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Hello and Happy Friday! I’ve spent extra time this week rounding up 100+ opportunities for you all. I promise it’s worth scrolling! As always, many thanks to my members and sponsors who make this work possible!

JOURNALISTS

• Beer & Weed Magazine needs pitches for personal essays, recipes, and short fiction ($250+) and reported stories ($0.25/word)

• Potomac Local News (remote, Virginia) needs freelance reporters ($50-$75/story)

• Dotdash Meredith (NYC) needs a commerce news and deals intern for its summer program ($20/hour)

• 411 Mania needs a freelance writer to cover wrestling

• Sports Illustrated needs freelance writers with experience in health, beauty, and lifestyle

• Narcity (Canada/US) needs a freelance money and real estate writer

• Narcity (Canada/US) needs a freelance lifestyle and entertainment writer

• The USA Today Network (US) needs full-time statehouse fellows for 2024 election year

• Android Authority needs a freelance evergreen writer for how-to content, best lists, and comparison guides on Android apps, accessories, streaming services, and smartphones

• Android Authority needs a US-based freelance news writer with weekend availability (4-6 articles/day)

• Hearst Journalism Fellowship (US) is accepting applications through January 7

• STAT is hiring journalists for a one-year Disability in Health Care Reporting Fellowship ($70,000)

• PC Mag (UK) needs a remote early morning reporter

• Independent (UK) needs a journalist for two features on holiday travel

• Wanderlust Magazine (UK) needs a travel writer with knowledge of The Mole Resort

COPYWRITERS & WRITERS

• Freshbooks needs freelance writers for 2024 accounting/fintech blogs, ebooks, case studies, landing pages, and social media writing

• Atlassian (US, remote, San Francisco) needs a full-time content design intern summer 2024

• Constellation Quality Health (US) needs a remote health care business writer for reports, proposals, and business documents

• Omniscient Digital (US) needs a contract remote logistics writer

• Blue Corona (US) needs a freelance copywriter

• Study.com (US) needs a remote freelance web content writer

• ContentBacon (Florida) needs part-time and full-time writers

• Hire Digital needs a freelance finance content writer

• ForbesBooks (Charleston, SC, US) needs a freelance ghostwriter

• Perfect Search (US) needs a freelance writer

• Last Energy (US) needs a freelance copywriter

• Jellyfish needs remote freelance SEO/editorial beauty writers

• Bellweather Agency (US) needs a freelance copywriter (must be east coast)

• Acceleramota needs a freelance news writer for content about cars

• Accelerate360 (NYC) needs a part-time digital writer ($34.50-$37.50/hour)

• betterpet (US) needs freelance writers

• Priority Healthcare Group (NYC) needs freelance copywriters for websites, brochures, and press releases

• Aavia (NYC, remote) needs a part-time or contract UX writer to improve its app ($3,500/month)

• Aavia (NYC, remote) needs a part-time or contract B2B writer to create copy focused on a medical audience ($3,500/month)

• Basement (Indianapolis) needs a full-time remote writer

• Project BlackStar (LA) needs a freelance mid-level copywriter (can be remote, car experience preferred)

• Wealth of Geeks (US) needs freelance lifestyle, entertainment, and political/news writers

• Venture 4th Media’s client needs a specialized LinkedIn ghostwriter/research assistant for healthcare industry content

• Hashtag Social Media Agency (United Arab Emirates) needs a remote freelance bilingual (Arabic/English) copywriter

• Blue Minch (India) needs a freelance copywriter for social media and video scripts

• ClassRx (London) needs a freelance content writer for how-tos, guides, and other content on STEM education

• We Are Futures (London) needs remote freelance primary STEM content writers

• AimHi Earth (UK) needs a contract remote climate and nature researcher and writer (£150-190/day)

• Flash.co (India) needs freelance copywriters for content

• BrowserStack (India) needs contract content writers

• Adrenalin eSystems (India) needs freelance content writers for software products

• Confidential (remote, hiring globally) needs a freelance narrative writer for non-fiction AI story

COPY/CONTENT EDITING & FACT-CHECKING

• Synergy Enterprises (US) needs a part-time editor ($33.65/hr-$38.46/hr)

• FOX Sports (LA, California) needs a freelance editor of gambling ($22-$25/hour)

• Mila & Jo Media needs an editorial intern for its site The Mother Chapter ($10/hour, $500/month)

• Motherly (New York) needs a remote assistant editor

• Skyword (US) needs a remote full-time executive editor

• Chez Narcity (Québec) needs a full-time remote editor

• Trendyol (Berlin, Germany) needs a part-time freelance language editor in English and Greek

• CC Co. (London) needs a part-time researcher to work three days a week on editorial research, copywriting, social media, etc.

• Frank Bowling Studio (London) needs a contract research assistant to archive and document his art

• The Independent needs an India-based assistant editor for its Asia team

STRATEGISTS & SEO

• The Players Club needs a freelance brand voice/positioning strategist

• Moshe Isaacian (LA) needs a freelance social strategist for a project that’s due at the end of January

• Wolff Olins (London) needs a strategy director freelancer

PR & MARKETING

• IUPUI (Indianapolis) needs a part-time marketing and communications specialist

• The Skimm (US) needs a part-time brand marketing contractor for December into 2024 (post is from two weeks ago, but doesn’t say closed)

• Atlassian (US) needs a full-time community manager intern summer 2024

• Palmpaldi Marketing (NYC) has a client that needs a freelance part-time media planner/buyer for digital and lead generation

• 24 Seven Talent (New York) needs a remote freelance digital supervisor ($40-$48/hour)

• Kristin Soto Consulting needs a contract freelance senior public relations professional

• The Recovery Box needs a remote contract publicist ($25-$35/hour)

• Peas (London) needs a remote freelance client director

SOCIAL MEDIA & COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT

• IPG Health needs a freelance associate director of engagement strategy

• Ruby Money needs a freelance social media manager to run Meta campaigns for B2C fintech brands

• The Brand Doula (US) needs a remote contract social media manager (120 hours/month, $25/hour)

• Apartment List (US) needs a remote part-time social media content creator (25 hours/week, $40-$50/hour, Bay Area preferred)

• Dotdash Meredith (US) needs a digital marketing contractor for paid and organic social (20-40 hours/week, $25/hour)

• How-To Geek (Los Angeles) needs a remote freelance social media writer

• The Swedish Times needs a social media intern

• TOEFL Destination 2024 is open to applications from influencers

• Afloral Early Bloom Spring Campaign is open to applications from influencers

• Navigate Financial needs applications for its Confidence in Finance campaign

ART DIRECTION & GRAPHIC DESIGN

• Bitly (US) needs a full-time contract UX/UI designer

• Highlights for Children (US) needs freelance children’s book designers

• Tennessee Titans (US) needs a freelance UX/UI designer

• Alice Blank, Architect (NYC) needs a freelance designer ($35-$60/hour)

• Spinnaker Support (US) needs a freelance illustrator and animator (you must have an LLC or corporation status)

• Game If You Are needs a freelance marketing artist/graphic designer

• Group 55 (US) needs a remote part-time freelance senior designer

• Milkinside (US) needs UX/UI product designers

• Aneil Razvi (US) needs freelance junior-level product, UX, and UI designers

• XLASH needs a freelance consumer packaging designer

• Platform Collective (Singapore) needs a freelance graphic designer

• Represent Recruitment (London) needs 2D motion designers for freelance opportunities

• A children’s entertainment brand (London) needs a freelance children’s book designer (closes today)

• The West of England Combined Authority needs a part-time freelance artist to lead workshops to create seven mobility hubs

• Ferens Art Gallery (Yorkshire, England) needs a freelance artist (£10k-£15k)

• The Studio of Nicola Green (London) needs a freelance designer

• The Barn needs a remote UX/UI designer

• Kevin (EU) needs a freelance 3D artist

• YouTube Creative Studio (UK) needs freelance senior designers, design leads, and graphic/brand design directors

• PLAYE (UK) needs freelance graphic designers

• Amber Resourcing (UK) needs UX designers for virtual reality

• UTOKIA needs a freelance designer who is experienced with package design and web design elements

VIDEO/PHOTO PRODUCTION & EDITING

• Android Authority (US) needs a video creator with on-air experience

• McLaren Racing (Indianapolis) needs a freelance video producer and content creator

• Ross Simmonds needs a freelance video editor to ad animation, background audio, and cuts

• Diversified needs a remote video editor ($100-$200/project)

• GraphNix needs a remote video editor ($80-$200/project)

• BrycexD needs a remote video editor ($150-$250/project)

• Crosscut (Washington) needs freelancers to pitch photo stories (must have Washington state angle)

• ABC News (NYC) needs a freelance digital news photo editor ($38.83/hour)

• Splashlight and Telmar (US) needs a remote freelance senior retoucher for jewelry product images ($40-$50/hour)

• Dan Bradica Studio needs freelance retouchers

• Bloomberg TV (London) needs a freelance contract output producer

AUDIO/PODCAST PRODUCTION & EDITING

• Equality Fund needs feminist podcast producers and agencies to add to its database

• Novel needs a London-based full-time producer for an always on show

• Novel is open to pitches for always on shows

• Grants for Creators has a list of grants for podcasters and audio creators

WEBSITE/APP DEVELOPERS

• Heidi Hauer Coaching and Consulting (Switzerland) needs a remote freelance web developer

• Coral Care (US) needs a web designer who can create Figma wireframes for Webflow

• Plastic Materials Inc. (Ontario, California) needs a part-time full-stack web developer

• Aleph.im needs a freelance full-stack developer for a three-month contract

• Social Change Lab (Germany, remote) needs a freelance software engineer

• This person’s friend needs a freelance web designer for a marketing site

• Likeminds Design needs a freelance software engineer for web applications

VARIOUS

• Robert Half (US) needs a Cerritos, California-based UKG virtual roster consultant ($75-$90/hour)

• News 12 (US) needs a Edison, NJ-based freelance real time editor

• The Organized Aesthetic (US) needs a remote part-time digital marketing virtual assistant (20-25 hours/month)

• Atlassian (US, remote, Mountain View) needs a full-time data science intern summer 2024

• The Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life (England) needs a contract freelance evaluation consultant to develop data collection, analyze data, and write conclusions and recommendations

• Zima Media needs a freelance part-time sales specialist (12-25 Euros/hour)

• Black Fox Philanthropy needs a part-time contract advancement specialist consultant to work on fundraising

COMPANIES LOOKING FOR MULTIPLE FREELANCE ROLES

• Ori Magazine needs writers and photographers for its spring issue

• Thermo Fisher Scientific (US) needs freelance designers, copywriters, and developers

• Creative People needs a contract art director and senior designer for a haircare/beauty contract

• Creative People (US/Canada) needs a lifecycle marketing manager for a fintech company

• Keep Left (Victoria, Australia) needs freelance designers, illustrators, graphic designers, copywriters, producers, videographers, and editors

• goodhelp (LA) needs contract social media managers, analysts, producers, coordinators

• Hook (US) is adding freelance editors, motion designers, animators, art directors, copywriters, designers, strategists, and engineers to its roster

• Wave (US) needs contract design, content, and marketing pros for 2024 projects

• Alexandra Anderson’s client (US) needs a contract marketing copywriter, social media manager, and account executive

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