Jermain Defoe has advertised for a ‘24/7’ executive personal assistant to help with arranging his diary, producing iPhone apps, stocking his fridge and ensuring that not only must the Sunderland footballer’s plants keep growing, but so should the Defoe ‘global brand’ too.

The 32-year-old striker, who earns about £60,000 a week, placed an advertisement for the position, which pays between £50,000 and £60,000 a year, on secsinthecity.co.uk.

The ad starts: “We are looking for a highly experienced Executive Personal Assistant who will be working closely with senior manager of Defoe Enterprise Ltd. You will be working for a high profile individual within the sports industry so the candidate must therefore, by nature, be very flexible and hands-on and be capable [of] multitasking, most importantly you must maintain the highest level of confidentiality in order to assist the manager.”

The successful candidate will be involved in “scheduling and organising the manager’s and families’ private, social and business calenders, arranging all public appearances, arranging and securing travel arrangements, working on selected business projects and maintaining daily itineraries”.

They will ideally be able to “create a global brand for the Jermain Defoe name, growing his online database on his website, Twitter, Facebook and other social networking platforms” as well as “gaining further recognition within the media” and produce “his own iPhone apps”.



The assistant will also plan early events including family birthdays, organise family holidays and individual holidays, create an inventory for holiday villas, and “manage and organise individual family members (Sandra, Andre, Chonte and Chase, family pets)”. They must help to plan and organising special yearly calendar events such as mother’s day, black history month, and Christmas, and be on call “24/7” the whole year round.

And here’s a taster from the ‘errands’ section:

• Organise all Jermain’s personal needs i.e. drycleaners, gardeners, house refurbishments, sourcing interior designers and everyday task etc.

• Regularly checking the home when Jermain is away, making sure all is in place for his return i.e. fridge is stocked and plants watered and house is clean.

• Select and organise wardrobe with specific designers for special events/appearances i.e. Oswald boateng, Harrods, ZAP etc

Defoe went some way towards boosting his global brand himself on Saturday, scoring during Sunderland’s 1-1 draw with Swansea.

