North East Freelance Network

Freelance Directory

Browse our freelance directory to tap into local talent. All listings have been manually checked and vetted to ensure quality and relevance.

Carrie Brooks

Carrie Brooks

  • Content & Copywriting
  • Email
  • Organic Social Media
  • PR/Comms
  • Strategy & Planning

Passionate about helping charities communicate effectively, I offer 20 years experience in comms support, strategy and reviews, training and mentoring for impactful, budget-friendly results.

Ideal Client
Charity sector, needing help with comms on a limited budget.
Ideal Project
Comms support | Mentoring & Training | Strategy
Contract type

Hourly, Daily, Retainer, Project

Bryn Mordey

Bryn Mordey

  • Admin/Operations
  • Organic Social Media
  • Video Production
Contract type

Hourly

Emma Davies

Emma Davies

  • Business
  • Organic Social Media
  • SEO

A Freelancer and Founder specialising in website design and development, business strategy and digital marketing, with extensive experience helping businesses develop and grow their online presence.

Ideal Client
Small or start up businesses with ambitious founders
Ideal Project
Web Design | Social Media Management | SEO | Copy | Brand Identity
Contract type

Daily, Retainer

Helene Castel

Helene Castel

  • Business
  • Design
  • Email
  • Organic Social Media
  • Web Design & Development

Digital Alchemist ✨ Stay Visible with Done-for-You Email Marketing — Newsletters, Sequences & Lead Magnets | French Flair + British Wit | For Driven Business Owners

Ideal Client
Small business | Professional | Coach | Ready to scale
Ideal Project
Email marketing| Newsletter | Blog | Social media sheduling | Mailerlite | WordPress
Contract type

Retainer, Project

Gemma Ryan

Gemma Ryan

  • Creative Writing
  • Organic Social Media

Hi I'm Gemma Ryan, I am a copywriter, content creator and blogger focusing on all things mental health and wellbeing.

Contract type

Project

Lindsay Razaq

Lindsay Razaq

  • Organic Social Media

Writer and editor with 15 years of media experience, including London Evening Standard, BBC and The Aberdeen Press and Journal. Creative and reliable, with an eye for detail.

Contract type

Hourly, Daily, Retainer

Chloe Hall

Chloe Hall

  • Email
  • Organic Social Media
  • Paid Social Media
  • Policy
  • Product Marketing

Award-winning marketing consultant, with 10 years' experience working with big names like Lindt, Crew Clothing, Gü Puds and more.

Ideal Client
Focused on growth and results not just TikTok viral videos
Ideal Project
Targeting new markets, launching new product/service, brand reputation
Contract type

Daily, Retainer

Helen Johnson

Helen Johnson

  • Organic Social Media
  • Paid Social Media

Straight-talking Digital Marketing Strategist helping design-led, e-commerce brands grow

Ideal Client
Online retailers selling design-led products
Ideal Project
Pinterest (organic and Ads) or Meta Ads Management
Contract type

Hourly, Retainer

Lauren Archer Etherington

Lauren Archer Etherington

  • Business
  • Events
  • Leadership
  • Organic Social Media
  • PR/Comms

Delivering strategic Brand Marketing and PR services to independent Agencies in the UK, helping agency founders and their teams reach the scale of their ambitions and become businesses that people want to work for and with

Ideal Client
– UK-based independent Agencies delivering digital, development, creative, brand, comms, etc. – Current turnover circa £1m, aiming to reach £2m-£3m within the next few years. – Struggling to manage their own Marketing/Strategy/Comms as client work always takes priority. – Needs an experienced pair of hands to handle all aspects of their Agency's marketing and ensure consistent delivery to boost growth, improve profile and create a brand people want to work with and for.
Ideal Project
– Initial 6-month project, with Strategy covered in Month 1, followed by 5 months of delivery of the strategy/plan. If the client wishes to continue after this, they move to monthly rolling. – Monthly budget circa £1200-£2400 depending on the level of support required.
Contract type

Retainer

  • Content & Copywriting
  • Design
  • Organic Social Media

Marketing freelancer with an eye for detail and fondness for creativity. Experience in B2C & B2B roles. Social media, blog content, design, proofreading, web copy… you name it, I’ve probably done it!

Ideal Client
Smaller businesses, start-ups or other freelancers
Ideal Project
Designing branded materials to showcase your business.
Contract type

Hourly

Scott Goodacre

Scott Goodacre

  • Brand & Product
  • Business
  • Content & Copywriting
  • Organic Social Media
  • Paid Social Media
  • PPC
  • Product Marketing
  • SEO
  • Strategy & Planning
  • Web Design & Development
  • Other

I'm a freelance marketing consultant and teacher. I deliver CIM professional qualifications and provide 1:1 coaching, often on government-funded programmes. I also build websites and run ad campaigns for clients.

Ideal Client
Small businesses looking to grow.
Ideal Project
Building a business’s first website and coaching them to make the most of their marketing channels.
Contract type

Hourly, Daily, Retainer, Project

Dave Head

Dave Head

  • Business
  • Data & Analytics
  • Design
  • Email
  • Organic Social Media
  • Paid Social Media
  • Photography
  • PPC
  • Product Marketing
  • SEO
  • Video Production
  • Web Design & Development

We’re Northern Designers, a creative agency located in the heart of the North East. We pride ourselves on delivering unique and professional solutions in web design, digital marketing, and photography.

Ideal Client
Small to Medium-Sized Businesses, E-commerce Businesses, Startups, Freelancers.
Contract type

Hourly, Daily, Retainer, Project

Alex Robertson

Alex Robertson

  • Content & Copywriting
  • Creative Writing
  • Data & Analytics
  • Email
  • Events
  • Organic Social Media
  • PR/Comms
  • Product Marketing

A freelance marketer and marketing consultant with a focus on copywriting, creating engaging content, and strategy.

Ideal Client
Small to medium-sized businesses looking to update or enhance their marketing strategy.
Ideal Project
I love any project relating to copywriting, PR, or creating written content.
Contract type

Hourly, Daily

Nat River

Nat River

  • Brand & Product
  • Design
  • Email
  • Organic Social Media
  • Web Design & Development

I’m a creative designer with 20+ years of experience. I work closely with clients to uncover what makes their brand tick, turning ideas into engaging visuals for digital, print, and social.

Ideal Client
I love working with a wide range of clients from small start ups to large established brands.
Ideal Project
Branding | Web design | Illustration | Print Design | Socials.
Contract type

Hourly, Daily, Retainer, Project

Michael Harland

Michael Harland

  • Admin/Operations
  • Business
  • Content & Copywriting
  • Organic Social Media
  • Paid Social Media
  • Product Marketing

Virtual Assistant & Business Support Administrative Tasks | Email & Diary Management | Social Media Scheduling | Content Creation & Marketing

Ideal Client
Small Businesses. Creative industries. Social Media Driven
Ideal Project
Retainer or Ongoing Monthly Hours
Contract type

Hourly, Daily, Retainer

Mark Maddison

  • Admin/Operations
  • Brand & Product
  • Business
  • Content & Copywriting
  • Creative Writing
  • Design
  • Events
  • Leadership
  • Organic Social Media
  • Paid Social Media
  • Policy
  • PR/Comms
  • Project Management
  • Strategy & Planning
  • Web Design & Development
  • Other

I’m a lived experience and digital accessibility specialist based in the North East. I help organisations, creatives, and teams make their digital spaces and communications more accessible for people with sight loss. Alongside my freelance work, I’m the founder of Vision for Access CIC, a social enterprise focused on accessibility training and inclusion projects. I offer speaking, consultancy, and mentoring that bring real-world insight to digital inclusion.

Ideal Client
Organisations and creatives committed to improving digital accessibility.
Ideal Project
A project that raises awareness, improves accessibility, or embeds inclusion through practical action and lived experience insight.
Contract type

Hourly, Retainer, Project

Abigail Dodwell

Abigail Dodwell

  • Business
  • Content & Copywriting
  • Design
  • Organic Social Media
  • Product Marketing
  • Strategy & Planning
  • Video Production
  • Web Design & Development

A thought leadership specialist who works with brands that are tired of sounding like everyone else. The ones who know they’ve got something to say, but need the strategy, content and brand positioning to make people actually listen. I can support with all marketing activity that allows you demonstrate expertise, so you can show your value not just shout about it.

Ideal Client
B2b brands who are regularly coming up against 'big players' in their industry and are struggling to identify how best to stand out.
Ideal Project
A project starting with a strategic phase where we define your optimal brand position. This then moves into marketing strategy where we make a clear plan showing how this new position can be implemented. Then a retainer model moving forward where I can support with the delivery of this strategy where needed. Overall this tends to be a minimum of 6 months.
Contract type

Daily, Project

Jodie Beardmore

Jodie Beardmore

  • Content & Copywriting
  • Creative Writing
  • Email
  • Organic Social Media
  • Paid Social Media
  • Photography

Shutter and Strategy blends award-winning photography with 7+ years in digital marketing. From captivating portraits and visuals to campaign planning, email automation, social content, and paid ads, helping businesses grow and stand out.

Ideal Client
My ideal client is a small-to-mid sized creative or experience-led business in the North East that values high-quality visuals and wants strategic marketing support but lacks the time, in-house skill, or headspace to do it themselves.
Ideal Project
Open to working in any sector.
Contract type

Hourly, Daily