Shazil M.
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Southbank, VIC 10+ yrs
Creative Designer specialising in brand design, product design and digital experiences.
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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
Damini K.
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Bundoora, VIC 5+ yrs
"Performance marketer specializing in Meta & Google ads for D2C brands, services, and physical businesses. I build conversion-focused campaigns (not vanity metrics) and create high-performing Reel scripts. D2C founder with hands-on experience scaling across product, service, and local businesses. Available for strategy, creative direction, audits, and campaign optimization. Australian-based."
Luke M.
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Hampton East, VIC 13+ yrs
Pawan T.
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Clayton, VIC
Start as a photographer and within years build a career in design, with more nieche into social media design, branding and digital marketing.
Katie P.
Melbourne, VIC 7+ yrs
I'm Katie, a growth marketing specialist with nearly seven years of experience across agency, freelance, and in-house environments. I work with businesses across a wide range of industries, including eCommerce, real estate, trades, healthcare, SaaS, and professional services. My core strengths are paid media (Google Ads and Meta), and analytics and tracking setup, but I regularly work across the full stack, from building landing pages and websites in Webflow and Shopify through to email automations, reporting dashboards, and content creation. I take a practical, data-led approach. I focus on setting things up properly, measuring what actually matters, and making decisions based on performance rather than gut feel. I work well with founders and operators who want expertise they can rely on, clear communication, and results they can see.
Natalie S.
Melbourne, VIC
With over 12 years of experience in marketing, I help businesses grow through strategic, results-driven digital marketing. My expertise spans paid media, social media strategy, content marketing, brand strategy, influencer marketing, SEO, and campaign management across a wide range of industries. I've partnered with more than 200 brands, combining creative thinking with data-driven decision-making to deliver measurable growth in leads, sales, engagement, and brand awareness.
Gökhan A.
Melbourne, VIC
Noverra Atelier helps Melbourne service-based businesses build premium monthly content systems through content strategy, brand photography, videography and short-form social content. We focus on positioning, visual authority and brand trust — not just random posts. We’re currently opening a limited early partner round for Melbourne service brands, including a complimentary 3-point content audit for selected businesses.
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$111/hr
Est. hourly rate $58–$164/hr
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A full management retainer covers the lot: a monthly content calendar, creating the posts (statics, reels, stories, captions), scheduling and publishing, replying to comments and DMs, and a monthly report on what worked. Lighter gigs strip it back, content-only (you post it yourself) or posting-only (you supply the content). Agree exactly which pieces are in scope before the gig starts.
A typical small business retainer covers 12 to 16 posts a month per channel (roughly 3 to 4 a week), usually a mix of statics, reels and stories. More than that rarely helps unless you have genuinely fresh content to feed it. Consistency beats volume: the same look, the same channels, every week.
The ones your customers actually use, which for most local service businesses means Instagram and Facebook. Consumer brands often add TikTok, B2B leans on LinkedIn. Each extra channel adds work (and cost), so start with one or two done well and add later if the numbers justify it.
Expect the first month to go on setup: strategy, templates, tone and an approval workflow. Engagement usually lifts within 2 to 3 months of consistent posting, but the business results (DMs that turn into bookings, people mentioning your posts in store) compound over 6 months or more. Anyone promising a follower count by a deadline is selling something else.
Yes. Canva, CapCut, Buffer, Later and Meta Business Suite cover everything from making the post to scheduling and reporting. The catch is time: most owners spend 4 to 10 hours a week keeping channels fed, and the look drifts after a few months. A freelancer plans a month in one go and keeps it consistent, and you stay in control through the approval step.
Admin access to your social accounts (via Meta Business Suite or similar, never your personal password), your logo and brand colours, a folder of photos and videos from your business, and a one-page note on your tone and any topics to avoid. The more raw content you can supply each month, the better the posts will look, because real photos of your actual business outperform stock every time.
You should. Most freelancers schedule a batch for the month ahead and share it for sign off before anything publishes, usually through a scheduling tool or a simple shared document. Agree the approval workflow and turnaround time as part of the gig so posts are not held up waiting on either side.
Full social media management in Melbourne typically costs $1,000 to $2,500 a month, depending on how many channels and posts are covered and how much content creation is included. A content-only pack (a month of posts, no scheduling or community work) runs $700 to $1,800.
Rates run about $58 to $164 an hour. The $58 to $123 band covers most of the market, from a coordinator scheduling and community-managing to a strategist deciding what gets made and why. Above $123 you're engaging someone at head-of-social level, which businesses usually buy in small amounts: a few days to set direction, then a cheaper pair of hands to run it day to day. That split is often the best value here. Most social work is bought as a monthly arrangement rather than hourly, so compare on what's actually covered each month.
Look at the actual feeds they run, not just their portfolio, and judge consistency over time rather than the single best post. Read their reviews on Unjumble for how they handle approvals and response times. Ask how they will measure success and what the monthly report covers. Avoid anyone who promises a follower count; followers are easy to buy and useless.
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