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The Community Architect | Systems for Online Communities | Certified Circle Partner · HighLevel · Kajabi · Skool Most of my clients find me through Circle’s Certified Partner directory, not through Upwork, which is why you’ll see a short job history here and a longer one on my website. I’ve been building, launching, and running online communities since 2022, mainly for freelancers, coaches, and niche B2B companies who need the community to work as a system, not just a place to post. You can probably find someone cheaper. Most of my clients did, the first time around. Then they hired me to untangle the automations, rebuild the member onboarding, and figure out why the paywall and the CRM were never talking to each other. My rate reflects that the work gets done once, correctly, with the integrations mapped before anything is built. If you’re comparing proposals, the question worth asking isn’t who costs less. It’s which one you’d be confident never having to redo. Here’s how an engagement with me runs. We start with a paid scoping call or audit, so I’m pricing the actual work and not a guess. You get a fixed scope, a fixed timeline, and a short list of what I need from you by when. Scope changes are fine; they get quoted, not absorbed. I’ll tell you early if what you’re asking for is a bad fit for the platform you’ve chosen, and I’d rather lose the job than build something I know will fail. If you want a freelancer who’ll say yes to everything, that’s not me. If you want one who’ll tell you the truth and ship on the date, keep reading. What I build: full Circle communities from blank workspace to launch, including spaces, access groups, paywalls, courses, and member onboarding flows. GoHighLevel setups where the community, the funnel, and the CRM share one set of data. Skool launches and migrations. Zoho and Zapier automations that connect sign-up, payment, tagging, and email in Kit so nothing has to be done by hand twice. Audits and rebuilds of existing communities that have outgrown the way they were first set up. I also run communities on a monthly basis for clients who want it managed, not just built. If you’ve got a problem you’re trying to solve, send me a short description of what you have now and what you want it to do. I’ll tell you honestly whether I’m the right person for it, and if I’m not, I’ll usually know who is. 🧩 COMMUNITY BUILD & MANAGEMENT - Full setup and launch on Circle, Skool, GoHighLevel, or Heartbeat - Space architecture, onboarding flows, and member journeys - Gamification, recognition loops, and challenges - Welcome sequences and automated touchpoints - Content calendars, events, AMAs, and workshops - Reactivation campaigns and feedback systems 🔗 API INTEGRATIONS & AUTOMATION - Custom API integrations: Circle ↔ GoHighLevel ↔ Zoho CRM - Webhook architectures (Node.js, serverless) - Zapier workflows connecting community, CRM, email, and sales tools - Automated member sync, tagging, and routing between platforms - Platform migration and data transfer 📊 CLIENT OPERATIONS - Onboarding systems, SOPs, and client success plans - Account oversight, QBRs, and performance tracking - Renewal workflows and churn risk identification - The operational bridge between leadership, clients, and delivery teams 💡 HOW I WORK I start by understanding how your business runs and what you want members to experience. Then I map the system, build it, and hand you something you can run without calling me every time something breaks. Many clients keep me on as a fractional Community Director through launch, growth, and optimization, because the build is only the beginning. Engagement isn't about posting more. It comes from connection, safety, and momentum, and I track the numbers to know what's working. 📈 RESULTS 🏆 Circle audit and rebuild for a scaling membership community: membership grew 82% over the following fifteen months, from 603 to 1,100 members. 🏆 Rebuilt a Circle community's architecture from the ground up: membership grew 33.6% the following year, measured at the same point in its seasonal cycle. 🏆 Diagnosed a stalled Circle community and added a space for members to talk to each other: new-member growth rose 352% and active engagement rose 64% over the next two months while I managed the account. 🛠 PLATFORMS Circle (Certified Partner) · Skool · GoHighLevel · Zoho CRM · HubSpot · Salesforce · Kajabi · Heartbeat · Kit · Zapier · Asana · ClickUp · Airtable · Google Workspace · Slack 🏢 COMMUNITIES & CLIENTS The Walleye Zone · Boss Women · Expert Business Hub · AI Night School · Epic Swandive 📩 LET'S TALK Need a community built from scratch, a fractional Community Director, integrations between your platforms, or an OBM to own your client operations? Send an invite or a message and tell me what you're working on.