About Assist World
What is Assist World?
Assist World calls itself "a placement company": it interviews, tests and vets human assistants "so founders and growing teams can hand off the work that's eating their week." The company says it was built by operators who ran their own agencies on assistant support and got tired of two bad options — a full-time hire with full-time overhead, or a gamble on a freelance marketplace — so it became "the third option". Its tagline is "Real People, No Bots, No Automation."
Assistants are placed with clients across social media, real estate, legal, accounting, e-commerce and healthcare work, and current openings range from executive assistants and bookkeepers to e-commerce operations, medical scheduling and billing, marketing automation and business development. Assist World reports more than 500 clients served and more than 30,000 hours saved, with clients in places including the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Singapore and Dubai. It keeps a database of 5,000+ pre-vetted assistants and says only the top 1% of applicants make it through its screening.
Where will I work?
Every role is remote. All 134 ads on Assist World's Lever board in September 2026 were remote, most of them open to candidates in South Africa (126), the Philippines (92) or Colombia (26), with a handful in Argentina, Kenya, Mexico and the UK. Once placed, you work inside the client's own systems — inbox, calendar, CRM — and ads set your hours in the client's time zone, for example Monday to Friday mornings, Pacific Time. Pay is quoted per month, almost always in US dollars.
What is the Assist World team like?
The about page lists a 15-person core team led by Executive Chairman and Managing Director Phillip K. and CEO Cohen C., with a Director of Operations, a Director of Client Success, a People & Culture Executive, HR and talent-operations staff, key account managers, a global recruitment specialist and a talent consultant. Screening is hands-on: every assistant clears skills testing (written, spoken and tool proficiency), a language check and a live interview "conducted by our HR team" before a client sees their name. After placement, a dedicated account manager coordinates access and a structured first-week plan, then checks in weekly.
Work-Life Balance
Many placements start small and grow. A bilingual travel-and-events assistant ad offers "10 hours per week to start (potential to grow to 20+ hours as needs increase)", two ads are listed at 10 hours a week, and others are full-time. Part-time pay is published up front — for example $500–800 a month for a part-time onboarding coordinator and $600–800 for a part-time bookkeeper. Its ads also carry the line "NO TRACKER. NO PROBLEM" (no time-tracking software). Its ads do not describe a paid-leave policy.
Perks and Benefits
- 100% remote — every current ad
- $50 birthday bonus
- $200 testimonial bonus
- Entry into a $500 monthly raffle (listed on 35 ads)
- "No tracker, no problem" — no time-tracking software
- A monthly pay range on 127 of 134 ads
- A dedicated account manager for every placement