Source: https://deftridge.com/job/marketing-plan-and-budget-virginia-beach-dt-6199130/ Title: Marketing Plan and Budget, $200-247/h | Deftridge Summary: Marketing Plan and Budget for an executive Fractional CMO, hybrid in Virginia Beach. $200-$247 an hour, about 15 hours in total. Starts within 7 days. One-off Shortlisting · 3 candidates Posted Oct 28 · DT-6199130 # Marketing Plan and Budget · Aerospace Executive · Fractional CMO · Hybrid · Virginia Beach **$200–$247** / hour About $2,250–$4,450 in total. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Space-technology company making satellite parts · 5,000+ employeesCL-59789 · based in Virginia Beach - **Where** Hybrid · Virginia Beach - **Format** One-off task - **Time needed** about 15 h in total - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Executive · 15+ years - **When you work** Evenings or weekends The company is already looking at 3 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides. **5** professionals have asked about this task **526** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This Space-technology company making satellite parts (5,000+ employees) is looking for an executive Fractional CMO for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Annual or half-year plan with goals, channels, budget and owners. The work is too small to justify a hire and too important to leave to chance. It works in aerospace, where change control and documentation are formal. The team sits in Virginia Beach. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. Evenings or weekends are fine, as long as the agreed weekly output is there. ## What you deliver - Write a 12-month marketing plan for a $2M ARR SaaS company with channel budgets and targets. - The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed - A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer - One round of edits after the company's review is included ## How the work runs - Day 1: kickoff call and access to the files - Days 2 to 10: the work, with questions answered the same day - Last day: delivery and a short walkthrough **Duration:** about 10 working days. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side. ## Tools Notion Google Sheets HubSpot ## Who fits - 15+ years of hands-on work as a Fractional CMO, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Notion, Google Sheets and HubSpot - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - Used to short written handovers - A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late ## Not included - Travel or work at a fixed location - On-call availability outside the agreed window - Managing other contractors or employees ## How you get paid - The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice. - Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement. - You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs. - You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge. ## What happens after you say you're interested 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above. ## What the company sees about you First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details. Your profile **Alex** Executive Fractional CMO - **Experience** 15+ years in marketing & content - **Tools** Notion, Google Sheets, HubSpot - **Offers** 15 hours in total, weekday evenings - **Rate** $224 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, $224 an hour, is **below** the median executive Fractional CMO rate in Virginia ($250). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median $250 This task $224 $179 $265 [All Fractional CMO jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/fractional-cmo/united-states/) · [Fractional CMO rates in Virginia](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-cmo/virginia/) · [Marketing & Content jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/marketing-and-content/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-59789 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, Marketing Plan and Budget · Aerospace is noted. 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