January 29, 2025 Freelance Opportunities!

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Journalists

The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley’s Spreading Love Through the Media initiative is a three-year effort aimed at harnessing the transformative power of love to tackle social challenges like polarization and loneliness. The initiative is offering two dozen grants of $5,000-$50,000 to journalists who approach the topic of love from a variety of angles and across a range of media, including articles, videos, radio stories, podcasts, social media content, and more. There’s an informational webinar on January 28 to answer questions. The submission window opens January 7, 2025, and the application deadline is 11:59 pm PT on March 24, 2025. For grant winners, the project period will run from September 1, 2025, to February 28, 2027.

Business Insider’s health and parenting section is seeking personal essay pitches about the following topics: stories about being an older parent, unexpected friendships, co-parenting, being part of the sandwich generation/caregiving for family while raising kids, not following milestones in relationships in the traditional order, stories about retiring early or deciding not to retire, supporting a family financially/being the breadwinner, interesting stories about parent + child relationships, deciding to have kids so your parent could be a grandparent, coming to terms with the idea of not being a grandparent, living apart while in a long-term relationship, and any other interesting personal or relationship story related to health and/or parenting. Rates start at $225 for about 600 words. To pitch, email [email protected] with [Pitch: Your proposed headline] as the subject line. Rolling deadline.

MailOnline (London) needs a freelance Showbiz reporter

i paper (London) needs a freelance audience writer

Report for America needs full-time local journalists for newsrooms around America (two-year program with an optional third year)

Business Insider needs personal essays on having kids later in life, parenting teens, comparing the US to other countries, not having grandchildren, and feel good stories

QueerAF needs pitches from underrepresented writers for its Queer Gaze newsletter section (£50)

Narratively needs pitches on secret obsessions ($750+)

Intervenxions needs pitches on U.S. Latinx art, politics, culture ($300-$400)

Digital Frontier needs pitches on its Echoes issue (30p/word, due Feb 4)

Bolts needs pitches on voting rights across the U.S.

Africa Global News needs freelance journalists

The Mississippi Free Press needs journalists and writers to cover the Mississippi Delta and Gulf Coast

Haitian Times needs freelance reporters

Wild Ramp Publishing is offering grants to disability zines ($250)

The List (Scotland) needs a writer who is into skateboarding

Bustle needs a part-time affiliate shopping writer ($22-$25/hour)

Front Office Sports needs pitches on sports, style, and business

Gambling .com (Canada) needs a freelance news reporter

More to Her Story needs pitches on women’s and girl’s rights

Athlon Sports needs contract sports writers

Copywriters & Writers

Backlinko needs a freelance senior writer

Weave Health (UK) needs a freelance senior healthcare writer

WWF Innovation (Africa, Asia, Latin America) needs an impact storyteller (1-3 days/month)

Meriplex needs freelance AEC, automotive, and healthcare content writers

Supermind Co needs a remote part-time newsletter editor ($75-$150/hour)

Rolke Studio needs a freelance copywriter for romantic fiction product pages/book descriptions

McCann Worldgroup needs a freelance writer with a real estate background for a gender pay gap report

John Hopkins University needs freelance writers and editors for Summer/Fall editions and online stories

The Odd Baron needs a freelance writer

Trendspot needs a remote writer for a true crime/hip hop documentary ($300-$350/project)

Yes Golfing needs a freelance remote staff golf reviewer

LaSalle Network needs freelance copywriters for a marketing agency (15-20 hours/week, $30-$40/hour)

Loud Growth needs freelance SaaS/marketing writers

Content Lab needs iGaming writers who speak Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, etc.

Conscious Minds Studios needs TV/film writers who know Christianity

Revel needs freelance health writers for specific health conditions

Content Editing, Fact-checking, & Content Design

Supermind needs a remote part-time newsletter editor for blockchain/web3 content ($75-$150/hour)

Sudden Snail needs a contract remote editor for a video game’s narrative and non-dialogue elements

Frances M Thompson needs a queer/disabled/BIPOC/neurodivergent proofreader for UK English spicy queer romance and queer thrillers

Academic Editor (UK) needs freelance editors for English academic texts

Forbes needs a temporary home and kitchen editor ($50-$80/hour)

Revel needs freelance health editors for specific health conditions and longevity biomarkers

Strategists & Search Engine Optimization

Jaclyn Woo needs a freelance social media strategist

It’s THE POD needs a freelance content strategist and email manager for a DTC startup

HRVIST needs a freelance strategy director and senior social strategist (PST hours)

Creative Recruitment (UK) needs a freelance sports brand strategist (£500/day)

PR & Marketing

WORTHI needs freelance social media managers/strategists, marketing copywriters, and influencer/brand partnerships, account management, research/analtyics pros

Bleiweiss Communications needs a remote freelance digital marketing specialist

1st for EPA (UK) needs an internal quality assurer for PR/communications assistant end-point assessment

Crayola needs a remote education marketing intern

MAP360 needs NYC/LA-based family content creators with kids who have 30k Instagram followers

The Hummingbird Marketing Services needs a freelance account manager

TEX+ (UK) needs a part-time freelance PR pro

Sphere London needs a freelance PR account manager (£300/day)

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Social Media & Community

BPCM needs a social media strategist (60-70 hours/month, $20-$50/hour)

CHEW needs a freelance social media coordinator (London preferred)

resbiotic needs a remote wellness social media and content intern

Azazie needs a freelance social media content creator

resbiotic needs a remote influencer and community intern

Betches (NYC) needs a remote freelance social media creator for its Good at Shopping Instagram account

Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation needs female content creators in the workplace/HR/career advice space

Complex needs a social freelancer ($28-$30/hour)

Complex needs a social freelancer for weekend coverage ($26-$28/hour)

Art Direction & Graphic Design

Danielle Desir needs a book illustrator to design new book covers for three travel books

Monét Noelle Marshall needs a Black woman illustrator/graphic designer for a greeting card line

Rebecca Anderton needs a freelance YouTube thumbnail designer (UK time zone)

Game Department needs a remote freelance 3D environment artist for a detective game

Mysteria Studio needs a freelance lead level designer

Cold Symmetry needs a part- or full-time character animator

Cat Samurai (Ontario, CA) needs a remote part-time 2D artist

Eddie Guillen (Chicago) needs graphic designers for a few agency projects

This January needs a freelance remote senior interactive designer

Agency Bell (London) needs a freelance design director (£350 – £425/day DOE Outside IR35)

Bilt needs a freelance print designer ($50-$90/hour)

Atrium needs a freelance girls clothing designer ($35/hour)

BidBus needs a freelance graphic designer for thumbnails ($30-1k)

Brit + Co needs a remote graphic design intern ($15/hour)

Video/Photo Production & Editing

Mirror Indy (Indiana) needs a full-time community photojournalist

Band on the Wall (UK) needs a freelance filmmaker for a project exploring the musical heritage of Manchester (£11,600)

MailOnline (London) needs a freelance social video editor

DailyMail (New York) needs a social video producer, podcasts ($300-$400/day for up to 3 days/week)

Loop needs a remote part-time social video editor ($35/hour)

Speed Lab needs a remote F1 YouTube video editor ($150-$250/project)

DerekFDB needs a remote video editor ($300-$500/project)

NachoAverageFinds needs a remote video editor ($500-$800/project)

Hobarts Abroad needs a remote travel vlog video editor ($650/project)

Audio/Podcast Production & Editing

North Folk Valley Public Radio Inc. (Colorado) needs a part-time audio editor and producer ($19-$21/hour)

Oregon Public Broadcasting needs a part-time radio announcer to fill on-air shifts ($25/hour)

Aspen Public Radio needs a full-time broadcast journalist for the women’s desk

Website/App Developers

Meriplex needs a freelance Elementor web designer

Studio Hoiho (Denmark) needs a remote contract unreal gameplay programmer (3-month contract with potential to go full-time)

Magic Notion needs a full-time remote contract Unity engineer (3-month contract with UK hours)

Foreplay .co needs a freelance Webflow developer to rebuild its site and work with Lottie/HTML5

10up needs a freelance contract senior JavaScript engineer ($70-$100/hour)

Various

The Substack Creator Accelerator Fund is offering funding to creators making $2,000/month to switch to Substack

Enterprise Nation (North West/North East) needs a freelance events professional

Giving Joy gives mico-grants to women-led initiatives ($500, deadline January 31)

Boon Group needs a part-time personal assistant ($50-$100/hour)

Major Players needs a freelance events coordinator/assistant

Gleeson Recruitment Group needs a freelance head of projects for an e-commerce system migration and revamp

Guided by Good needs freelance writers and art directors/designers

Companies Looking For Multiple Freelance Roles

QueerAF needs freelance Trans+ writers and journalists for 700-1000 word history articles (£170), freelance illustrators to illustrate history stories (£250), and podcasters for 20-30 minute mini-documentary style podcast episodes (£500)

Eurovision Song Contest needs freelance camera operators, social media content producers, video editors, and graphic editors

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