Challenge—Managing a Distributed Network of Professional Writers With a growing global network of more than 150 freelancers, including contract writers — lovingly called “scribes” in homage of the dutiful penmen who helped brilliant authors such as Socrates, Jesus, and Buddha record their thoughts and create some of history’s greatest works — and other creatives such as cover and graphic designers, Scribe Media struggled to keep track of every individual and their current and upcoming projects. “I used to be the Freelance Manager, so I worked really closely with our quickly-growing pool of freelancers. I did all the admin work, onboarding, assignments, payments, and was the point person when questions would come up. It became clear that there was no cohesion to how we were

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