YOUR PROFILE
Create your freelance profile in Europe
Create your freelance profile in Europe to present your expertise, experience, availability and professional work to employers using VirtualMasst.
You set your professional rate, invoice the employer in your own name and decide which jobs fit your experience and direction. VirtualMasst helps employers discover talent profiles and facilitates pre-funding and payment through Stripe.
- Present your core professional expertise
- Show relevant experience and completed work
- Keep your availability and professional details current
ELIGIBILITY
Who can create a professional profile
VirtualMasst is for independent professionals.
Freelancer
A freelancer is hired to produce an agreed deliverable, such as design, code, copy, photography or another defined output.
Your profile can explain the work you do, the experience you bring and the types of jobs that fit your expertise.
European freelance opportunities
Consultant
A consultant advises on strategy or decisions by analysing a situation, recommending actions and helping guide direction.
Your profile can present your consulting expertise, professional depth and relevant examples of previous work.
Independent consultant opportunities
PROFILE
Build a credible professional freelancer 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 professional 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.
OPPORTUNITIES
Help employers discover your profile
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.
- Name your category plainly
- Include your working languages
- Make your relevant expertise easy to understand
APPLYING
Use your profile when applying for 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.
COLLABORATION AGREEMENT
Agree scope and project structure
Your profile helps introduce your expertise, but the job itself is agreed 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
PAYMENT
Profile checks and payment process
Your talent profile is reviewed and approved by the VirtualMasst team before it becomes visible on the platform.
- Current charges are listed on Pricing.
- Connect Stripe and complete the required identity, banking and compliance checks, including Know Your Customer (KYC), before you can be paid.
- Employers pay upfront by credit card or bank transfer through Stripe. Funds are held within the Stripe payment flow until release.
- Talents across Europe can use VirtualMasst's PEPPOL invoicing when required.
POSITIONING
Your profile is your professional passport.
A strong profile demonstrates how you work and what you deliver. Use specific examples that show real decisions, real constraints and real outcomes.
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.
ACCEPTING THE OFFER
Respond when an employer contacts you
Accepting an offer
When an employer invites you to a job, review the scope, project structure, timing and commercial agreement.
If everything is clear and aligned with your expectations, you can accept the offer.
Acceptance confirms that you agree to the job, timeline and rate and that you are ready to begin once pre-funding is in place.
Declining an offer
If the job does not fit your expertise, availability or professional direction, you can decline it.
Declining means you are not taking the job and allows the employer to continue with other talents.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Prepare your profile and professional details
- 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
- Present the experience and outcomes most relevant to your expertise
- Confirm whether your preferred work setup is on site, remote or hybrid
INDEPENDENCE
Keep your professional profile current
Your profile should continue to reflect your independent professional experience as your work develops.
Add relevant completed work
Use completed jobs to strengthen the professional evidence shown in your profile and CV.
Keep your expertise focused
Update the profile when your main services, experience or professional direction changes.
Keep your availability current
Make it easier for employers to understand whether your availability fits the timing of a job.
Invoice the employer
You invoice the employer in your own name. Talents across Europe can use VirtualMasst's PEPPOL invoicing when required.
YOUR NEXT STEP
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 relevant employers understand your expertise and decide whether to contact you.
Independent consultant opportunities
European freelance opportunities
YOUR NEXT STEP
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 relevant employers understand your expertise and decide whether to contact you.
Create your profile
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