My name is Kimberley Brough and I run The Singing VA, providing small businesses with virtual assistant services from my base Workington in West Cumbria, just outside the Lake District.
After leaving university with a drama degree in World Performance, I began volunteering doing admin for a national charity that promotes international friendship and cultural understanding. I was soon hired as a paid member of staff and pretty quickly fell into marketing. It was something that I liked and was naturally good at.
I continued working at this charity for five years, during which time I had various roles including Office Manager, Marketing Manager, and Deputy Chief Executive. It was interrupted only once when I spent three months living and working in Italy!
When I returned to my home county of Cumbria, I began working with one of the top independent holiday cottage letting agencies in the area, Sally’s Cottages. Here, I was responsible for creation and implementation of the overall marketing strategy, coordination of all marketing streams, and creation of two annual brochures, as well as day-to-day marketing management and administration.
After a change in circumstances, I began working remotely for Sally’s Cottages and, shortly after, set up my own virtual assistant business, The Singing VA, specialising in marketing and administration in the creative, tourism, and not-for-profit sectors.
In my spare time I love to sing and regularly perform in concerts and shows in my local area. On most days I can be found at my desk singing along to whatever music takes my fancy that day!
In May 2019, after nearly a year of renovations, I opened my own Lake District holiday apartment, The Bird Box.
If you would like to know any more about my experience, please feel free to get in touch or visit my LinkedIn profile.
Kim
