How can I find the best freelancer for my project?
Malt is Europe’s largest freelance marketplace, giving you access to a community of over 800,000 freelancers across various service sectors including data, technology, marketing, support, and design.
Within Malt, Malt Strategy is a specialized and vetted community of management consultants and change managers. Members of this group must pass a strict application process to ensure they meet high standards of expertise and experience.
To qualify, management consultants must have at least two years of experience with a reputable consulting firm, while change managers are expected to have a minimum of ten years of professional experience, preferably in senior management roles.
Malt Strategy experts do not appear in the general freelancer search results. Instead, they can only be reached through our team after you submit your project on Malt.
Finding a Freelancer
There are two main ways to find freelancers on Malt:
• Use our search engine to browse freelancer profiles directly.
• Post a project and let AI matching algorithm recommend the most suitable freelancers for your needs
If you are seeking expert management consultants or change managers through Malt Strategy, you must submit a project with all required details so our team can identify the ideal consultant for you.
AI search
Using a combination of large external language models and custom AI trained on data from over 800,000 freelancers and millions of past client-freelancer pairs, Malt’s AI Search goes beyond simple keyword matching. It understands the full context of a project, recognizing patterns and synonyms to ensure the best matches are found even when project descriptions vary.
Find freelancers instantly using AI-powered search with smart filters and auto-generated shortlists.
Collaborate with your team withe Malt AI search to track candidates, review profiles, and make hiring decisions together using an applicant tracking system.
Watch a demo on how to find a freelancer with AI search
The search engine
To find a freelancer, go to our homepage and enter a keyword and location in the search bar.
You’ll see all available freelancer profiles, which you can further refine by filters such as team recommendations, Super Malters, expertise, or experience level.
Browse through the profiles and contact freelancers directly by clicking the “Propose a project” button on their profile page.
You can select and contact up to 6 freelancers to share your project with.
To add more freelancers:
• Click “Select more freelancers” to return to search results.
• Add profiles by clicking “Add to my selection” on their profile page.
When selecting freelancers, you can contact them directly by sending a project proposal.
Sending proposals to 3 freelancers instead of 1 increases your chance of getting quotes by 50%.
You can remove freelancers anytime from your selection via their profile or the selection module.
Only one selection can be active at a time. Any new selection replaces the previous one.
Selection retention:
• Logged-in users keep their selection for 24 hours from creation.
• Guests retain selection only during their session or up to 24 hours, ending when the browser is closed or inactive for 4 hours.
Watch a demo on how to find a freelancer with the search engine.
Freelancer's profile AI summary
🧠 What is the AI Profile Summary?
The AI Profile Summary gives you a quick overview of a freelancer’s main expertise, type of work, and strengths.
It’s designed to help you understand their profile more easily and decide faster if they might fit with what you’re looking for.
📊 Where does the information come from?
The summary is automatically generated from the freelancer’s existing profile data, with priority given to the most relevant sections:
- Description
- Experiences
- Skills
- Reviews and recommendations
No external data is used — it’s a synthesis of what the freelancer has written or what clients have shared about them on Malt.
🔄 Is the summary updated when freelancers edit their profiles?
Yes. The summary automatically updates every time a freelancer edits their profile (for example, by adding a new experience, skill, or review). The update may take up to 30 minutes to appear.
⚠️ Could there be mistakes or inaccuracies?
While we do our best to ensure high accuracy and relevance, the AI may occasionally misinterpret information or omit details.
If you notice an inaccuracy, please use the thumb down (👎) button to let us know — your feedback helps us continuously improve the system.
If you find the summary useful and relevant, feel free to give a thumb up (👍) as positive feedback.
🧩 Is the summary tailored to my project or search?
Not yet.
The current version is a strict summary of the freelancer’s profile, without any adaptation to your brief or search context.
A future version will include contextualized summaries directly linked to your project needs.
—> If you’re a freelancer and want to learn how to optimize your AI summary or report an issue, click here to find out more.