Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board Week 3, August 2013

Looking for a new client? The FreelanceSwitch job board is a great resource of freelance gigs and opportunities. These opportunities are in various fields, from development to writing to design, and come from a wide range of potential clients. The job board is hand-moderated by dedicated staff and volunteers from the freelance community.

Each week, we’ll feature a selection of the best job opportunities posted for the week. This week, we’re featuring jobs in Layout Design, System Administration, PR Writing and more!

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Layout Designer

Budget: $1,000 to $2,500

Project-based independent contractor: $1,800-$2,500 based on experience.

WHYY is searching for a layout designer with experience in newspaper/newsletter design to bring a print edition of the NewsWorks website to life. The one-off print edition is a content-based marketing tool fine-tuned to sample the smart, local content of the NewsWorks website to tens of thousands of people in the Philly region and convert them into regular NewsWorks website users.

Project Scope
To design and execute an 8-page print newspaper for one-time use in collaboration with WHYYs marketing department.

Throughout September: Mock-up a frame design based on content and marketing needs. Discuss print specifications and assist in evaluating print bids. Refine frame design with feedback from WHYY team, including the Design Manager and Marketing Manager

October 2-9 (estimated): Input final content/images into design, making final adjustments under direction of Design Manager and Marketing Manager. Package final version for printer.

The project will last from September to October, with multiple and important deadlines the first two weeks of October. Candidate MUST be available to work regularly/intensely October 4- October 11 as we approach press time.

Learn more & apply!

Experienced System Administrator (Telecommute From Europe – Full Time Job)

Budget: $2,500 to $5,000

Hulkshare.com – The fastest growing social media of music artists is looking for a System Administrator . You can work from your home office and be part of a multinational development team. Required Qualifications:

• Linux, Lighttpd, MySQL.
• TCP/IP networks, Load balancing and software firewalls.
• Understanding of network protocols such as DNS, FTP, HTTP, SMB, NFS
• Strong Scripting ability with perl / shell scripts / awk.
• Experience in Web Servers / Web Sites
• Experience in a Production Environment
• Experience with PHP and MySQL required.
• Experience with Fedora and CentOs – an advantage.
• Experience with Zenoss and SMS alerting – an advantage
• High learning capabilities

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Freelance writer / PR intern

Budget: $5,000 to $10,000

We are looking for an energetic, creative and proactive person with a passion for writing and communications to join us as a paid intern/part-time contractor. The position requires a flexible schedule and will work for home. Most communication will be by email and phone, physical location is not important for this position. Successful candidates will be detail oriented, regularly meets deadlines and takes direction well. Ideal candidates are interested in general business, health/health care and the nonprofit sector. Excellent writing skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to planning, writing and development of various brand marketing strategies for clients
• Write copy for article, web content, tweets, blog posts and emails for client projects
• Copy editing/proofing
• Develop media lists, write press release and outreach to media
• Research trends relevant to a brand
• Assist senior brand marketing executive with administrative tasks and client communications
• Monitor success of marketing activities and put together reports in Excel

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Part Time Developer

Budget: $5,000 to $10,000

The part time developer will work closely with the web developer to keep our website updated.Responsibilities:Basic front end for all projects – html, css and basic javascript/jquery
Basic web maintenance (most of this translates to find and fix things like the slider and make our website faster!):
Updating codes and plugins, and testing them on the development site.
Reporting back if updating plugins breaks anything on our website, and informing me if it is more than a basic fix.

• Crawling the site for code breaks
• Crawling the site for broken links
• Crawling the site for unnecessary redirects
• Making sure that the libraries and scripts we use are up to date
• Monitoring server usage
• Finding and removing unused code
• Set up & monitor cache
• Setting up and monitoring a bug tracking system
• Setting up a version control system **IMPORTANT**
• Training people on how to update their parts of the site that do not require code.

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Front-End Web Developer

Budget: $5,000 to $10,000

HOWDY PARTNER:
Are you a Front-End Developer who’s also entrepreneurial minded? Do you want to be apart of a small team working on big ideas? Do you believe in grassroot gigs and kick-starter campaigns? Are you a roll up your sleeves, take an espresso to the face, and get shit done kind of individual? Do you have great ideas and strong opinions? Do you long to live by Tim Ferris’ 4-Hour Work Week mantra but still think of this as a far away island? Us too…that’s why we need this missing this piece to our puzzle…the missing member of our “rock-band”…the missing topping on this ridiculously delicious pizza pie that’s right in front of our face. This is why we need you and your mad scientist skillz.

ABOUT US:
We are serial entrepreneurs with a proven track-record of success. We recently sold our first software company in Dallas, Texas which hasprompted our exciting move to the Denver area. We have a handful of projects in the works and are looking to form a Joint Venture / Equity / Profit Sharing kind of relationship with the perfect candidate.

YOUR ROLE IN THIS BAND:
We’ve got the design and back-end covered. We just need a skilled Front-End Developer to take the designs/wireframes and make them responsive, in clean semantic markup. Bootstrap base is preferred with lots of jQuery fun. Lazy loading images, custom sliders, drag and drop, ajax, etc. Must come armed with portfolio, references, and an eager to jump in and get started kind of energy because this party is in GO-LIVE mode!

Learn more & apply!