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  • $45 hourly
    As a seasoned Digital Marketing Contractor with over five years of experience, I specialize in empowering small businesses and nonprofit organizations through strategic digital marketing and personalized content creation. My expertise includes social media campaigns, outreach coordination, newsletter creation, project management, and website design, all aimed at meeting your unique business objectives. I craft tailored digital marketing materials that resonate with your audience, helping you reach and engage customers effectively. My approach integrates creative design with targeted messaging to boost your online presence and foster meaningful connections. By understanding your brand's core values, I create marketing strategies that drive results and build strong customer relationships.
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    Website Content
    Social Media Marketing
    Image Editing
    SEO Strategy
    Copywriting
    Email & Newsletter
    Nonprofit Organization
    Social Media Content
    Community Engagement
    Marketing Management
    Digital Marketing
    Digital Marketing Management
    Content Strategy
    Web Design
  • $40 hourly
    Enjoying a broad base of experience this dynamic, sustainably focused business developer assists organizations to exceed their environmental and social governance goals. I specialize in conducting environmental management reviews, identifying energy efficiency and waste reduction strategies and managing energy accounts to improve the bottom line. Meantime I work to build executive consensus around those strategies perfectly aligned to your existing corporate mission and vision so they better inform top line planning. My two plus decades of experience in program management spans several fields including health care (specifically wound care and durable medical equipment), Real Estate (software implementation and property maintenance), CRM and Asset / Workplace Management, SaaS, Public Advocacy and Community Outreach, Policy, Waste Management, and Community Energy Aggregation.
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    Community Engagement
    Sales Management
    AIMS Chameleon
    Benchmarking
    Salesforce CRM
    Program Management
    Environment
    Project Management
    Climate Science
  • $60 hourly
    PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Class of 2021 Juris Doctor with a Concentration in Sustainability. Adept at applying strong analytical reasoning skills to complex legal issues. Highly competent at assisting in case preparation and appearing in court as well as skilled in legal research with experience researching caselaw, statutory schemes, and governmental hierarchy.
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    Environmental Law
    Legal Research
    Microsoft Excel
    Environment
    Law
    Legal Negotiation
    Civil Law
    Legal Consulting
    Microsoft Word
    Corporate Law
    Litigation
    Legal Drafting
    Legal
    Contract Law
  • $50 hourly
    I am a sustainability professional passionate about supporting efforts to build cross-sector connections for environmentally-minded companies and assisting with environmental communications strategy.
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    Data Cleaning
    Data Analysis
    Community Development
    Urban Planning
    Communication Strategy
    Communication Etiquette
    Communication Design
    Environment & Green Technology
    Professional Tone
  • $50 hourly
    As a dedicated GIS and CAD specialist, I bring a unique blend of skills in drafting, mapping, and designing visual data and imagery. My expertise lies in creating detailed charts and maps that effectively communicate complex information, making it accessible and actionable for clients. I am proficient in various coding languages, including Python, Visual Basic, and SQL, allowing me to develop interactive visualizations and streamline data processes. While I can handle basic graphic design tasks, my primary focus is on delivering high-quality GIS and CAD solutions rather than intensive graphic design projects. With a strong commitment to renewable energy and sustainable practices, I aim to contribute to projects that promote environmental stewardship and innovative solutions. Whether you need assistance with GIS analysis, CAD drafting, or data visualization, I am here to help you achieve your goals with precision and creativity.
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    Sustainable Energy
    General Office Skills
    General Availability
    Energy Engineering
    Energy
    Environmental Engineering
    LEED Consulting
    Environment
    Chemistry
    GIS
    Agriculture & Mining
    Mining
    Geology
    Engineering & Architecture
  • $320 hourly
    Khalil Qasimi is a renewable energy finance and operations independent consultant specializing in helping organizations establish or enhance their renewable energy investment or financing practices. Khalil comes with 20 years of experience in the energy and renewable energy sector, with deep knowledge and expertise across a range of energy technologies and business models. He has had a successful career in all aspects of renewable energy finance, including: Corporate Finance: Khalil has five years of experience as the CFO or head of finance, overseeing FP&A, treasuries, tax, accounting, investor relations, and board presentations. Earlier in his career, he managed consolidation FP&A for Constellation Energy, a publicly traded company. Project Finance, Transaction Structuring & M&A: At The Efficiency Network (TEN), Constellation Energy, Exelon, and Empower Energies, Khalil initially led or oversaw over $2 billion of transactions. His involvement ranged from day-to-day activities of modeling, investor approvals, structuring, due diligence, and negotiations to oversight and transaction approvals for various types of renewable energy projects, including solar, battery storage, fuel cells, energy efficiency, demand/load response, EV charging, etc. Fundraising: Khalil led multiple tax equity, cash equity, corporate finance, and debt fundraises, successfully closing over $200 million of financing. He has an in-depth understanding of the fundraising processes, terms, negotiation tactics, players, and market dynamics. Leadership & Change Management: As the CFO at TEN and SVP, Head of Finance at Empower, Khalil established, transformed, or upgraded significant volumes of processes, practices, and systems across various aspects of project finance and corporate finance. He holds an AB in Economics from the University of Chicago and an MBA and MS in Finance from the University of Maryland Smith School of Business. He recently decided to become an independent consultant to pursue a more flexible lifestyle and focus on spending time with his family.
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    Strategy
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Solar Energy
    Budgeting & Forecasting Software
    Financial Modeling
  • $65 hourly
    Elena is a recognized leader in business management and strategy consulting. She has consulted for start-ups, small businesses, and large corporations across a range of services. Start-ups and small businesses: she specializes in growth strategies, business plan development, financial planning & analysis management, and sustainability Large corporations: she has experience across M&A, Operating Model Design, Value Case Development, and Sustainability. Elena is still driven by her entrepreneurial spirit and currently owns a Real-Estate Investment LLC. The goal of BJK Parity LLC is to invest in a portfolio of residential and commercial investment properties and apply sustainable principles to develop each property further. She and her business partner currently own and manage a portfolio with ~$3M assets. Elena was named as a Rising Star Women of Business Consulting & Services in 2024.
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    Business Analysis
    Microsoft Excel
    RFP Writing
    Writing
    Market Analysis
    Presentation Design
    Management Consulting
    Analytical Presentation
  • $100 hourly
    Professional Summary A dedicated sustainability manager with a sustainability and management focused MBA, over 7 years of experience working in highly matrixed global organizations driving various sustainability initiatives, strategy, stakeholder engagement, program management, and risk mitigation. I excel in integrating sustainability into core business processes, building lasting relationships with key decision-makers, team members, and external stakeholders and crafting materials that effectively communicate findings, insights, and recommendations. I am passionate about leveraging my experiences and skills, emotional intelligence, influence, excellent interpersonal skills, and ambition to lead impactful change.
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    Program Management
    Project Management
  • $5 hourly
    I'm a bioengineering student with wet lab, computational, and electrical experience. I'm also available for a lot of remote tasks, can meet deadlines, and am open to gaining more software experience. So far, I've: - Researched and presented alternative methods for forest fire prevention - Compiled and organized state water boundary data - Professionally written emails to government and local authority for academic inquisition - Built circuits of varying tasks - Analyzed and displayed data with Microsoft apps and MATLAB
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    Data Analysis
    Electrical Engineering
    MATLAB
    Research Methods
    Python
    Analytical Presentation
    HTML
    Swift
    Microsoft Excel
    Biology
    Cellular Biology
    Molecular Biology
  • $20 hourly
    I am a donation manager at a nonprofit healthcare association and have years of experience in data entry, database management, accounts payable, and more. If you're looking for someone with an eye for detail, accuracy, and accountability to help with data entry projects, I am here to help.
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    Nonprofit
    Typing
    LinkedIn
    Invoicing
    Accounts Payable
    Microsoft Office
    Google Docs
    Google Sheets
    Data Entry
  • $60 hourly
    I am a sustainability professional with experience in energy, water, and waste benchmarking and programming across real estate classes with a focus on senior and student housing and healthcare. I work with both building owners and operators or tenants to best integrate sustainability across such relationships and identifying financial solutions to various split incentives between them.
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    Energy
    Building Energy Certification
    LEED Consulting
    Underwriting
    Financial Modeling
    Six Sigma
    Continuous Improvement
    Water
    Energy & Utilities
    Waste Management & Remediation
    Benchmarking
  • $25 hourly
    I'm a sustainability analyst, with many years of experience working in climate analytics and consulting. I'm also a skilled writer, and am currently wrapping up my first novel. - Copywriting, technical writing, and creative writing - Especially knowledgeable about climate change and sustainability issues - Experience in consulting and project management
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    Business Consulting
    Communications
    Project Management
    Research & Strategy
    Data Visualization
    Creative Writing
    Climate Science
    Data Analytics
    Content Writing
    Professional Tone
    Business Writing
    Proofreading
    Academic Editing
    Writing
  • $25 hourly
    Christen is a third-generation entrepreneur with a passion for innovation, renewable energy, sustainability, and design. She has a background in Telecommunications and Smart City Technology with a focus on intelligent ecosystems that impact humanity and the environment. She has experience in creating education programs for universities focused on raising awareness of local issues and creating strategies for community-led solutions. She has conducted research for the California Public Utility Commission on water conservation and consulted the City of Aurora on their latest Sustainability Plan. Her focus is on utilizing untraditional applications of technology and integrating biomimicry into the smart city industry. She currently serves as Director of Sustainability and lead Graphic Designer at Go Green LED, a certified Woman-owned smart city technology company and is the co-founder of Opalus Labs which consults sustainability-focused companies on branding, messaging and corporate social responsibility. She is a recent winner of the Global Women in Leadership Award from the Global Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
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    Social Media Design
    Logo Design
    Digital Marketing Materials
    Sustainable Design
    Corporate Social Responsibility
    Social Media Content
    Web Design
    Web Content Development
    Business Development
    Rebranding
    Branding
    Brand Identity
    Brand Consulting
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