MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – March 31, 2017 – Upwork, the world’s leading freelancing website, today announced a new premium level of freelancers: Upwork Rainmakers. Each freelancer brings unique skills and experience to clients, adding to the already elite talent available through Upwork.Among the Upwork Rainmakers already confirmed are Barack Obama (political consulting), Stephen King (ghost writing), Kim Kardashian (social media marketing) and Banksy (logo design).“The very best professionals are increasingly freelancers as people choose the freedom and flexibility of the freelance lifestyle. With today’s growth in freelancing, it was only a matter of time until leading professionals like Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, and Angela Merkel made the leap to independent work,” said Upwork CEO, Stephane Kasriel.The growing list of Upwork Rainmakers includes:
Barack Obama - political consulting
Banksy - logo design
Stephen King - ghost writing
Kim Kardashian - social media marketing
Warren Buffett - financial forecasting
Angela Merkel - German translation
Oprah Winfrey - lead generation
Beyoncé - voice actor
Tina Fey - script writing
Jim Harbaugh - recruiting specialist
Scott Boras - negotiation specialist
Cristiano Ronaldo - business goals
Yao Ming - business growth
Siri - language recognition
The Dude (from Big Lebowski) - virtual assistant
The Flash - Flash development
Mr. Clean - public relations
Wonder Woman – mobile development
Juan Valdez - Java development
Clark Kent - business pivoting
Incredible Hulk - web development
Paris Hilton - Shopify development
Matt Groening - Animation
Dalai Lama - Zendesk
Optimus Prime (from Transformers) - machine learning
Superman - Swift development
David Letterman - chat support
Richard Branson - cloud services
Marc Benioff - SalesforceEach Upwork Rainmaker will set his or her rate, depending upon the project and scope. They are available for contracts beginning on Saturday, April 1.
The Upwork community was informed of the new Upwork Rainmakers tier of freelancers through a blog post, as well as Upwork’s social media channels: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. People were also invited to submit nominations for professionals who should be included among Upwork Rainmakers. Those with the most promising suggestions have the opportunity to win Upwork-branded merchandise.
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Upwork is the world’s largest freelancing website. As an increasingly connected and independent workforce goes online, knowledge work —like software, shopping and content before it— is shifting online as well. This shift is making it easier for clients to connect and work with talent in near real-time and is freeing professionals everywhere from having to work at a set time and place.Freelancers are earning more than $1 billion annually via Upwork. Upwork is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., with offices in San Francisco and Oslo, Norway. For more information, visit our website at www.upwork.com, join us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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