkstaff is run by an operator who has hired and managed teams across nine production workshops and now hires for founders. Based in Paris, working across US and EU time zones.