- Looking to pick up some consulting or contracting project work?
- Already have some clients or projects but want to fill in the gaps?
- Interested in getting started as a professional contractor or consultant?
You might be just what we're looking for...
We're constantly out networking and looking for new business. Over the six years we've built a network of hundreds of Marketing and Product Management professionals, and we keep in contact with them regularly.
Often times we'll have someone call us who needs consulting or contracting help but we are already fully booked. Or we'll have clients who needs a specific skill set or area of expertise that isn't a good match for us. When this happens we place subcontractors to do the work.
As a subcontractor, we introduce you to the client to see if there is a fit, set up the contract, do all of the invoicing, send payments to you once we have been paid, get involved and oversee the project if necessary, and generally make sure that the client is happy with the work performed. As a finder's fee and payment for doing all of this we charge the client a percentage over and above the fee that you are getting.
As a DMS subcontractor we ask that you:
Don't solicit the client for business for at least one year after the initial introduction
Don't discuss your fees or rates with the client
Our goal is to keep you consistently busy working for great clients. That way you can focus on doing what you like - Marketing & Product Management - rather than business development and finding your own clients.
Interested? Find out if you are what we're looking for...
When we choose our subcontractors we focus on quality, not quantity.
Our goal is to build long-term relationships with a handful of the best people in the business who are committed to consulting and contracting as a way to make a living. We aren't interested in job hoppers or people who have declared themselves consultants because they can't find any other work.
Rather than building a huge database full of thousands of consultants and contractors and contacting them occasionally when a potential contract comes up, our focus is on building a small number of relationships with people that we can keep busy with constant work.
To do subcontracting work for us you must:
Be an independent contractor (have your own equipment, place to work, multiple clients, etc.)
Be set up as a valid, legitimate business (Have a business license, pay quarterly taxes, etc.)
Have a list of satisfied clients you have worked with in the past, (though we may consider a few select people who are new to the business.)
Be committed to seeing projects through and understand that if you cancel a contract you may incur a liability
Understand and be comfortable with the fact that this is a subcontracting relationship - you won't be an employee of The DMS, and won't receive benefits, a regular paycheck or any of the other things that an employer would provide.
If this sounds like you, then apply here...
If you meet the criteria and are interested in doing subcontracting work for us, then send us an email at the address below with the following information:
Short paragraph describing why you would be a great addition to our team
List of companies you have had as clients (or indicate that you are just getting started)
Current copy of your resume (attach as word or PDF format)
A one paragraph bio that we can provide to potential clients
Estimated range for the rates you want to charge
After we receive your information we'll review it and then contact you. If we have subcontracting work available for you and it looks like you would be a good addition to our team, the next steps are then to:
Have you sign a simple one-page subcontractor agreement
Check your references
Get a copy of your business license and tax id for our files
Sound good? Email us today to get started...