
Lifted provides an enterprise contingent workforce platform to source, onboard, classify, manage, and pay external talent across multiple engagement models (IC, staff aug, EOR, AOR, outsourcing) with global compliance and integration into existing MSP/VMS programs.
Lifted Solutions LLCA misclassification-risk management model for freelancers including classification, compliant contracting, indemnification, audit-ready workflows, and global payments with spend visibility.
Worker Classification
Indemnification
Approval Workflows
A white-labeled, fully integrated platform covering the entire contingent worker lifecycle from source to pay, including configurable workflows, integrations, and a built-in global compliance engine.
White-labeling
Talent Pools
Open APIs
Employ talent in 180+ countries without local entities; Lifted acts as legal employer and manages payroll, contracts, benefits, taxes, and compliant onboarding.
Entityless Hiring
Payroll Management
Localized Benefits
Tools and services to source, onboard, manage, and pay independent contractors globally with centralized visibility into spend, compliant contracts, and integrated payments.
Vetted Talent
Direct Sourcing
Centralized Roster
Outcome-driven managed delivery where Lifted assembles, leads, and manages teams aligned to SLAs/KPIs with centralized oversight, compliance-backed engagement structures, and vendor consolidation.
Managed Delivery
SLAs and KPIs
Vendor Consolidation
Enterprise staff augmentation to source and deploy temporary employees quickly with compliance, payroll/benefits management, and integration into existing MSP/VMS workflows and reporting.
VMS Compatibility
MSP Compatibility
Payroll Management

Ernesto Lamaina • General Manager, Lifted
Large-scale organizations are navigating increasingly complex workforce models, but the infrastructure to manage that complexity simply hasn't kept up with requirements and expectations. We created Lifted to address this challenge head-on. Our solution isn't just another staffing vendor or employer of record.

Hayden Brown • President and CEO, Upwork
Our clients have been asking for comprehensive ways to engage the highly skilled talent on Upwork for their full spectrum of contingent workforce needs, beyond independent contractor relationships. Legacy providers have forced businesses to choose between flexibility and compliance, speed and scale, or digital ease and enterprise rigor. With Lifted, these trade-offs are a thing of the past.

Ernesto Lamaina • General Manager, Lifted
Flexible. Convenient. Seamless. That’s how contingent work should be, and that’s why we exist.

Anonymous
Flexible. Convenient. Seamless. That’s how contingent work should be, and that’s why we exist.

Uniphore
Uniphore faced tight campaign deadlines and recurring creative bottlenecks. Prior talent engagements had been unreliable, making it difficult to hit delivery timelines. The pressure to scale customer storytelling created additional strain on internal teams. Specialized independent creatives were sourced and onboarded to add dependable capacity. Support covered video production, scripting, testimonials, and podcast needs. This expanded the team’s ability to deliver creative assets without overloading internal staff. Uniphore reduced internal workload while maintaining momentum across campaigns. Video and testimonial projects were completed on a 1-week turnaround. Customer storytelling scaled across multiple formats with improved reliability.

Uniphore
Uniphore faced growing content demand alongside tight campaign deadlines. The team lacked reliable creative resourcing across video, writing, and storytelling. This constraint created creative bottlenecks that slowed delivery across key content formats. Uniphore engaged on-demand independent talent to expand creative capacity. The support covered post-production, scripting, testimonials, and podcasts. This approach added flexible resourcing to help the team keep pace with campaign needs and deliver storytelling work more consistently. The added capacity eliminated creative bottlenecks and improved delivery speed. Uniphore reduced internal workload by 20%. Video and testimonial projects reached a 1-week turnaround. The team also scaled customer storytelling across multiple formats.

Uniphore
As content demand increased, Uniphore’s marketing team faced tight deadlines and creative resourcing gaps across video, writing, podcasting, and customer storytelling. The team struggled to keep up with specialized creative needs while maintaining continuity across projects. These constraints created bottlenecks that slowed delivery of key marketing assets. Uniphore engaged on-demand independent talent to quickly source and onboard specialized creatives. The approach focused on filling resourcing gaps across multiple content formats while keeping project continuity. This enabled the team to extend creative capacity without overloading internal staff. The engagement resulted in a 20% reduction in internal workload. It also eliminated creative bottlenecks that had been slowing execution. Video and testimonial projects reached a 1-week turnaround.

Global Audio Technology company
A global audio technology company needed to deliver high volumes of multilingual scripts and audio files across time zones. The team faced file-transfer issues that disrupted handoffs. Workflow visibility gaps made it difficult to track progress. These challenges threatened schedule adherence and production consistency. The engagement centralized oversight across the end-to-end workflow. Processes were implemented to improve production consistency and coordination across time zones. Specialized independent talent was rapidly sourced and onboarded to meet delivery demands. The approach improved visibility into work status and reduced friction in file transfers. The company delivered 8,000+ scripts on schedule and delivered 300+ audio files on schedule. It sourced and onboarded 40+ specialized independent talent with an average onboarding time of 4 days. Over a 90-day cycle, it achieved 100% on-time milestone completion. These outcomes supported consistent delivery despite the global operating environment.

Global travel platform
A global travel platform needed to scale premium property inspections across hundreds of markets while maintaining consistent quality. The company faced demand spikes and talent gaps that made fast hiring difficult. It also required reliable coverage across multiple regions without sacrificing oversight and QA. A unified global sourcing and onboarding pipeline was implemented to address these needs. The approach blended pre-identified independent talent with newly sourced professionals as demand shifted. Centralized oversight and quality assurance were used to keep standards consistent across markets. The program delivered a 6.2-day average time-to-fill, reflecting a 48% improvement versus previous processes. It engaged 350+ independent professionals across multiple regions to support inspection needs. Inspection coverage was scaled across 6 continents while maintaining centralized oversight and QA.




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Lifted is a global contingent workforce solutions platform built for enterprise companies to source, contract, manage, and pay contingent talent in one centralized system. The company positions itself as a unified solution covering multiple engagement models—including independent contractors, staff augmentation, employer of record (EOR), agent of record (AOR), and outsourcing—delivered globally with compliance built in. Lifted emphasizes enterprise adoption without disruption, integrating into existing program infrastructure such as MSPs, VMS, and internal platforms via workflows and APIs. Its platform supports the full contingent worker lifecycle from source to pay, including onboarding, classification, contracting, management, and payments. Lifted states it is “an Upwork Company” and highlights a combination of technology and embedded human expertise, including strategic support, risk monitoring, proactive issue resolution, regular QBRs, and 24/7 multilingual support. The company’s vision is to become the global standard for engaging contingent talent with confidence and transparency at scale.
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