Freelance Project-Based Recruiter - Sales & Digital Marketing

About the role

A lead generation and digital marketing company is looking for one experienced freelance recruiter to manage its recruitment projects remotely. The main focus is hiring cold callers, SDRs, PDRs, appointment setters and other sales professionals for the GCC market, as well as digital marketing and creative roles such as graphic designers, video editors and account managers.

Key responsibilities

• Manage recruitment projects from sourcing and screening through interviews, offers and joining.
• Sourcing candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, communities and your own network.
• Evaluate sales candidates' cold-calling skills, communication, prospect qualification, objection handling and ability to secure next steps, using practical screening exercises and mock calls.
• Assess past performance against KPIs such as call activity, connection rates, qualified meetings booked, meeting attendance and conversion rates.
• Understand how sales expectations vary by campaign, audience and sales process in the GCC market.
• Screen creative and marketing candidates on experience, portfolios, client exposure and measurable results.
• Submit shortlisted candidates with screening notes, compensation expectations, availability and reasons for recommendation.
• Coordinate interviews, keep recruitment trackers accurate and follow up candidates until they join.
• Give regular progress updates and flag hiring challenges early.

Required profile

• Proven recruitment experience, ideally three or more years.
• Demonstrated success hiring cold callers, SDRs, PDRs, appointment setters or similar outbound sales professionals for the GCC market.
• Experience recruiting for digital marketing, creative or account management roles.
• Ability to assess candidates through structured interviews and practical evaluations.
• Strong English communication and interviewing skills; Arabic is an advantage.
• Reliable internet connection and a suitable home working environment.

Required skills

• Practical understanding of outbound sales, call structure, objection handling, rebuttals and sales KPIs.
• Strong sourcing, organization, candidate management and follow-up skills.

What we offer

• An agreed fee per project, based on the number and complexity of vacancies, scope of work and delivery timeline.
• Deliverables, payment milestones and any replacement commitments confirmed before work begins.