2. In the beginning…
• 25 years as a legal secretary for city centre law
firms, including Anthony Collins Solicitors,
Hammonds (now Squire Sanders) and DLA Piper
• Left DLA Piper in 2009
• “Jaymatt” was born
3. What do I do?
I work for small to medium size businesses, law
firms, market researchers, authors, TV production
companies, universities – the list and possibilities
are endless – working on:
• Transcription/digital dictation
• Document production
• Database production
• Proofreading
4. How can you benefit?
• Assistance with backlog of work
• Cover for holidays, sickness and maternity leave
• Costs kept down (charged only for time working
for you, not by the day)
• No sick pay, holiday pay, maternity pay
• No NI and pension contributions
• No training or utility costs
5. What can I offer you?
• Accuracy • Competitive rates
• Efficiency • Deadlines met
• Integrity • Strict confidentiality
• Professionalism policy
• Confidentiality • Registered with the
• 24 hour support Information
Commissioner’s Office
• Content security
• Professional indemnity
• Quick turnaround insurance
6. What do I transcribe?
• Lectures • Focus groups
• Seminars/Webinars • Training reports
• Speeches • Police reports
• Conferences • Discussion groups
• AGMs • Legal dictation
• Investigations • Research interviews
• Meeting minutes • Teleconferences
• Insurance claims • Confidential documents
7. What else do I do?
• Format documents and precedents
• Create PowerPoint presentations
• Document production
• Excel spreadsheets
• Databases
• Proofreading
8. How does it work?
• Clients either email MP3 or WAV files or any
other files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)
directly to my email address or via
yousendit.com, sendthisfile.com or Dropbox
• Work can be password protected
• Once work complete, sent back via same means
• Clients pay hourly rate or block of hours at
reduced rates, time is tracked by the minute
9. The world is getting smaller…
• Jaymatt have been in business now for four years
• Based in Tamworth, Staffordshire
• Local clients, eg in Tamworth and Solihull
• National clients, eg in Oxfordshire and Kent
• International clients, eg in Australia, USA and
Dubai
10. Testimonials
“Sharon is willing to go the extra mile “Sharon is everything you need from a
to ensure that deadlines are met, is very Virtual Secretary - responsive, accurate,
efficient and accurate. Sharon is also knowledgeable and keen to assist. She
easy to work with and it has been a is very competent with the technology
pleasurable experience in the process.” and builds great virtual relationships
Nicola Heales, with the people she is working with.
Head of Department, Sharon is top of our list every time for
Head and Brain Injury our overflow work!”
at Brethertons Solicitors LLP Deborah Atkins,
Partner (non-lawyer) - Human
Resources
at Brethertons Solicitors LLP
11. “Sharon has always been extremely “Sharon understands that deadlines
helpful and this is backed up with have to be met and will do what is
accuracy and skill in a wide range of necessary to meet them. Her work
document production. You can rely is accurate no matter what amount
on Sharon to produce your document of pressure she is under. She
on time and it always looks better handles pressure extremely well
than expected. Sharon always makes and is always pleasant to work
it a pleasure to deal with her.” with.”
Rosemary Bointon, English Law
Counsel, Kyiv Denise Fawcett, Solicitor
12. “It is a pleasure working with Sharon. “I can't tell you what a huge help
She is only too willing to take on Sharon has been to me, and her
work that needs to be completed work is excellent. I have quite a
within a tight deadline. I am few people helping out and her
impressed by the accuracy of her work is by far the best - well done
work.” and thank you.”
Anna Barnes, Emily Brehas,
Research Director, Virtual Scribe Generation,
One-MS Australia