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Join European Freelance Platform
Work with employers as a freelancer or consultant. You set your professional rate, invoice the employer in your own name and build a direct working relationship.
VirtualMasst helps employers find you and facilitates secure pre-funding and payment through Stripe.
Who can join VirtualMasst
VirtualMasst is for independent professionals.
Freelancer
A freelancer is hired to produce a deliverable, such as design, code, copy, photography or another defined output.
Consultant
A consultant advises on strategy or decisions by analysing a situation, recommending actions and helping guide direction.
Build a credible professional profile
Employers read your profile to decide who to contact.
Show your impact
Describe a concrete situation you improved or solved. Include the challenge, your approach and the result.
Be specific about your depth
Explain the level at which you operate and illustrate it with relevant examples.
Define your core expertise
State clearly the skill or discipline you specialise in. Make your main area of expertise easy to understand.
Specify your availability
Provide your availability so employers can see whether it fits the timing of the job.
Find relevant job opportunities
Public jobs
Published jobs in the public category are visible to registered talents.
- Read the full job before applying
- Apply when the job fits your expertise and availability
Private invitations
Published jobs in the private category are visible only to invited talents.
- Review whether the job fits your expertise
- Check the timing and commercial terms
- Accept or decline the invitation
Found through profiles
Employers browse by job category and talent titles.
- A clear profile helps employers find you
- Name your category plainly
- Include your working languages and relevant expertise
Apply to public and private jobs
Check the fit
Check that the job matches your experience, the timing works for you and the scope is clear enough to evaluate.
Apply
If the job meets your requirements, click the Apply button.
The system will ask you to upgrade if you have not upgraded.
First contact
Wait for the employer to contact you and move forward from there.
Agree scope and project structure
Agree the job directly with the employer before work begins.
- The deliverable and expected outcome
- Your rate and the time commitment
- Acceptance criteria
- Several projects for a larger job, if the employer chooses to split the work
- How changes affect the scope, timing and rate
- Ownership and permitted use of the completed work
Fees, verification and payment process
Payouts are issued fifteen calendar days after the employer releases payment for a completed project.
- You pay the Iris monthly subscription from the day your account is approved and the Calla fee on a confirmed hire. Current figures are on Pricing.
- Connect Stripe and complete the required identity, banking and compliance checks with Stripe before you can be paid. Your profile is reviewed and approved by the VirtualMasst team.
- Employers pay upfront through Stripe, using a valid payment method. Funds are held within the Stripe payment flow until release.
- Where applicable, invoices can be created and sent through VirtualMasst’s PEPPOL network.
Your profile is your professional passport.
A strong profile demonstrates how you work and what you deliver. It gives employers confidence because it shows real decisions, real constraints, and real outcomes. For example:
Profiles that demonstrate capability
- Completing a complex migration without data loss
- Improving a process
- Delivering a measurable outcome
- Showing the context and constraints around the job
- Working with tight deadlines, legacy systems or limited resources
Keep your expertise clear
Focus your profile on the services, experience and outcomes that best represent your professional work.
Respond to a job offer
Accepting an offer
When a company invites you to a job, you review the job terms — the scope, project structure, timing and commercial agreement.
If everything is clear and aligned with your expectations, you accept the offer.
Acceptance confirms that you agree to the job, the timeline, and the rate, and that you are ready to begin once pre-funding is in place.
Prepare for the job
- Know your professional rate, availability and working rhythm
- Keep your Business number and professional details up to date
- Keep your profile and CV updated with completed work
- Have your invoicing details ready
- Confirm the scope, timeline, deliverables and rate with the employer
- Confirm whether the work setup is on site, remote or hybrid
Keep your autonomy in longer jobs
Longer jobs can become an important part of your independent business.
Work towards clear outcomes
Agree the deliverables, timeline and project structure for a larger job.
Use your professional working methods
Discuss the access, tools and collaboration requirements needed for the job.
Build your professional experience
Use completed jobs to strengthen your expertise, profile and CV.
Invoice the employer
You invoice the employer in your own name. Where applicable, you can create and send invoices through VirtualMasst’s PEPPOL network.
Create your professional profile
Focus your profile on the work you do best, your experience and the outcomes you have delivered. A clear profile helps the right employers find you.