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How this actually works

  1. You apply once

    A scenario question and a real work sample — not a résumé. Twenty minutes of genuine effort, and it's what companies end up reading.

  2. We score it within minutes

    Every application is read and scored against what the role really needs. Clear the screen and you hear the same day; a no waits for a person to read your application first. Either way, never silence.

  3. Strong applicants interview

    Three deeper questions, written specifically for you from your own answers. Fifteen minutes, no timer, and your work saves as you type.

  4. Finalists get presented — and paid

    We put your answers and work sample in front of the hiring company, and we pay you for the sample work. Then you talk to them directly and agree your own terms.

Not sure what to ask for? See what US companies actually pay for remote work from the Philippines, Colombia, Mexico, South Africa or Argentina.

The roles we screen for

Apply to whichever fits you — or use the general application and we'll match you. These are the role types we screen for, not a live openings board: searches open and close constantly, and the roster is how you get considered for every one of them. Any search open right now is on the open roles page.

$800–$1,400/mo

Executive Assistant

Calendar, inbox triage, travel, research briefs, meeting notes, and follow-up chasing for a founder or executive.

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$1,000–1,800/mo

Operations Manager

Own the processes: documentation, vendor coordination, order and fulfilment oversight, reporting — and increasingly, running the AI tools the business depends on.

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$800–$1,500/mo

Bookkeeper

Monthly close, reconciliation, AP/AR, expense categorization, and clean books in QuickBooks or Xero.

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$700–$1,100/mo

Customer Support VA

Own a support inbox end to end: email and chat tickets, order issues, refunds, escalations, help-center upkeep.

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$900–$1,600/mo

Content Marketer

SEO articles, newsletters, social posts, and repurposing — research-grounded writing that reads human.

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$1,500–$2,800/mo

Junior Developer

Ship features in JavaScript/TypeScript or Python under review: APIs, integrations, bug fixes, tests.

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$800–$1,450/mo

Social Media Manager

Planning and shipping the content calendar, writing captions, scheduling, replying to comments and DMs, and reporting what actually landed.

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$600–$1,000/mo

Data Entry Specialist

High-volume, high-accuracy entry and migration between systems, cleaning and de-duplicating records, and formatting to a spec.

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$850–$1,600/mo

Graphic Designer

Production design across social, ads, email, packaging and web — working inside an existing brand system at volume.

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$800–$1,350/mo

Sales Development Rep

Outbound prospecting, qualifying, and booking meetings — email, LinkedIn and phone — handing qualified conversations to a closer.

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$950–$1,650/mo

Real Estate VA

Listing coordination and MLS/CRM data entry, transaction paperwork chasing, appointment scheduling, lead follow-up, and keeping the pipeline current.

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$700–$1,200/mo

E-commerce VA

Day-to-day store operations: listing updates, order processing, customer messages, inventory tracking, and the reporting that keeps the owner informed.

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$600–$1,000/mo

Bookkeeping Assistant

Transaction categorisation, receipt chasing, invoice entry and reconciliation support under a senior bookkeeper or accountant.

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$700–$1,150/mo

Virtual Assistant

General-purpose remote support — inbox, scheduling, data entry, research, order processing, and whatever else keeps a small business running.

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$900–$1,600/mo

Video Editor

Cutting long-form to short, subtitles, thumbnails, pacing and delivery on a repeatable weekly schedule.

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$1,250–$2,200/mo

Copywriter

Sales pages, email sequences, ads and product copy — written to a brief and revised against performance data, not opinion.

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$950–$1,750/mo

SEO Specialist

Keyword and intent research, on-page fixes, internal linking, technical audits, and content briefs the writers actually work from.

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$1,500–$2,550/mo

PPC Specialist

Building and running paid search and paid social — campaign structure, targeting, ad copy, budget pacing and weekly reporting against cost per acquisition.

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$1,000–$1,700/mo

WordPress Developer

Building and maintaining WordPress sites — themes, plugins, page builders, performance, security updates and the fixes that follow a launch.

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$800–$1,350/mo

Shopify Developer

Theme customisation, Liquid templates, app integration, checkout and product-page work, and the speed fixes that drive mobile conversion.

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$1,000–$1,700/mo

Accountant

Month-end close, management accounts, accruals, cash-flow forecasting, and preparing the pack for the CPA or tax preparer.

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$1,150–$2,000/mo

Project Manager

Owning scope, sequence and delivery dates across a team — standups, board hygiene, blocker chasing, and surfacing bad news early.

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$750–$1,250/mo

Lead Generation Specialist

Building targeted prospect lists, verifying contact data, enriching records, and running the first-touch sequences that hand qualified replies to a closer.

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$900–$1,600/mo

Web Designer

Designing pages and interfaces — layout, type, hierarchy and responsive behaviour — typically in Figma, handed over in a state a developer can actually build.

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Anything else

General application

None of these quite you? Apply once with your best work and we'll consider you for everything we're asked to fill.

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What we look for, said plainly

Specifics beat adjectives, every time. "I'm hardworking and a fast learner" scores badly here; "I cut our first-response time from six hours to under two by rebuilding the macro set, then kept it there for eight months" scores well. Name the tools, the numbers, and the decisions you actually made. Treat the work sample as the real deliverable — it carries more weight than everything else combined.

Common questions

Does it cost anything to apply?

No — never, not at any stage. No fees, no deposits, no training costs, no salary deductions, no cut of your pay. Finalists are paid by us for the sample work we ask for. If anyone claiming to be from Rolemote ever asks you for money, it's a scam and we want to know about it.

How long does it take to hear back?

Your application is scored within about half an hour of submitting it. If you clear the first screen, you'll get an email the same day with a short second interview written specifically for you. If you don't, a person reads your application before anyone tells you no, so that answer takes longer — but it always comes. We reply to everyone; being left in silence is the thing we built this to stop.

Who actually employs me?

The company does, directly. We introduce you and step out — we never sit between you and your pay, never take a percentage of your salary, and never become your employer. You agree your terms with them.

What if there's no role open for what I do?

That's exactly what the general application is for. Apply once, we screen your work, and you sit in the roster — when a company hires us to fill something that fits you, you're already vetted and among the first we contact.

Why is the application so long?

Because we don't screen on résumés. A scenario answer and a real work sample tell us far more about whether you're good than a list of previous job titles — and they let people without a polished CV compete on the actual work. It's about 30–45 minutes and you can pause partway — your draft is saved — and it's the reason our finalists get taken seriously.

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