Operations Assistant Hire from Morocco for YouTube Content Agency (Saved $32K/Year)

Snapshot:

Business: Tikscale (YouTube Content Production Agency)

‍Role Hired: Operations Assistant — sourced from Morocco

‍Objective: Build operational capacity to streamline client delivery, team coordination, and project management for a fast-scaling YouTube content agency

‍Outcome: Direct hire placed in under 4 weeks; enabled Tikscale to scale multi-client operations without founder bottlenecks

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The Problem:

Ayman Arab, Founder at Tikscale, had built a proven system: YouTube sales funnels that deliver 10-30 qualified calls per month for companies and high-ticket coaches. Growth required operational infrastructure.
U.S. Operations Assistants at $45K–$55K would compress margins. Freelancers couldn't deliver the consistency needed for client onboarding, team coordination, and project tracking across multiple video production pipelines.

The goal: find a permanent, full-time Operations Assistant who could own workflow management, client communication coordination, and systems documentation.

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The Strategy:

Zabota ran the Direct-Hire Sprint:

1. Role & Pod Definition – Operations Assistant to handle client onboarding workflows, team coordination across video editors and strategists, project tracking, SOPs documentation, and founder-level task delegation for scaling content delivery.
   
   
2. Geo Targeting (North Africa) – We sourced for strong English, proven operations or project management experience, and operator-level organizational skills with Middle East time-zone compatibility.
   
   
3. Signal-Based Vetting – Beyond resumes: async clarity tests, systems thinking assessments, workflow optimization scenarios, and proof-of-work in operations tools (Notion, Asana, ClickUp); only A-player finalists hit the founder's calendar.
   
   
4. Direct Hire, Zero Markup – Tikscale hired directly (no payroll middleman), backed by our 90-day free replacement guarantee.

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The Hire:

Country: Morocco

‍Role: Operations Assistant

‍Time-to-Hire: Less than 4 weeks

‍Model: Full-time, direct hire; no ongoing % of wages.

Results:

Payroll Efficiency: $32,000/year saved vs. equivalent U.S. Operations Assistant hire.

Founder Leverage: Founder steps out of day-to-day client coordination, project tracking, and team task delegation; time reinvested into content strategy, client acquisition, and scaling the agency.

Operational Velocity: Consistent client onboarding flows, cleaner project pipelines, and faster delivery cycles driven by dedicated workflow ownership.

System Installed: A repeatable direct-hire track (targeted sourcing → structured vetting → shortlist → plug-in onboarding) now used to scale additional operational and creative roles as Tikscale grows.

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Why It Works:

At Zabota, we place mid-market operators, not VAs, not overpriced local hires. 

By sourcing in Morocco and hiring direct, agencies get senior, operations-ready professionals at sustainable comp. The result: capability, culture, and profit.

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