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Part-Time Freelance US Telemarketer

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced freelance telemarketer to join our growing B2B business development agency. This is a flexible, ongoing freelance role, working 20 hours per month. We are a UK-based business development agency working with clients across a variety of industries worldwide. We support our clients' marketing and sales teams by improving the quality of their lead generation through lead qualification, outbound prospecting and business development activities. Our clients operate in diverse sectors, making this a varied and interesting role that requires the ability to quickly understand different businesses and represent them professionally. We are a fully remote team and pride ourselves on delivering exceptional service and results for our clients. We're looking for someone who shares our commitment to professionalism, customer experience and high-quality conversations. The Role Using VoIP software, CRM systems and email, you will: * Qualify inbound and outbound leads on behalf of our clients. * Conduct professional telephone conversations with prospective customers across the United States. * Identify genuine sales opportunities and gather key qualifying information. * Build positive relationships with prospects while representing our clients as an extension of their business. * Record all activity accurately within CRM systems. * Report on activity and outcomes. * Contribute ideas and feedback to improve campaign performance and prospecting processes. * Attend Microsoft Teams meetings with clients when required. Essential Skills & Experience **Must be based in the US.** * Previous customer service experience is essential. * Sales or telemarketing experience is preferred. * Confident and professional telephone manner. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills. * Strong relationship-building and listening skills. * Professional, friendly and client-focused approach. * Good organisational and administrative skills. * Comfortable learning new systems and technology. * Able to work independently and manage a flexible workload from home. What We Offer * Ongoing freelance engagement. * Flexible working hours. * Fully remote working from home. * 20 hours per month with the potential for additional hours as client projects grow. * Opportunity to work across a variety of industries and client campaigns. * A supportive, collaborative team that values quality, professionalism and results. If you're a confident communicator with excellent customer service skills and enjoy speaking with people, we'd love to hear from you. Sales experience is advantageous, but we're equally interested in candidates who have a professional telephone manner, a positive attitude and a commitment to delivering an outstanding customer experience.

Backend Engineer for Startup Team — Full-Time Level Commitment

Project Description: We are a startup looking for a Backend Engineer to join our team and help build our product. This role is not for someone who is only looking for small freelance tasks. We need a serious backend engineer who can work with the responsibility, communication, and technical discipline expected from a full-time team member. You will be involved in backend architecture, API development, database design, integrations, debugging, performance improvements, and product-related technical decisions. You should be able to understand business requirements, communicate clearly with customers, and deliver clean, reliable, production-ready backend work. Key Responsibilities: - Build and maintain backend APIs and services - Design and manage database structures - Implement authentication, authorization, and business logic - Integrate third-party APIs and services - Debug complex issues and solve root causes - Communicate professionally with customers and team members - Translate product and customer requirements into technical solutions - Maintain high standards for code quality, security, and reliability Required Qualities: - Strong backend engineering experience - Production-level coding ability - Excellent communication skills - Ability to speak with customers in a professional and clear way - Ownership mindset - Reliability and accountability - Startup mentality: practical, fast-moving, and problem-solving focused - Full-time employee-level working standard, even if the contract starts as remote or freelance Technical Skills: - Backend framework experience such as Node.js, NestJS, Express, Python, Django, FastAPI, or similar - Strong database experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Supabase, or similar - REST API design - Authentication and permission systems - Git and professional development workflow - Security and performance awareness Nice to Have: - SaaS product experience - Cloud experience with AWS, GCP, or similar - Docker or deployment experience - Stripe/payment integration experience - Experience working directly with startup founders or customers To apply, please send: - Your backend development background - Relevant production project examples - Your strongest backend stack - Your availability - Your rate or salary expectation

Freelance B2B SDR / Appointment Setter — UK & Nordics

We are looking for a freelance B2B SDR / Appointment Setter to help us open conversations with companies in the UK and Nordic markets. We sell nearshore software development, staff augmentation, DevOps, AI, cloud, and dedicated engineering pods from Europe and Latin America. Our ideal clients are companies that are scaling engineering teams, starting digital transformation, AI or cloud projects, or looking for a reliable nearshore technology partner. This is a remote freelance role with a strong performance-based model. You will be paid for qualified meetings booked, with an additional success bonus when a lead becomes a client. What you will do You will identify and reach out to potential B2B clients in the UK and Nordic markets, mainly technology, SaaS, fintech, banking, logistics, e-commerce, and enterprise companies. Your main responsibility will be to book qualified discovery meetings with decision-makers such as CTOs, VP Engineering, Heads of Product, Heads of AI, COO, Transformation Leaders, or other senior stakeholders responsible for technology delivery. You will use LinkedIn, email, and other outbound channels to start conversations, qualify interest, and schedule meetings for our sales team. Ideal client signals We are especially interested in companies that are: - Scaling software engineering teams - Opening new development centers - Starting AI, cloud, DevOps, or digital transformation projects - Raising Series B, Series C, or later funding - Hiring CTOs, VP Engineering, Head of AI, COO, or Transformation Leaders - Looking for nearshore software development or staff augmentation partners - Struggling to hire enough internal tech talent Requirements You should have experience in B2B outbound sales, appointment setting, lead generation, or SDR work. You need to be comfortable reaching out to senior business and technology decision-makers in English. Experience selling or generating leads for IT services, software development, staff augmentation, SaaS, recruitment, outsourcing, or consulting will be a strong advantage. You should be independent, organized, and able to work remotely without micromanagement. Compensation This is a freelance / performance-based role. You will receive payment for each qualified meeting booked and accepted by our team. There will also be an additional bonus for signed clients generated from your meetings. Exact rates will be discussed depending on your experience, market knowledge, and expected meeting quality. This role is a good fit if you: - Have experience generating B2B meetings - Know how to use LinkedIn and email for outbound sales - Understand how to speak with senior decision-makers - Prefer flexible remote freelance work - Are motivated by performance-based earnings - Have experience with UK, Nordic, or European markets To apply, please send a short message with your experience, markets you have worked with, examples of B2B campaigns you have done, and your expected rate per qualified meeting.

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PR & Media Outreach Specialist Required for MAI Awards 2026

We are looking for an experienced UK PR and Media Outreach Specialist to build national awareness, credibility, and engagement for MAI Awards 2026. ## About MAI Awards 2026 MAI Awards 2026 is a nationwide campaign celebrating the people, businesses, craftsmanship, innovation, and rising talent behind the UK stone, worktop, kitchen, surface, and construction industries. We plan to travel across England and Wales, visiting fabricators, suppliers, workshops, showrooms, and industry professionals. The campaign will include interviews, factory visits, business stories, project case studies, videos, social media features, nominations, public voting, sponsor partnerships, and a final documentary. Our aim is to make MAI Awards 2026 a recognised national industry campaign. ## What We Want PR to Achieve We want PR to help us: * Build national awareness * Secure relevant UK media coverage * Increase nominations and public voting * Attract sponsors and industry partners * Increase website traffic and social media followers * Strengthen the credibility of MAI * Increase trader, fabricator, and supplier registrations * Generate genuine customer and business enquiries ## Target Media We are interested in: * National, regional, and local UK media * Construction and building publications * Stone, surface, kitchen, and bathroom media * Architecture and interior design publications * Manufacturing and engineering media * Business, technology, and AI publications * Trade magazines, podcasts, radio, and online news platforms ## Responsibilities The selected specialist will: * Develop a clear PR strategy * Identify relevant journalists, editors, podcasts, and publications * Build a targeted UK media database * Write press releases and personalised media pitches * Pitch award, founder, business, regional, and industry stories * Secure interviews, features, mentions, and media coverage * Create regional PR opportunities around business visits * Promote nominations and public voting * Create PR opportunities for sponsors * Identify podcast, radio, webinar, and speaking opportunities * Follow up with journalists and editors * Track outreach, responses, backlinks, and coverage * Provide regular reports and recommendations ## Possible Story Angles * MAI travelling across England and Wales to document the UK stone industry * The people behind Britain’s kitchens, worktops, and interiors * Family-run businesses and regional success stories * Rising stars, apprentices, and women in the industry * Innovation in fabrication, installation, and design * AI supporting the construction industry * Sustainability and responsible material use * Local businesses gaining national recognition ## Expected Deliverables Please explain what you can deliver each month, including: * PR strategy * Media database * Press releases * Personalised media pitches * National, trade, regional, podcast, and radio outreach * Journalist follow-ups * Coverage tracking * Monthly report Performance will be measured by: * Journalist responses * Interviews secured * Articles and features published * Trade and regional coverage * Podcast or radio appearances * Quality backlinks * Website traffic * Nominations and votes * Sponsor enquiries * New followers * Business registrations * Genuine customer enquiries ## When Applying, Please Include * Examples of successful PR campaigns * Media coverage you have secured * Experience with UK journalists and publications * Relevant experience in construction, manufacturing, interiors, technology, awards, or business PR * Your proposed strategy for MAI Awards 2026 * Your monthly deliverables and fee * Your expected timeline for securing initial coverage * How you measure PR performance * Any existing UK media relationships Please do not send a generic proposal. We are looking for a proactive PR partner who can generate genuine credibility, media coverage, nominations, followers, sponsor interest, website traffic, registrations, and enquiries. This is a long-term opportunity for the right freelancer who can demonstrate measurable results.

I have written a poem, I want videos played throughout.

I have just this evening written a poem, I still need to revise it slightly, but I would ideally love someone who could compile a 3:29 video with background music 'Sand Drawing - Judah Earl'. I have read it out loud with this song playing quietly in the background, I am no video editor, but with weeks of planning and software and time - which I do not have - I may be able to pull something off. Alas, I require the help of a professional. I have worked out roughly, each video needs to be 3-5 seconds long. I don't know whether it's easier to compile them all at 5 seconds and then shorten the clip to match the words? I have details below the scenes I would love to have based on the chronological order of the poem. The one caveat, is ideally I would love to make all the clips my own, using me, my friends and family. However, that will take much longer. Therefore, I thought, if I can pay someone to get the whole video created, with the text and timing done to a tee, then I could ideally work with you again to revise some if not all of the video clips and swap them out with my own. How does that sound? I don't know the price, might have to be an hourly basis. It would also be lovely if you have your own video footage, to make it personable, otherwise stock footage is fine. As I say, with potential revisions done later. Video Scene Order: 1- A man sat quietly on a bench in the background, looking somewhat sad, with hustle and bustle, crowds of people in the foreground passing by as he looks around. 2- A man or woman praying in a church, chapel, then looking out the stained glass window at the end. 3 - two friends hugging and talking 4 - A Mother and Father dancing or grandparents 5 - A man crying looking to the skies, cloudy grey skies, close up of the eyes, filled with sadness - this could be a couple of videos 6 - Sky scenes, clouds, rain, sunsets in the sky, birds flying, a few montage scenes 5-8 seconds 7 - Flying birds, like a murmuration of birds would be wonderful 8 - Crying person with great emotion, letting it all out, saying goodbye perhaps 9 - someone skimming with a stone, the stone disappears - farewell. another drop in the ocean so to speak. 10 - Traveller, explorer, filmed from behind, with a rugged backpack, climbing a hill, mountain, coast path, adventure themed, moving on, going forth with great strength. 11 - Young couple kissing, intimate, young love 12 - Older couple embracing, long lasting love 13 - Seasons Montage - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. - beautiful. 14 - Clocking spinning, turning, large railway clock, maybe a time lapse of people at times quare station flying by - hinting time flying by. 15 - Someone thinking, deep in thought, pondering questions, maybe sat somewhere quiet. 16 - Something to portray gladness and sadness - good times and bad times, laughter and difficult times. 17 - Workout video, a man or woman pushing through the pain, close up shot in their eyes lifting heavy weight or at the gym, showing power, strength and resilience. 18 - Heartbreak, someone alone by a tree, in a park, relationship ended, sad tears, something to show the world falling around them, maybe leaves falling from a tree as a secondary video. 19 - Clear, calm seas, a beautiful shot of calm waves and maybe a sunset or a whale breaching. 20 - Trees blowing in the wind, shot looking up through the trees. 21 - Moonlight, a breeze at night, a night time scene, maybe the night sky and a shooting star afterwards. 22 - Sunrise, the most beautiful sunrise shot, maybe even with someone in it, looking at the sun as it rises. 23 - A man - me eventually - sat in a meadow, a lovely field, an old English Oak Tree, a wooden field gate, something such as this, looking into the sunset, the shot filmed from behind, contemplating life and lost in thought. End Scene. Thanks p.s. I don't have bags of money, but this is so special to me, I want it to be the first video on my new Instagram account, dedicated to my film making and poetry, reigniting my old self.