Gaza Sky Geeks - Skylancer Academy
The Skylancer Academy is comprised of multiple tracks for different cohorts of participants:
12-week freelancing mentorship program: This track is for young people skilled in areas such as web development, graphic design, translation, social media, mobile development, and front-end development to become successful online freelancers through intensive mentorship sessions in topics such as building a competitive online freelancing profile, social media marketing, and professional English. During the 12 weeks, participants gather for networking and experience-sharing in addition to workshops on trending topics in the field of online freelancing.
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10-week technical skills training: Running parallel to the freelancing mentorship program, the 10-week technical training equips semi-skilled youth with market-driven technical skills, such as WordPress, Front-End development, and Android development. The technical topics are chosen based on research and data collected from the main freelancing platforms such as Upwork.com, Freelancer.com, and PeoplePerHour.com. The research considers which skills would be most useful to enable graduates to start online freelancing.
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Freelancing Club: A short program that is run every Saturday by the Skylancer Academy Program alumni. Each Freelancing Club participant has two mentorship sessions and joins a Facebook group which allows for further follow-up. Each cohort is 10-15 participants.
The application is now closed for the Freelance Club, Keep an eye on our Facebook page for updates!
Skylancer Academy Key Highlights:
Since the launch of the Skylancer Academy in the second half of 2017, GSG has trained several cohorts, reaching more than 800 participants and generating a cumulative income of nearly $2M.
What's required?
Full Time Commitment
Despite the fact that the Freelance Academy is 3 hours a day, 3 days a week, but you should dedicate all your time inside the academy and outside it to focus on what you learn and fulfill mentors requirements and assignments
English Required
An ability to understand and speak English at least at an intermediate level is a must
Motivation
We look for serious motivation and commitment to become successful freelancers
Previous work / Portfolio
You should have some previous work or portfolio to showcase your skills and abilities!