Clay Data Enrichment Specialist - Inc. 5000 Executive Contact Build

Clay Data Enrichment Specialist - Inc. 5000 Executive Contact Build We are looking for an experienced Clay user to build and run a one-time data enrichment workflow covering the Inc. 5000. The objective is to create a clean, enriched prospect database of all 5,000 companies and approximately 3-5 relevant senior executives per company. We expect approximately 15,000-25,000 total contact records. Scope: - Source and import the current Inc. 5000 company list - Clean and validate company names, websites/domains, industries, locations, employee counts, and other available company data - Build and execute the entire workflow using your own Clay license - Identify approximately 3-5 relevant senior executives per company - Target relevant C-suite and senior decision-makers, primarily across finance and operations, including CFOs, COOs, CEOs, and other appropriate executives - Enrich contacts with name, current title, company, LinkedIn URL, and verified business email - No mobile phone numbers are required for the initial project - Deduplicate and QA the final dataset - Deliver the completed data in a clean, structured format We expect the contractor to already be highly proficient with Clay, Claygent, OpenAI API integrations, enrichment waterfalls, contact finding, email verification, and third-party data providers. You must design the most cost-efficient and accurate enrichment waterfall using the appropriate combination of: - OpenAI API key - Clay credits - Claygent - Third-party company and contact data providers - Email enrichment and verification providers We care about both accuracy and cost efficiency. The objective is not simply to run every available enrichment provider against every record. Milestones: - Milestone 1: $50 for the first 250 companies and all relevant contacts - We expect approximately 3-5 relevant contacts per company - We will review data quality, coverage, accuracy, email match rates, and the methodology before proceeding - Milestone 2: $250 for the remaining 4,750 companies and all relevant contacts - Total project budget: $300 - Expected final output: approximately 15,000-25,000 contact records across 5,000 companies When applying, please briefly provide: - Your experience building large-scale Clay enrichment workflows - Examples of similar company/contact datasets you have enriched - The enrichment waterfall and data providers you would consider for this project - Your estimated data and credit cost for approximately 15,000-25,000 contact records - How you would minimize cost while maintaining high accuracy and email coverage - Your expected turnaround time - Confirmation that the work will be completed using your own Clay license We are currently requesting business email addresses only. However, as part of your proposal, please also estimate the incremental cost of adding: - Mobile phone numbers - Personal email addresses - Other personal/contact data that could be useful for identity matching or enrichment IMPORTANT: - This is a Clay automation and data enrichment project. Any applicant who proposes manual research or manual contact building for this project will be disqualified. - The entire project must be completed through Clay using your Clay license, not ours. - Do not contact us outside of Upwork regarding this project. - Any applicant who contacts us through WhatsApp, text message, LinkedIn, email, or any other external channel will be immediately disqualified and blocked. - All communication regarding this project must remain on Upwork. We are specifically looking for someone who already knows how to architect an efficient Clay workflow at this scale. This is not a project for someone learning Clay or planning to assemble the dataset manually.