February 2, 2023 Freelance Opportunities!

Calling former and current journalists: What influenced your decision to leave local news? What made you stay? The Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media is seeking responses to its survey as part of a research study on current and former U.S. local journalists to better understand the factors shaping the path of journalists in the field. This survey is voluntary, anonymous, open to both current and former local journalists and will take 10-15 mins to complete. Please email [email protected] with any questions. 

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JOURNALISTS

• Red Ventures needs a freelance data journalist

• Men’s Journal needs long-form stories

• Noema Mag needs long-form pitches for solutions-based stories

• Red Ventures needs a freelance data journalist

• Business Insider needs a writer who is traveling to the Super Bowl ($250)

• Chalkbeat Indiana needs Indiana-based freelance photographers and a reporter to work with over the summer (hat tip Journalism jobs and a photo of my dog)

• Miami New Times (South Florida) needs freelance contributors

• US News and World Report (UK/Europe) needs freelance writers for consumer reviews

• Studio Magazine (Canada) needs pitches on the spectacular in craft

• Unbias the News needs pitches on migrant underemployment in Greece, Italy, Finland, Austria, Portugal, and Norway (800 euros)

• Portable Model needs pitches on music ($200)

• Brookline.News (Maine) needs a part-time reporter

• Forbes needs journalists to write about AI or venture capital (prioritizing laid off TechCrunch/Insider journalists)

• Best Products needs freelance writers for commerce gift guides ($400/new content, $350/updates)

• 100 Days in Appalachia wants to work with Appalachian  teens-24 ($200/opinion, $300/reporting)

• AIM Group (UK) needs a freelance journalist (20-50 GBP/hour)

• The National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships is accpeting applications

• Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism are accepting applications

• Broadview Magazine needs a full-time remote associate editor (and works with freelancers)

• Science Friday needs a freelance writer for two issues of an eclipse newsletter ($0.50.word, $400 total)

• There’s a new editor at Women’s Health Magazine

• You’re Hired! Job Magazine needs a remote journalist intern

• Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism is accepting applications for the Journalist Fellowship Programme 

• Vox Media Writers Workshop is accepting applications from US-based journalists

COPYWRITERS & WRITERS

• BBC Studios needs a freelance content producer for the Doctor Who website

• TED (US) needs a freelance headline writer

• Princeton needs a freelance writer with a science-writing background to work on an important, long-term project related to AI research

• Advent Health needs freelance writers for business news and health care communications

• Riveter Design needs a part-time or contract mid- to senior-level copywriter (30 hours/week)

• Sarah Junker needs a freelance content/copy writer with technical knowledge of cyber security, information security, and the wider digital world

• Tomo needs freelance features writers for home content in Fairfield County, CT, Dallas, TX, Houston, TX, South Florida, and Phoenix, AZ ($300-$400 USD)

• Blizzard Entertainment needs freelance copywriters

• Addie (UK) freelance copywriter for a training course

• Renga needs a freelance senior copywriter

• Claire Pedersen needs a freelance copywriter for a 3-month long project in the fashion space

• Write or Die Magazine is open to fiction submissions ($200)

• Standard Deviation needs a freelance writer for social media campaigns

• EnergySage needs a freelance EV charging writer

• FOSSA needs a part-time contract content writer

• Gilder Consulting Group needs a junior-level freelance writer/designer ($30/hour, 5 hours/week)

• Kenji needs a scriptwriter/researcher ($200-$800/project)

• BK EditX needs a remote scriptwriter

• Alpha Inbound (US) needs a copywriter for video scripts, ad copy, and landing page copy

• Bárbara Pinho “A client I work for, based in Belgium, needs help! We're looking for experienced geoscience writers for a potential project. Must be experienced in writing about weather forecasting, climate change, climate modelling, atmospheric phenomena, etc. If you're interested, please email me at [email protected]”

• Bark (UK) needs freelance copywriters for in-depth guides

COPY/CONTENT EDITING & FACT-CHECKING

• Lonely Planet needs a freelance destination editor

• CNET needs a freelance medical reviewer

• ZDNet needs a freelance tax content reviewer

• ZDNet needs a freelance finance content reviewer

• Asimov Press needs a freelance researcher to dig into some biosecurity topics (5 hours/week)

• TEDx needs an editorial intern ($19/hour, 40 hours/week)

• TEDx needs an editorial research intern ($19/hour, 40 hours/week)

• Bankrate needs a freelance financial reviewer

STRATEGISTS & SEO

• INNOCEAN USA (Huntington Beach, California) needs a freelance social strategist

• William Russell (London) needs a freelance technical SEO specialist 

PR & MARKETING

• Thai Nguyen (California) needs a digital marketer ($36-$100/hour, 10-15 hours/week)

• Zesty (UK) needs a PPC manager for a 12-month fixed contract (maternity leave cover)

• Heartell Press needs a part-time marketing manager

• Clutch needs a remote contract SEM/Google Ads specialist ($30-$60/hour. 6-10 hours/month)

• Wise Recruitments needs freelance digital marketers

• Spritz Society needs a freelance PR person

• SOSi needs Spanish-speaking freelance PR pros

• robb + co (UK) needs a freelance PR account director

• Ellidore + Thadeus needs a freelance PR/marketing pro

• Electric (London) needs a freelance publicist

• Fleishman needs freelance PR specialists

SOCIAL MEDIA & COMMUNITY

• ABC News Studios needs a freelance part-time social media producer (29 hours/week)

• We Are Amma needs a video content creator for Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook

• Dreww (Montreal) needs a freelance social media manager to refer small social media clients to

• Alison Lou (NYC) needs a social/content creator for Reels

• Energize Group (London) needs a social media expert (£400 per day)

• Meta (NYC) needs a contract content specialist II

• Kelly needs TikTok influencers to work with

• Adesso Capital needs financial or self-employed creators to work with

• Canva (Turkey) needs a contract videographer community manager

• SoloLearn needs influencers on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok

ART DIRECTION & GRAPHIC DESIGN

• Canva needs a freelance motion designer (South Korea, Japan)

• Canva needs a freelance illustrator (South Korea, Japan)

• Canva (Japan) needs a contract illustrator community manager

• Openhouse needs a freelance graphic designer for product mock ups

• Feel needs a freelance creative designer for a logo, branding, and deck

• AKILA (LA) needs freelance or part-time graphic designers for marketing materials

• INDYINK (Colorado) needs a graphic designer

• Nuno (London) needs freelance product designers for friends and startups

• Daniel Kalban needs a comic book artist to work on a pitch

• Food for Thought Collective needs contract logo designers

• A Seattle based B2B startup client in the AI space needs a part-time remote Illustrator who does tech design illustrations

• Firebrand Communications needs a graphic designer

• Pattern needs freelance UX/UI designers and freelance UX researchers

• Afterburner Studios needs a character concept artist for a game

• Open Under needs a freelance shoot-led art director

• Headway needs a freelance digital designer

• Malka Media needs a freelance junior graphic designer

• MAS needs a remote freelance experiential art director

• Proteam Solutions Inc. needs a freelance senior product designer

• OpenMoves needs remote freelance contract senior designer

• &Walsh needs a freelance art director

• Red Krypton (NY) needs a freelance senior UX designer

• Overview needs remote freelance senior UX/UI designer

• Montegallo needs a freelance graphic designer ($35-$60/hour)

• Greenhaus needs a freelance graphic designer for e-commerce and Amazon listings ($36-$100/hour)

• Ziggurat XYZ needs freelance graphic designers and illustrators

• Trade School (US) needs a freelance part-time studio designer

VIDEO/PHOTO PRODUCTION & EDITING

• The Trek needs a product photographer

• Apex View Media (Oregon) needs freelance video editors

• The Fitting Room needs freelance video editors

• Canva (international) needs a remote freelance videographer

• The Sun (London) needs a freelance shoot editor

• Trzmiel needs a video editor ($200-$300/project)

• Spicy needs a remote video editor ($50-$100/project)

• Content Chemistry Ltd. needs freelance creative producers

• IVM Podcasts needs freelance video producers and editors

AUDIO/PODCAST PRODUCTION & EDITING

• Planet B needs freelance audio engineers and producers

• Mostly Audio Jobs by Adrian Ma (hat tip West Coast Jobs)

• Berkeley Square (Bristol) needs a freelance videographer

• Techtrust needs a tax expert to join a podcast episode

WEBSITE/APP DEVELOPERS

• Crushing Pixels (US) needs a remote WordPress developer ($50-$100/hour)

• Sage Disability needs a freelance website designer with WordPress and Divi experience

• Alison Lou needs web developers to audit and transition a Shopify website

• Rippling needs a freelance senior interactive producer

• Faura (US) needs freelance backend developers with node.js/supabase experience

• Breezy Pixels needs a freelance Shopify developer ($40/hour)

• Adriana Lacy Consulting needs a freelance WordPress developer

• Cycle Labs needs a freelance marketing graphic/web designer

• The PR and Brand Network (Africa) needs a freelance web developer

VARIOUS

• Aboutly needs a remote contract interviewer ($25/hour, 10-20 hours/week)

• Gleam Connections (Canada) needs a remote executive virtual assistant (40-50 hours/month)

• Sparkpoint Business Systems needs a freelance busines development assistant ($18-$22/hour)

• New York Public Library needs a part-time coding instructor

• Saint Patrick’s Cathedral needs a freelance music workshop facilitator

• Creative Licht (Gasglow) needs a freelance project lead for a sign language interpretation (£2700, anticipated as 15 days of work)

• Flo (India) needs an obgyn/general practitioner who can freelance as a medical advisor (1-0-20 hours/week)

COMPANIES LOOKING FOR MULTIPLE FREELANCE ROLES

• Finding Mastery needs a remote part-time freelance graphic designer and a LA-based social media associate

• GoBankingRates is hiring a ton of remote roles and internships

• Roar Motion (North East) needs freelance video editors and motion graphic designers

• Hovercraft needs copywriters and creative directors, spatial designers and strategists, art directors and animators, producers and perfectionist illustrators

• Tuesday needs a freelance personal accountant and a freelance PR person

• Addie Rawr needs Black professionals and experts for referrals

• Creative Fabrica (Romania) needs a freelance content generator (hat tip Creator Economy Jobs)

• Metro.Style needs freelance writers, editors, content creators, video producers, and more

• Koto Studio (LA) needs full-time and freelancers for design, strategy, and client services

• Turtle needs contract senior level product designers, UX/content writers, and visual designers with motion/brand experience

• Flow Space needs a health editor, writer, and social media marketer (Not sure if it’s full-time or freelance at this time of writing)

• Lots of great opportunities in this post and this one