Freelance and Contract Recruitment
Scale talent the right way to get bigger faster — and also better.
We believe in the power of a flexible workforce—temporary Talent, contingent labour, the extended workforce, contractors, and freelancers—to help companies be more agile and responsive to changing business priorities and market conditions.
Our highly experienced Talent Agents source the freelance and contract marketing, creative and development Talent you need — whether you’re building out a new web experience, optimising your digital marketing campaigns, or creating your service design methodology.
Access valuable talent who have put their specialised marketing, creative and development skill sets to work for the world’s biggest brands with the most exacting needs.
Our areas of expertise
From Front End Development to Content Production, and UX Design to Digital Business Analysis and marketing, we’ve got the Talent to match the expertise you need, right when you need them.
CX, UX & Service Design
Job Functions:
- User Experience Design
- Design Leadership
- Conversational Design
- Information Architecture
- Prototyping
- Wireframing
- User Research
- Customer Experience Design
- Design Systems Development
- UX Writing
- Usability Testing
- Information Design
- Product Design
- UX Strategy
- Customer Journey Mapping
- Service Design
Creative & Design
Job Functions:
- Interaction Design
- Web Design
- App Design
- Videography
- Illustration
- Design Direction
- Creative Direction
- Motion Graphics
- Graphic Design
- UI Design
- Finished Art
- Art Direction
- Copywriting
- AR/VR Design
Development & Production
Job Functions:
- Studio/Traffic Management
- Digital Production
- Scrum & Coaching
- Native App Development
- UI Development
- Full Stack Development
- Digital Project Management
- Product Management
- AR/VR Development
- DevOps
- Back End Development
- Front End Development
Marketing & Communications
Job Functions:
- eCommerce
- Content Production
- Digital Marketing
- Marketing Automation
- Agency Account Management
- PR Agency Account Management
- SEO / SEM
- Loyalty & CRM
- Social Media Marketing
- Content Marketing
- Marketing Technology
- Marketing Strategy
- Media Planning
- Change Management
- Corporate Communications
- Brand Management
Data & Analytics
Job Functions:
- Data Engineering
- Business Intelligence
- Data Visualisation
- Data Architecture
- Data Science
- Digital Business Analytics
- Customer Insights
- Machine Learning Engineering
- Database Administration
- Data Modelling
- Data Analytics
- Conversion Rate Optimisation
- Marketing Optimisation
Why hire freelance and contract talent
Consultative approach
For all freelance and contract requirements, we assign a dedicated, experienced Talent Agent to provide you with a focused, highly personalised, ongoing service — during, and beyond the assignment.
Targeted strategy
We ensure that we understand your marketing and strategic objectives, the impact the role will have on your business, and collaborate with you on a plan for long term success.
Talent on demand
Our deep Talent pool, of pre-screened, pre-assessed and ready to work Talent gives you immediate access to the top Talent with the skills you require to deliver projects on time and on budget, every time.
Bespoke screening
Tailored to your needs, our behavioural, competency and technical-based screening processes mean we supply the Talent who meet your exact requirements.
Flexible working arrangements
Our extensive Talent pool means we can supply Talent who are able to work to your specific requirements —from part-time, short term and remote; to full-time, long term and onsite — we have the Talent who can help.
Compliance & onboarding
We ensure talent compliance with background screenings and any specific onboarding requirements you may need.
Check-in & align
Our regular and systematic quality checks with hiring managers and Talent, guarantees client and Talent alignment and successful outcomes.
Aquent's time choice
When freelance and contract talent require non-hourly rates, Aquent’s Time Choice option enables you to pay them daily or weekly.
Secure your creative
If you need Aquent to supply equipment for Talent on freelance or contract assignments, we ensure your creative deliverables are always protected with Aquent Secure Creative, our SOC 2® Type 2 environment.
