Designers, developers, writers, and producers
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Freelancer
Contract seats on a lab. Bring a specific skill to a specific team, for a specific stretch of work.
Six-person ventures move fast and don't always have every skill in the room. Freelance seats fill that gap — design, development, writing, production — without asking for a piece of the company in return.
Bring the skill. Keep the rate. They keep the company.
Contract seats on a lab
Hours available per week, not a tuition quote
Same no-equity rule as every other seat
Hours available per week to work on a project. We do not take equity.
What a contract seat actually looks like.
- You work the brief, not a retainer. A six-person lab needs a specific skill for a specific stretch — a deck built, a prototype shipped, a shot list edited. You show up for the work that's actually in front of the team.
- You keep your rate, they keep the company. Contract seats are compensated work, same as any freelance engagement — CFL just doesn't take equity from the team you're working with, and neither do you.
- You build a real portfolio. Work that ships to Game Day is work you can show the next client — real teams, real deadlines, real presentations, not a spec assignment.
Why freelancers fit this stadium
Real deadlines
Ten-week sprint cycles and a Game Day date on the calendar. The work has to be done, not eventually finished.
Founders who know what they need
Student and veteran-athlete teams come with a clear brief — a specific gap in the venture that your skill fills, not a vague ask for "help."
No equity, no strings
You're a contractor, not a co-founder. Paid for the work, credited for the work, done when the work is done.
Contract the work. Ship it by Game Day. Walk away with the portfolio piece.