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Evan Gemmel

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Evan Gemmel

Virtual Assistant

Based in New York
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With Trusty Oak since 2022

“The simplest of things are the hardest to achieve.”

Currently Taking New Clients
About Evan

Evan has over a decade of experience in administration and client relations from volunteer work for the City of Austin to corporate positions at Mood Media Corporation. Evan also has account management experience from working at Mood Media, where he learned the importance of communication and brand development. While working in various sectors over the years, Evan also freelanced as a musician, artist, and music producer, where he studied and implemented the many aspects of owning a business, such as legal formations, market research, and tax codes needed to maintain the legitimacy of being an independent contractor.

Evan can collaborate with you on extensive administrative organization, calendar and inbox management, booking deals, legal documents review, and client-facing communication for your business needs. Evan works well with various personalities and work styles. He is very personable, patient, transparent, and pleasant to his collaborators and partners. He can either excel solo or with a team, depending on the needs of the project.

When Evan isn’t working, he’s busy practicing, writing, composing, or producing music. When he’s not passion-working, he’s spending time with his partner, listening to music while working out, reading books, practicing his fencing (Non-European styles) and martial arts, yoga, or just kicking back with Netflix. Evan and his girlfriend love to travel the northeastern region and explore the city for new art, events, local music acts, and food.

Working Hours

Monday-Sunday: Afternoon & Evenings ET

Timezone

Eastern Time Zone

Support Skills

Academic Research

Account Management

Ad Scheduling

Administrative Assistance

Basic Website Updates

Booking Events

Branding Support

Calendar Management

Client Relations

Contract Coordination

Copywriting

Data Entry

Event Coordination

Inbox Management

Legal Research

Market & Real Estate Research

Project Management

Research & Data Collection

Sales Support

Troubleshooting

Industry Experience

Administrative Assistance

Audio Recording & Engineering

Customer Service

Education

Film

Hospitality

Performing Arts

Inside Sales

Start-Ups

Software Experience

Adobe Audition

Adobe Pro

Unity

Oracle (Java)

Google Workspace

Microsoft Office Suite

Trello

PC and Macintosh Operating Systems

Slack

Square (POS)

Squarespace

CRS (IP); DSI (DOS)

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Why people love Trusty Oak

The Trusty Oak team has been instrumental in helping me build my career. From administrative support and social media management to business planning, Amber and the Trusty Oak team have all the resources and people strength that I need to be successful. When a business need arises, I can trust that Trusty Oak will have a number of options and solutions that will work within my budget and time frame.

Todd Merry Home of Hope Ministries

The Trusty Oak team has been instrumental in helping me build my career. From administrative support and social media management to business planning, Amber and the Trusty Oak team have all the resources and people strength that I need to be successful. When a business need arises, I can trust that Trusty Oak will have a number of options and solutions that will work within my budget and time frame.

Brandi R. Muñoz Principal Workforce Development Consultant, People Culture Consulting

My experience with TRUSTY OAK was wonderful…getting my website more organized and cohesive. Having someone else take a deeper look at my website was really helpful and inspiring — we literally gave it a whole new look and feel. This freed up my time to focus on other things that I don’t usually have time for. Hannah was always available when I needed her and had a lot of great ideas and brought a fresh new perspective to my marketing. I felt like I was in really good hands and can highly recommend TRUSTY OAK.

Pascal Simon Owner and Founder of Bake Austin

TRUSTY OAK rocks! I couldn’t be more pleased about the quality of work and their personal touch. With Amber as CEO, I can count on her to understand our needs, to be a great communicator, and a wonderful resource for us. I am continually impressed with how professional and capable TRUSTY OAK’s virtual assistants are. I highly recommend TRUSTY OAK to provide outstanding administrative assistance to organizations like ours.

Dona Raskin Founder of Austin Kids Can!

Working with TRUSTY OAK has been an absolute pleasure. After several failed attempts with other VA firms, I have finally found a responsive, trustworthy, dependable assistant…adding much more value than the bare bones inbox and calendar management I was looking for. If you’re looking for a fractional assistant you can trust from day one, I highly recommend you work with TRUSTY OAK.

Tim Hamilton Founder & CEO of Praxent, Austin, TX

My VA has done more for me in 20 hours of work than I’ve done in probably a year of just making things up on my own. That’s not a sales pitch, infomercial, or me being paid to say what I’m saying. It’s true. I’ve gotten a business card designed, a logo designed, website updated, streamlined for SEO, content written, colors and fonts changed, things I would have never thought about if I was doing this on my own.

Dave Bahr Founder and CEO, In-Sightful Living

Adulting is hard. Entrepreneuring is harder. I don’t know where I would be on either if Trusty Oak hadn’t come into my life when they did. Partnering with them has allowed me to scale my business, organize my life, and accomplish goals that would have been out of my reach without their support. Their team is diverse in skillset and background—over the years I have been able to lean on them for everything from scheduling and travel booking to bookkeeping and invoicing to process engineering and implementation. They are proactive, trustworthy, and receive an enthusiastic recommendation from me!

Ilana Zivkovich CEO, Werq

As an entrepreneur with several projects going in different directions, it’s hard to prevent some things from falling through the cracks. I’ve asked for a diverse list of tasks and they have done them all in stride, quickly, and way too politely. You can count on TRUSTY OAK to get things done fast and correctly, freeing you up to focus on building your business.

Clint Greenleaf Board Director, CEO, Entrepreneur, Content Expert, CPA

It took a while to open to the idea of a VA – as a new business owner, I thought I could do everything. Well, I was wrong! Letting go of the things I don’t know how to do, or don’t do well at all and handing them to TRUSTY OAK helped me immensely. They take care of my website and social media and much more, and leave me time as the business owner to do the stuff I’m good at.

Eyal Gallico Founder & IT Professional at TopMac, Austin, TX

I have worked with Amber on several website projects and her work is top notch. I am amazed by her attention to detail and her ability to drive a schedule. If you want something done well, and fast, TRUSTY OAK is what you are looking for!

Erika Heilman

Trusty Oak’s virtual assistant services have plugged a gap in our administrative needs and made my life easier during a year of hectic travel. Genny got up to speed quickly in understanding the nature of my work, and she’s efficient and professional in helping to manage complex calendaring and travel arrangements. This virtual arrangement has worked seamlessly for us!

Juila Freeland Fisher Director of Education Research, Clayton Christensen Institute

Working with the VAs at Trusty Oak, I am better equipped to scale and grow my business. Their varied skill sets help open up the Cabéza Advertising portfolio of services, allowing us to better serve our clients and improve our value proposition.

Hose Garcia CEO and Founder, Cabeza Advertising