Customer Stories

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Distributing a million smiles a day

Solving customer issues faster and motivating teams

Building a 100% distributed company

On-demand image editing for the world

An international approach to hiring engineers

Bootstrapping a start-up with freelance talent

Getting more done with a flexible, global workforce

Working with Fortune 500 companies as an industrial designer

Building the right skills to grow a video production business

A data scientist working with clients around the world

Freelance designer on balancing family and career

An architect shaping her future

Building an award-winning mobile dev agency

Digital marketer on uprooting and building a digital agency

Moving out of poverty one lead at a time

Why clients and their freelancers love Upwork

“We can hire engineers who code in different languages than we write internally. Our Pro is one of the best hires we've made.”
Jason Smale
Head of Product Strategy, Zendesk

“I attribute our success building and scaling our startup to Upwork. It’s how we recruit new people, manage payments and track deadlines.”
Erik Allebest
CEO & Founder, Chess.com

“Upwork has allowed me to build a great distributed team and run a SaaS platform successfully.”
Holly Cardew
Pixc CEO & Founder

“Upwork is my primary way of landing clients and growing my business.”
Nikita T.
Freelance iOS and OSX developer

“When I found Upwork I thought it was too good to be true... One of the best things about Upwork is that I can take it with me... I Upwork because Upwork worked for me!”
Shari C.
Freelance Instructional Designer

“I feel so lucky to be working on Upwork — it’s where I plan to retire. If you have any reservations, I encourage you to jump in!”
Froi D.
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