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Zoe W.
Capalaba, QLD
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$111/hr
Est. hourly rate $58–$164/hr
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Based elsewhere in Australia, working with Brisbane businesses remotely.
Abigail C.
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Sydney, NSW 15+ yrs
I am a Bilingual Digital Marketing Freelancer with over 15 years of international experience in six different countries, Australia, the UK, the US, Canada, France and Spain. The opportunity to work in different countries has made me adapt extremely well to different company cultures and teams. Also, I am straightforward and honest, hard-working, highly motivated and extremely well organized with strong analytical and technical skills. Brands I have work with: Louis Vuitton, Accor Hotels (Sofitel, Novotel and Ibis), Marie Claire, Women's Health, Tigerlily... PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: ➢ Multi-channels campaigns (Paid Search, Facebook, LinkedIn, Display, Video): 84% increase in sales and 325% increase in the number of leads with a subsequent 10% lower CPA YoY. ➢ Paid Search: 98% increase in sales with a subsequent 16% lower CPA YoY. ➢ Paid Social: 453% increase in sales with a subsequent 44% lower CPA YoY. ➢ Programmatic Display: 42% increase in sales with a subsequent 49% lower CPA YoY.
Sarah M.
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Melbourne, VIC 19+ yrs
I am a digital marketing consultant that partners with small and medium businesses to plan, run and optimise their marketing so they can grow with confidence. I act as your embedded marketing teammate – not a distant agency – helping you turn ideas into clear strategies, campaigns and results. From go-to-market planning and media buying to always-on optimisation, reporting and eMarketing, we cover the full digital journey so you don’t have to juggle multiple providers. Services include: - Digital and marketing strategy - Go-to-market plans and campaign development - Media buying and campaign management - Performance reporting and analytics - CRM and eMarketing
Dee R.
Sydney, NSW 8+ yrs
8+ years digital marketing experience - SEO, SEM, social strategy & content, lead gen, AI readiness & automation
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Community management is the conversation side of social: replying to comments and DMs, moderating your groups and channels, sparking discussion, handling complaints before they grow, and flagging feedback or issues that need your attention. It is different from content creation; some freelancers do both, but agree which side the gig covers before it starts.
If you get a handful of comments a week, probably not yet; reply yourself. It starts paying for itself when messages go unanswered for days, when a Facebook group needs daily moderation, or when DMs are actually enquiries you are losing. A fast, human reply is one of the cheapest conversion tools a small business has.
Agree a response window as part of the gig. A common setup for a small business is two check-ins a day on weekdays, with anything urgent escalated to you straight away. 24/7 coverage exists but costs accordingly, and most local businesses do not need it. What matters is that no enquiry sits unanswered for days.
Expect the first few weeks to be setup: a short tone guide, saved replies for your most common questions, house rules for moderation, and an escalation list (what they handle, what comes to you). A good community manager drafts replies for your sign off early on, then earns the trust to reply directly within the agreed rules.
Yes, and at small scale you should, because nobody knows your business like you. The tools are free: Meta Business Suite collects Facebook and Instagram comments and DMs in one inbox, and saved replies cover the repeat questions. The handover point is volume; when replying properly starts eating an hour or more a day, a freelancer keeps the response times you built your reputation on.
With a plan you agree up front. Standard practice: acknowledge publicly and fast, move the detail to DMs, never argue in the comments, and escalate anything legal, safety-related or heated to you immediately. Genuine criticism gets a straight answer; trolling gets moderated under your house rules. Ask any candidate how they handled their worst comment thread; the answer tells you plenty.
Access to your inboxes through the proper channels (Meta Business Suite roles, never your personal password), a list of your ten most common questions with your preferred answers, your refund and complaints policy, and a clear line on what they can resolve versus what must come to you. The better this pack, the faster they sound like you.
There is no single going rate in Brisbane because cost tracks volume: how many channels, how many messages a day, and what hours you need covered. Many businesses buy it bundled into a full social media management retainer, which typically runs $1,000 to $2,500 a month. For standalone community management, post the gig with your channels and rough daily volume and let local freelancers bid; a few hours a week costs far less than daily multi-channel coverage.
Hourly rates run about $58 to $164. Most community work sits at $58 to $123, and unlike other social gigs the cost driver is coverage rather than seniority: how many channels, how many messages a day, and what hours you need someone reachable. Above $123 you're paying for head-of-social level input, which is worth buying briefly to set escalation rules and tone, then handing the daily running to someone cheaper. Response time is the thing to agree up front, because it changes the price more than anything else.
Pick someone who can match your voice and stay calm in tricky moments. Ask how they handle complaints and escalations, and for examples of communities they have actually run in or near your industry. Read their reviews on Unjumble for reliability and response times, because in this gig showing up every day is the whole job.
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