Heidi Horton, your business support guru and creative content cheerleader, virtual assistant but with superpowers

HEIDI HORTON

Helping you tell your story.

I work remotely with small businesses and entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to life through content design, creative thinking, strategic planning, client experience and the practical work that keeps a business moving.

THE BIG IDEA

Every business has a story. Sometimes you just need someone to help tell it.

Maybe you need help turning ideas into visual content. Maybe your client experience needs some love. Maybe there are a dozen jobs sitting on your to-do list that simply need a capable person to pick them up and run with them.

That’s where I come in.

A little bit creative.
A little bit strategic.
A lot of getting things done.

WHAT I DO

01

Storytelling & Content

Helping you communicate what you do in a way that sounds like you.

• Content ideas & planning
• Writing & editing
• Photography & video
• Social content

02

Client
Experience

Looking at the journey from the other side of the screen.

• Customer journeys
• Communications
• Touchpoints & referrals
• Processes & CRM systems

03

Creative & Brand
Support

Helping your brand feel considered, consistent and genuinely yours.

• Creative content direction
• Brand positioning
• Website design & development
• Campaign & project support

04

Business
Support

The practical stuff that keeps everything moving behind the scenes.

• Admin & workflow assistance
• Tech & system implementation
• Invoicing & book-keeping
• Extra capacity when you need it

Heidi Horton - photographer, editor, writer, website designer, systems implementator, tech wizard, and general business jack-of-all-trades

NOT JUST ONE THING

I'm not particularly good at staying in one box.

I have a bit of a varied CV. I started out in accounting & IT, gaining a degree in business, before building a career as a portrait and wedding photographer. I’ve also dabbled in sales & leadership along the way!

Through my own lived experiences I’ve learned how to wear a lot of hats – from the creative to the practical, and to see how they all work together.

I’ve worked with clients, built brands, created content, managed projects, dealt with numbers, nurtured relationships, solved problems and spotted the things that aren’t quite working.

“Turns out the combination of knowing how to get things done and having a creative mind is kinda my superpower.”

SPOTLIGHT

Stories I’ve helped tell

Not a conventional portfolio. A collection of projects and ideas I’ve been a part of.

WILD N ROOTED NZ • WEBSITE DESIGN

Taking an idea and giving it a home people can easily find their way around

MCINTOSH ORCHARD • BRANDING PHOTOGRAPHY

Not just photos – storytelling through the seasons

BUSINESS SUPPORT • CONTRACT EA

ABOUT HEIDI

A storyteller in every sense.

Photography was where my storytelling began. It taught me to notice the details, listen carefully, understand people and look for what sits beneath the surface.

It was never really just about taking photos.

Running a business taught me about clients, brands, content, systems, sales, numbers, relationships and all the unglamorous bits that make doing what you love possible.

Heidi Horton - photographer, editor, writer, website designer, systems implementator, tech wizard, and general business jack-of-all-trades

HOW WE COULD WORK TOGETHER

You don’t necessarily need another employee. You might just need another brain.

01

A creative project

You have something specific that needs brought to life and you want someone capable to take it from idea to done.

e.g.: website design

02

Ongoing support

A regular pair of hands and a second set of eyes for the things you don’t have time, energy or inclination to do yourself.

e.g.: book-keeping

03

Practical collaboration

You’re stuck in the doing and need someone to take your ideas, do the do and give you back space for the big work.

e.g.: contract EA

HOW IT WORKS

Simple, human,
no complicated process.


01

We talk

Tell me what’s on your plate, what’s not working or what you’d love to get moving.


02

We work it out

We figure out what would actually be useful and whether I’m the right person to help.


03

I get stuck in

Once we know what needs doing, I get on with it. Independently, collaboratively, or somewhere in between.


04

You get space back

The ultimate goal: fewer things sitting in your head and more room for the work only you can do.

KIND WORDS

“Heidi has that rare combination of creative thinking and actually getting things done.”

PAST Client

I work
remotely.
From four wheels.

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME

Horton Adventures Youtube channel, working remotely from the road in our campervan travelling around New Zealand

My “office” can mean a desk, an airport cafe, but is usually from a campsite – somewhere in New Zealand.

Together with my husband & dog, I live full-time on the road. It’s quite the adventure.

It’s taught me to be independent, organised, adaptable and very comfortable getting things done without someone looking over my shoulder.

And I rather like it that way.

LET’S TALK

Got a story that needs telling?

Or a business that simply needs a capable pair of hands behind the scenes?
Tell me what you’re working on. We’ll work out the rest.