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Join our network of salespeople, designers, and engineers. We’re looking for people who care about their work, communicate clearly, and understand the business behind a project.

Our current opportunities are independent contractor engagements: commission-only sales and paid project work in design and engineering.

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Current opportunities

Our immediate focus is selling and delivering websites. We’re meeting people for the opportunities below, with broader software work considered as suitable projects arise.

Business Development Representative - Websites

Independent contractor · Commission only

Find businesses that need a new or better website and manage the sale from first contact to a signed project. The work includes prospecting, cold calling, qualification, follow-up, and closing.

Commission only, with no base salary or hourly payment. You earn an agreed percentage of eligible revenue from website projects you close. The rate, qualifying sales, and payment timing are agreed in writing before you begin.

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What you’ll do

  • Identify and approach prospective clients.
  • Understand their needs and explain the relevant website service.
  • Follow up with prospects and guide suitable opportunities through to a signed project.
  • Coordinate scope and pricing with the studio, and hand over clear client requirements.

What we’re looking for

  • Confidence starting conversations and making outbound calls.
  • Evidence that you can qualify opportunities, follow through, and close sales.
  • Clear communication and accurate records of your pipeline.
  • Sound judgement about what to promise a client.

Web & Product Designer

Independent contractor · Paid per project

Turn a business brief into clear page structures and considered visual design. Initial work focuses on websites, with product interface work as suitable projects arise.

Scope, deliverables, fees, and payment milestones are agreed before each project begins. We’re building a contractor network; assignments depend on suitable client work, and ongoing work is not guaranteed.

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What you’ll do

  • Translate client needs into page structures, wireframes, and visual concepts.
  • Design clear, responsive layouts with strong typography and visual hierarchy.
  • Refine designs against an agreed brief and feedback process.
  • Prepare clear design handovers and work closely with the developers building the site.

What we’re looking for

  • A portfolio showing strong visual judgement and attention to detail.
  • The ability to explain how your design serves the business and its audience.
  • Practical understanding of responsive design and accessibility.
  • Reliable communication and the ability to work within an agreed scope.

Software Engineer - Web & Applications

Independent contractor · Paid per project

Build, test, and launch websites from agreed designs. As suitable projects arise, the work may also include applications, integrations, and automation.

Scope, deliverables, fees, and payment milestones are agreed before each project begins. We’re building a contractor network; assignments depend on suitable client work, and ongoing work is not guaranteed.

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What you’ll do

  • Turn agreed designs and requirements into working websites.
  • Implement responsive interfaces, forms, and integrations appropriate to the project.
  • Test the work, resolve defects, and prepare it for deployment and handover.
  • Keep the team informed about progress, open questions, and anything that affects scope.

What we’re looking for

  • Examples of websites or applications you have shipped, with your contribution explained.
  • Strong web fundamentals and attention to accessibility, performance, and maintainability.
  • Good judgement in using development tools, including AI, and responsibility for the quality of your work.
  • The ability to deliver an agreed outcome and explain technical decisions clearly.

Future opportunities

We’re also interested in meeting engineers for future custom software projects. The role below is open for expressions of interest.

Forward Deployed Engineer

Expressions of interest · Future engagements

Work directly with a business to understand an operational problem and build software to address it. Stay involved through testing, deployment, and adoption by the people who will use it.

We’re building connections for future custom software engagements. There is no immediate assignment for this role. Scope, availability, and paid engagement terms would be discussed for a specific project.

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What the work would involve

  • Speak with the people doing the work and understand their processes.
  • Assess where software could help and what is worth building.
  • Prototype and deliver tools, integrations, or automation that address the agreed problem.
  • Work with users through testing, deployment, adoption, and handover.

What we’d look for

  • The engineering range to take a project from an initial idea to working software.
  • Commercial judgement and comfort working with incomplete requirements.
  • Clear communication with people who do not have a technical background.
  • Examples of software you have delivered to solve a business problem, with a clear account of the result.

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