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PERSONAL ASSISTANT

Role: Full-time Personal Assistant to Matt Matoba, who runs MATOBA, an Eames-ian agency that handles many different visual projects, and also detective work, and also runs an art gallery.

Location: 2130 Sawtelle, Los Angeles
(Historic Little Osaka)

Pay: Competitive Los Angeles salary, paid bi-monthly, with potential hiring perks. Range available on request.

Requirements: Valid US driver’s license and in-person is a must. Also needs previous experience in assistance of some form. Must live within a local commute to the office. Must have a good memory. Mustn't take bullshit. Our work involves being bold.

Description of work: Assists Matt and MATOBA with all day to day tasks. Small things like picking up food and things that are much more interesting like sorting never before seen video games- but mostly a lot of the clean up stuff. A usual day will start at the office and will involve general office maintenance.

You should be: Someone who wants a long-term career and who is eager to help MATOBA grow. Someone who is interested in the fields we work in (or it'll probably be very boring to work here, for you.) Someone who is OK making MATOBA their main focus. (Totally alright if that's not you! But that's what we're looking for.)

Questions / Apply?
Answer the following questions via email. Just answer these questions- no cover letter needed! Write your own words, though. Use of AI is an instant rejection, as the current landscape of AI is counter-productive to MATOBA's industry. Anything other than what’s listed here won’t get read, though.

- Email matt [at] matobadesign [daht] com
- Subject line: A blessed Festivus
- Questions:

1. Can you maintain an inventory?
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2. How's your memory?
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3. Would you be looking for a shorter-term position or a long term position?
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4. Do you know trading cards, as in, the general climate around them at the moment?
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5. Our business involves many, many languages. Some of them I don't speak, and some you probably don't. Are you comfortable with people speaking other languages around you?
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6. Our business involves a lot of Japanese language. Would you be willing to learn low-level Japanese, specifically, the hiragana and katakana alphabets?
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7. Are you OK with a really wobbly schedule? Our hours are based on the needs of the various design and detective tasks we take on, and are influenced by Japanese clients, so they admittedly are insane.
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8. Our office has a storefront. Can you run a storefront?
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9. Are you comfortable with travel? Our work involves semi-optional travel. For example, we flew to Honolulu for a client recently, and flew to Tokyo before that.
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10. How's your memory?
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11. Do you have a valid drivers license?
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12. Can you take critique?
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13. Our job involves a lot of pressure. How are you under pressure? HUH?
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14. Are you alright with cats? (We have cats in the office.)
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15. Is it better to get a good deal or to get a premium good?
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16. Multiple choice: Have you watched Seinfeld?
    A) None
    B) Some
    C) I know all through osmosis
    D) I've seen all, you can't stump me with any trivia, and if I saw this answer I'm aware you'll probably try that at some point.
    

17. There's a lot Matt and MATOBA have to get handled. Can you handle tasks efficiently and without direction if presented with a list of tasks?
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18. Are you organized or in disarray?
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That was a lot of questions! Thank you for your time!
-Matt Matoba