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JOURNALISTS

• Spotlight PA (Berks County) needs a freelance reporter

• Sask Dispatch (Saskatchewan) needs pitches on the environment, arts/culture, harm reduction, etc. Deadlines are rolling but election pitches are due August 15

• Atlantic Business Magazine needs an Indigenous journalist to produce a business story for each issue ($0.50/word)

• Hypen needs travel pitches

• Business Insider needs essays from people who regret moving to Florida or whose job relocation had negative consequences ($230+)

• Business Insider is always open to pitches about parenting, health, relationships, retirement, etc.

• The Contrapuntal needs pitches about Palestine, Bangladesh, Sudan, Yemen, Congo, Ethiopia, and Myanmar (£100/piece)

• NTWRK needs freelance writers for content about memes, internet personalities, and streamers ($100-$300)

• Little White Lies needs pitches from writers about films (£150 and £300)

• The Mississippi Free Press is looking for local journalists and writers to cover the Mississippi Delta and the Mississippi Gulf Coast

• Local Business News needs a journalist to interview business owners

• Deutsche Welle (Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya) needs multimedia journalists to cover these locations for DW English for Africa 

• HCN needs pitches on sites of cultural production ($0.50/word)

• CityNews Vancouver needs a part-time casual producer

COPYWRITERS & WRITERS

• Laconic Collective needs health, sports, and wellness writers

• MyHealthTeam (US) needs freelance writers

• Parkway Digital needs a freelance writer

• Together Software needs freelance B2B writers to write for HR/H&D audiences

• McDonald York Building Company needs a freelance writer to document the progress of a construction project

• Natural Intelligence needs small business/B2B writers

• The U.S. Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Alumni Exchange needs freelance writers to highlight JET alumni who work on the U.S. and Japan relationship ($50/story)

• RJM Technologies needs a remote features writer for a five-month contract with a non-profit client ($31-$33/hour)

• Irena Kojouhrova needs a copywriter to update website content for a beauty and lifestyle brand

• Manychat needs freelance writers for blog writing

• Gamebook Advance needs a retrospective on Pokemon Fire (£100)

COPY/CONTENT EDITING, FACT-CHECKING, & CONTENT DESIGN

• BrightFocus needs a remote freelance copy editor

• Better Trail needs a freelance copy editor

• Kirkus needs a freelance copy editor

• MIT Technology Review needs a full-time managing editor

• Vinovest needs a full-time content manager

STRATEGISTS & SEO

• Reach Recruiting needs a freelance senior brand strategist/brand strategy director to work on social impact projects ($80-$90/hour)

• Ad Talent needs a full-time content design strategist and senior strategist

• Studio Freight needs a mid-to-senior level freelance strategist

• Principal needs a freelance SEO specialist

PR & MARKETING

• Micro Center needs a freelance PR person

• The Unit Agency (London) needs a freelance PR

• Liberty Marketing needs freelance PRs who specialize in parenting, education, business, and finance  

SOCIAL MEDIA & COMMUNITY

• Seven Bridges Wealth Advisors needs a freelance content/social media marketer

• HatchPath (US) needs in-house social media creators

• Peridot HR needs a London-based freelance creative content creator

• Blueground needs Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube creator for a campaign ($500-$1,000)

• 47 Brand (US) needs Instagram and TikTok creators for a dog headwear campaign

• PUR (US) needs Instagram and TikTok creators to promote a dispenser

• Cesar Canine Cuisine (US) needs Instagram and TikTok creators for a campaign

ART DIRECTION & GRAPHIC DESIGN

• Microsoft needs a remote contract graphic designer ($33.50-$38/hour)

• breef (US) needs a contract digital designer (5-10 hours/week)

• breef (Australia) needs a senior product designer (15-25 hours/week)

• The Unit Agency needs brand designers

• Audion needs a contract Unity 3D Lead Artist for a a VR arcade game with musical elements

• Weber Shandwick (Detroit) needs a freelance senior art director

• Stripe needs a freelance designer

• WABE (Atlanta) needs a freelance junior graphic designer

• Circa Healthcare needs a freelance studio and graphic design producer

• Keyhole needs a freelance junior graphic designer (20-40 hours/month)

• ZebraLearn needs freelance graphic designers

VIDEO/PHOTO PRODUCTION & EDITING

• The 19th (US) needs a remote contract photo editor ($65/hour, 15 hours/week)

• re_grocery needs a content creator (5-10 hours/week)

• Total Fitness needs a freelance videographer/photographer 

AUDIO/PODCAST PRODUCTION & EDITING

• Third Coasts’ Audio Doctor needs audio professionals at any stage in their careers to be paired with their in-house audio doctors to get free feedback on projects (applications due tomorrow)

WEBSITE/APP DEVELOPERS

• Ingenio’s media partner needs a freelance visual designer to improve an Ether mobile app and Astrology.com responsive web experience (10-25 hours/week contact Alexa)

• breef (US/Australia) needs a contract website designer (10-15 hours/week)

VARIOUS

• Cast Partner (LA/NY) needs a freelance/part-time freelance scout

COMPANIES LOOKING FOR MULTIPLE FREELANCE ROLES

• Retool needs a freelance part-time social media strategist and content marketer with SEO experience

• Latino Media Network needs a freelance social media designer/copywriter

P.S. Don’t forget to fill out the mid-year survey!