Craft over noise.
We would rather make one thing properly than ten things to fill a calendar. From you, we want the same: fewer, stronger options.
A network of independents
Build what’s next.With us.
XCAPITAL is a small core with a big network. We bring the clients, the strategy and the structure. You bring the craft. Together we grow businesses.
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[ 01 ] The Engagement
Clear roles, from pitch to payment.
Eight years of client work showed us where projects break: contracts left loose, scope renegotiated halfway through, sign-off that stalls for weeks, invoices nobody chases. On your own, every one of those lands on you.
Here, sales, contracts, the schedule and invoicing sit with us. The work sits with you.
1 of 6 stages on you.
- Pitch
- 01WinWe sell and negotiate.
- 02ScopeWe scope it and get it signed.
- 03BriefWe write the brief. You quote.
- 04MakeYou do the work. We keep the schedule.
- 05Sign-offWe gather feedback and chase approval.
- 06SettleWe invoice and chase. You get paid.
- Payment
[ 02 ] What You Get
Real briefs. Paid on time.
Freelance work is usually judged on the rate. Here is everything else that comes with a brief from us.
[ 04 ] How It Works
Four steps. No test tasks.
We keep it short on purpose. Your portfolio already shows what you can do, so we never ask you to prove it again with a free test task.
Apply
Send one portfolio link and your rate. No CV, no cover letter.
Review
A person reads every application, and you always get an answer.
Intro call
A two-way talk on how you work and how much work there is.
Join
Briefs that need your discipline come to you. You say yes or no.
24 minYour time, start to finish
0Unpaid test tasks. A trial on a real brief is paid.
Start with step 01[ 05 ] What We Value
Three rules we work by. Each one holds for us and for you.
Deadlines are promises.
A date we agree is a date we keep, your pay date included. If a date is going to slip, either side says so early, with a plan.
Say it straight.
Plain words and honest numbers. If an idea is not working, we say so early and kindly, and we ask you to do the same.
If that already sounds like how you work, the form takes about four minutes.
Apply to join[ 06 ] Questions
Five questions. Straight answers.
What freelancers ask before they apply. The short answer first, the detail under it.
No.
The form asks whether you are full-time freelance, part-time or project-based, and briefs are matched to the time you actually have. If a brief does not fit your week, you say no before any work starts.
Availability, in the formYou quote.
We scope the work and agree a fixed fee or day rate with you in writing before anything starts. We do not run reverse auctions.
Your rate, in the formIt depends.
On your discipline and the client pipeline. We will be honest about volume at the intro call rather than promise a stream of briefs we cannot back up.
The intro call, in How It WorksYes.
You are independent and we expect you to stay that way. The only ask is that you do not approach our clients directly during a project.
Who talks to the clientNever.
Your portfolio and a conversation are enough. If we need to see how you work on our brief, it is a paid pilot.
A portfolio link, in the formNot on the list?Ask us directly
[ 07 ] Apply to Join
Four minutes. That's it.
Four short parts, about a minute each. Finish one and a minute comes off the clock.
Application to joinTo xcapitalagency@gmail.com
Strong people build strong businesses. Let’s build some.
No unpaid test tasks. No cost to apply.