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Alleviate bandwidth constraints by onboarding the right talent on demand. Reduce fixed costs by quickly scaling teams up or down as your business needs evolve.

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Our marketplace connects leading organizations with highly vetted independent experts globally

Industry leading technology for hiring managers and independent experts to get work done

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9,000+  
Independent Experts

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Functional and industry expertise to help your teams succeed

Hiring Managers at
Companies

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Address capacity and capability gaps in your teams with
on-demand expertise
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What makes us different

Flexibility

Hire individual consultants or build custom teams as needed. Buy consulting services by the hour, day, week, or fixed price. Pay only for what you need done.

Speed to Value

Seasoned experts bring prior experience working at MBB, Big-4, Fortune 500, and similar leading companies. They join teams on-demand and deliver value quickly.

Service & Technology

A dedicated account manager presents curated experts for your project. Our collaboration tools make it easy to onboard and manage your independent workforce in one place.

Compliance

Focus on your project and let us handle compliance. Graphite protects you from worker classification risks.

Our Process

1

Post your project

Your dedicated account team collaboratively identifies your project-based skills needs.

Receive guidance to tailor your project posting and on ideal pay rates
Attract concise proposals from the most relevant independent experts
Speedy proposals evaluations powered by our proprietary AI model that identifies the best matches based on experts' skills, pricing, prior performance on Graphite projects, and more
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Interview

We diligently vet and present 2-4 curated independent experts.

Compare experts by their depth and breadth of expertise, location, pay rate expectations, and in-platform reviews
Evaluate experts with ease using in-platform messaging and video conferencing
Build right-sized teams with one or a select few experts
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3

Onboard experts to your teams

Your account team negotiates rates and handles onboarding steps established in Managed Services Agreement.

Get worker classification, and background check support for experts as needed
Rely on Graphite as the employer of record
Connect seamlessly with your dedicated purpose-built customer success team
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Setting your projects up for success

Your dedicated customer success team brings proactive quantitative and qualitative insights to set your projects with independent experts up for successful outcomes.

Participate in onboarding calls alignment amongst all stakeholders at project kickoff
Get timely and consistent check-ins to ensure projects are on track
Share your strategic talent needs and broader feedback in quarterly business reviews, so we can proactively ensure you always have the right independent talent on your teams

Our Process

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Scope a project

Work with your dedicated account manager to finalize the goals, budget, and timeline for your project.

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Address capacity and capability gaps in your teams
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Get guidance on tailoring project postings to attract relevant independent experts
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Post projects and connect with shortlisted experts at no cost

Interview

We will deliver 2-4 curated candidates typically within 24-48 hours that match your specific needs. Interview and select the best fit.

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Connect with the best independent experts globally
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Compare experts across their expertise, geography, availability and reviews
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Interview and communicate with experts seamlessly using collaboration tools within our platform
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Complete work

Seamlessly onboard independent experts to your projects. Let us handle the contracting and billing.

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Kick-off work with your selected expert in a few clicks
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Manage hours, invoices, and payments in one location
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A dedicated success team to ensure your projects are on-track and on-budget

A trusted partner with a proven track record

Successful engagements
3,000

+

Customer satisfaction rating
96

%

Companies re-hiring
experts on Graphite
495
Days from initial contact to start working with an expert
13.5

Get started with Graphite

Graphite is home to 9,000+ independent subject matter experts who can supercharge various areas of your organization.

They are part of a revolutionary shift in the workforce whereby extremely talented individuals are choosing to work independently to gain more control over the work they do.

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