For startups, solo founders and agencies
Get your inbox and calendar back
An executive assistant runs the inbox and calendar, books the travel, preps your meetings and decides what reaches you.
- The SoTalented Office Guarantee
- Works in your time zone
- $0 until you hire
Sound familiar.
- Mornings go on email before the real work starts.
- Scheduling one meeting takes five messages.
- Travel, follow-ups and admin fill the time you meant to think in.
For example
Say a day a week disappears into scheduling, travel and follow-ups, and the work only you can do happens in the evenings.
Add an executive assistant in your satellite office. They triage the inbox and draft routine replies, run the calendar and protect your focus time, book the travel, prep your meetings and follow up afterwards.
You get the day back, and the inbox stops deciding your morning.
What you’d set up.
Every seat is dedicated to your company and never shared. Prices are per person, per month, all-inclusive, and differ by level.
Executive assistant
from $1,200 a month
What they’ll own
- Runs your calendar and protects focus time
- Triages the inbox, flags what matters and drafts routine replies
- Books travel and builds itineraries
- Preps your meetings and follows up afterwards
- Handles day-to-day admin
Start with one seat and add the next when it’s working. $0 until your first hire starts, and 30 days notice to scale down.
What’s inside every seatYour assistant is working in about three weeks.
Here is exactly what happens after you say yes, week by week.
Week one
We find them
- We do
- Write the job description, source, screen and run the technical assessment.
- You do
- Brief us on the role and sign the brief.
Week two
You choose
- We do
- Check English and time zone, then run background verification, references and the offer.
- You do
- Interview a shortlist that has already passed the assessment, and choose.
Week three
They start
- We do
- Contracts, benefits, desk, equipment and software access, all in place.
- You do
- Welcome them.
Day one
They start.
You start paying here. Until then, you pay nothing.
A freelance assistant, or one of your own.
Here’s what changes when your assistant is employed, dedicated and in an office.
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Finds and vets the person
Works only for you
A real office to work fromOnly with SoTalented
Payroll and compliance
Looked after once they start
One invoice
Replaced if the fit is wrong
Time to someone working
Finds and vets the person
Works only for you
A real office to work fromOnly with SoTalented
Payroll and compliance
Looked after once they start
One invoice
Replaced if the fit is wrong
Time to someone working
Finds and vets the person
Works only for you
A real office to work fromOnly with SoTalented
Payroll and compliance
Looked after once they start
One invoice
Replaced if the fit is wrong
Time to someone working
Finds and vets the person
Works only for you
A real office to work fromOnly with SoTalented
Payroll and compliance
Looked after once they start
One invoice
Replaced if the fit is wrong
Time to someone working
The SoTalented Office Guarantee
Hire with confidence. The risk is ours.
Four promises behind every person who joins your office.
Right person
What if they are not the right fit?
We replace them inside 30 days, free.
No questions asked. Tell us it is not working, and the replacement is on us.
Right office
Where will they actually work?
In a premium SoTalented Satellite Office in India.
WeWork-grade workspace in Bangalore or Jaipur, with reliable internet, power backup, IT support and security in place.
Right management
Who looks after them once they start?
We do, across 42 touchpoints.
You interview and approve. Payroll, HR, reviews, growth and a clean exit are ours.
Right terms
What am I signing up for?
Nothing, until your first hire starts.
Then one invoice a month, no long-term contract, and 30 days notice to scale down.
Can they write in my voice?
Over time, yes. They start with routine replies and drafts for you to approve, and take on more as they learn how you work.
Is it safe to give them inbox access?
Every hire is background verified and signs an NDA before day one, and access stays on your accounts.
Do they work my hours?
They work in your time zone. The exact hours are a conversation for the call.
What does a seat cost?
It depends on the role and the level. Every price is all-inclusive: salary, benefits, payroll, compliance, office, IT and equipment, on one invoice. Each role’s bands are on its page.
Can I start with one seat?
Yes. You pay nothing until your first hire starts, add seats when it works, and give 30 days notice to scale down.
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Tell us your situation on a call. We’ll tell you honestly whether a satellite office fits it, and what it would cost.