Past Opportunities
Photographer – Spokane, WA
Date posted: Tuesday, April 25 at 1:40 p.m.
RFP open until filled
Budget: $3k
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
This contractor will take photos at assigned SIMBA and Live Local INW Community events and edit them as appropriate. The focus will be on capturing images that represent the diversity in our local communities and may involve travel throughout the Inland Northwest to more rural downtown areas. Photos will be used in various marketing campaigns as well as to increase SIMBA’s library of stock photos of local businesses and patrons. Contractor should be prepared to collect photo releases as appropriate.
Videographer – Spokane, WA
Date posted: Friday, April 14 at 9:18 a.m.
RFP open until filled
Budget: $15k
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
This contractor will capture video footage throughout late April and early May with the goal of telling the story of the Live Local INW Community Marketplace project. This may involve traveling to rural downtown areas within the Inland Northwest and will focus on showing the diversity within the communities and highlighting marginalized community members.
Event Sponsorship Coordinator – Remote/Spokane, WA
Date posted: Wednesday, March 22 at 8:38 p.m.
RFP open until filled
Budget: $4,000
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
The contractor will identify Event Sponsorship opportunities for events hosted by or serving marginalized and underserved communities throughout Eastern and Central Washington.
Partner Grant Coordinator – Remote/Spokane, WA
Date posted: Tuesday, March 28 at 12:33 p.m.
RFP open until filled
Budget: $6k
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
The contractor will work with SIMBA’s current partner coalitions, the Business Equity Coalition of the Inland Northwest (BECiN) and the Live Local INW Coalition, to create and implement a Grant Program, whereby SIMBA will be re-granting money awarded as part of an SBIF grant through the WA Dept of Commerce. The grant money must be distributed by May 31, 2023, though the awardees do not have to spend the money by that date. The selected contractor will possess the skills to quickly engage with businesses and coalition members to build trust and create a strategy for successful short and lasting long-term engagement.
Mobile App Developer – Remote/Spokane, WA
Date posted: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 at 7:04pm
Proposals due by: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 at 9:00am
Budget Range: $40k-$60k
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
The contractor shall customize and deploy a mobile application for the Live Local INW
marketplace that includes a directory of all participating businesses, searchable by location and
demographics, product listing that can be grouped by categories for customers to browse, and
can includes push notifications for special local business offers.
SEO Technical Assistance Provider + Tech Advisor – Remote/Spokane, WA
Date posted: Wednesday, March 29 at 3:08 p.m.
RFP open until filled
Budget: $12k
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
The contractor will work with the technology providers within the Live Local INW Community Marketplace project team to provide oversight, quality control and content input into the Resources and tools provided to our members and partners. They will also provide management as it relates to the programmatic execution of this project, and mentorship and support level oversight to SIMBA’s technical staff member in coordination with SIMBA’s staff Director.
Field Manager – Spokane, WA
Date posted: Thursday, April 6 at 3:45 p.m.
RFP open until filled
Budget: $35k-$55k
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
Under the direction of the Field Outreach Director and SIMBA Live Local Project Executive Team, the Field Manager will participate in finalizing the Small Business Outreach Plan, will lead on rapidly recruiting and hiring a field canvassing team, and will train, manage, support and oversee the activities of these personnel’s collective work performance in order to meet SIMBA’s goals for engaging with under-represented and locally-owned businesses owners throughout the region. The selected contractor will possess the skills required to facilitate communication between field Directors and canvassers, set-up, support and supervise day-to-day activities of the field team – including recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, orientation, training, door-to-door outreach, phone banking, data collection, hot leads identification, education messaging, and data reporting – and to be familiar with programmatic subject matter to be able to serve as an in-field resource for the Live Local INW campaign.
Outreach Field Director – Remote/Spokane, WA
Date posted: Monday, March 27 at 2:21 p.m.
RFP open until filled
Budget: $15k-$20k
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
The contractor will plan, direct and manage outreach and engagement services aimed at locally-owned businesses from underrepresented backgrounds throughout priority geographies in Eastern and Central Washington. The selected contractor will possess the skills and experience required to develop and implement a detailed and iterative outreach plan that includes door-to-door canvassing, performance and demographic data collection and reporting protocols, phone bank coordination and resource management. The goal being to expand our Live Local INW Community Marketplace to include to new businesses – particularly those in low-income, underserved, and rural communities. This contractor will design, build and manage the entire project Outreach team of Field Managers and Canvassers, which could range in size from 6 to 20 individuals, depending on how the selected contractor approaches the work.
Business Technical Assistance Provider – Remote/Spokane, WA
Date posted: Wednesday, March 29 at 2:48 p.m.
RFP open until filled
Budget: $3k-4,999k
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
Given the technical focus on the Live Local INW Community Marketplace, this role is designed to provide assistance to our marketplace participants as well as our coalition partners throughout the project. The selected contractor will have both the technical aptitude as well as the customer service experience to address the breadth of this role.
Hubspot Systems Administrator – Remote/Spokane, WA
Date posted: Wednesday, March 29 at 2:54 p.m.
RFP open until filled
Budget: $15k
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
The contractor will work within SIMBA’s existing HubSpot and other software program environments to help the organization take full advantage of the newly purchased Pro features and complete centralizing all CRM related data within the HubSpot platform. They will be responsible for supporting and training our Technical Communications Manager as well as other project resources who will be utilizing HubSpot, and will be available to the Systems Director, Tech Coordinator and Campaign Director to help implement data clean up and ongoing integrity efforts and reporting requirements. The selected contractor will have proven experience in managing, creating & supporting agile CRM development initiatives.
Technical Communications Manager – Remote/Spokane, WA
Date posted: Wednesday, March 29 at 2:51 p.m.
RFP open until filled
Budget: $25k
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
While we have a Marketing Agency handling the external communications for the Live Local INW Community Marketplace project, this role will be the primary interface for communications that need to come from within SIMBA. This firm will also work heavily within our CRM to support data integrity and reporting as well as document some technical requirements for our business members and coalition partners. The selected contractor will have the variety of expertise needed to cover this wide array of communications needs.
Business Grants Coordinator – Remote/Spokane, WA
Date posted: Tuesday, March 28 at 1:03 p.m.
RFP open until filled
Budget: $20k
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
The contractor will work with SIMBA staff, team members and coalition partner organizations to facilitate a Live Local Marketing Grant Program, whereby SIMBA will be re-granting money awarded as part of an SBIF grant through the WA Dept. of Commerce through approximately 30-50 small marketing grants through the Live Local INW campaign. The re-grant program should be designed to encourage businesses to utilize the Live Local brand and campaign messaging and strategy resources to drive awareness of the benefits of shopping at locally-owned businesses, and incentivize the behavior of shifting spending to locally-owned businesses, especially those owned by underrepresented entrepreneurs. The grant money must be distributed by May 31, 2023, though the awardees do not have to spend the money by that date. This contractor will oversee the other aspects of the regranting happening within the Live Local INW Community Marketplace project, which include another contractor who is responsible for implementing two defined scopes to deliver Partner Grants to members of the BECiN and Live Local Coalitions, and distributing an Event Sponsorship budget. The selected contractor will possess the skills to quickly engage with appropriate businesses and partners to design and implement the re-granting program.
Web Developer – E Commerce Marketplace – Remote/Spokane, WA
Date posted: Wednesday, March 22 at 9 p.m.
RFP open until filled
Budget: $20k-$30k
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
The contractor will develop a new Live Local INW website that matches the functionality, structure and appearance of the current website and will serve as an online community marketplace platform that attracts and equitably directs the economic potential of individual consumers, locally owned businesses, and institutions across Central and Eastern Washington State who want an easier way to shop and buy locally. The selected contractor will possess the skills required to develop, maintain, and support a new e-commerce website – including security requirements pertaining to payment processing – and to provide essential analytics and reporting as required.
Marketing and Communications Consultant – Remote/Spokane, WA
Date posted: Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 at 8:52pm
Proposals due by: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 9:00 am
Budget Range: $38k-$55k
Timeline: Present until May 31, 2023
The contractor will provide marketing and advertising services to increase awareness of the Live Local INW Community Marketplace. The selected contractor must have expertise in developing a comprehensive marketing plan and ensuring cohesion across the campaign deliverables, as well as with content creation, advertising placement, and in providing support to project team partners.
Live Local INW Community Marketplace Project Manager
Date posted: Sunday, March 5th, 2023 at 10:57 pm
Proposals due by: March 10th, 2023.
The contractor will perform project management services for the Live Local INW Community Marketplace for SIMBA. The selected contractor will possess the skills required to move a project through the project lifecycle, including the ability to facilitate meetings, organize and track project progress, identify and track risks, issues and mitigations plans, facilitate project reporting and creation of project documentation.
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