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n8n Automation engineer: Turn manual admin into self-running workflows

If your team is still doing work by hand that software could be doing for them, that's where I come in. I automate the repetitive admin running through a business: the billing, routing, follow-ups and handoffs that actually move revenue. I build the logic first, then wire your existing tools together so the work just happens. A few examples of what that's looked like: - For an entertainment and DJ agency, I removed hours of manual data entry every week and lifted their lead follow-up rate from under 40% to over 85%. - For an emergency-services software company, I cut the sales director's lead research from around 10 hours a week to a fraction of that and roughly tripled the qualified leads coming through. - For my own AI product, I built a pipeline that analysed 50,000+ Amazon listings and cut review time from 30 minutes to 90 seconds an item, while holding 98% accuracy. How I work I start with the business logic and connect whatever tools fit the job. More than building one-off workflows, I design the whole system: how the pieces fit, where the data flows, and what happens when something changes later. That instinct to think in architecture comes from running my own e-commerce agency and building my own AI product end to end, where I made the build-versus-buy calls myself. When there's no ready-made connector, I'm happy working directly with APIs to find the most efficient path for your data. n8n is my engine of choice for complex builds, but I've spent years in Zapier and work across CRMs, databases, document tools and messaging. If your tool isn't listed below, ask: the patterns usually transfer. Tools I work with regularly: n8n, Zapier and Make; Pipedrive, with the same patterns carrying to other CRMs; Slack, Gmail, SMS and Calendly; Airtable, Grist, Google Sheets and Supabase; PandaDoc for document generation; GitHub; and GPT Vision, Google OCR and the major LLMs. For AI steps I often route through AIMLAPI, a single connection that reaches GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok and most other models, so I can pick the best one for each job and swap it later without rebuilding. What you can expect - Workflows that keep running when the data's messy or inconsistent, not ones that break the first time something unexpected lands. - Fast response systems that close the gap between an enquiry and the follow-up, so you're the first to reach a prospect, not the last. - A CRM that reflects your real sales pipeline, not a cluttered inbox of things you keep meaning to do. - Plain-language updates as I build, clear documentation for everything I deliver, and honest recommendations on what's worth improving or extending next, so you're never left with a black box only I understand. Two ways to start The build: you know what you want, and I step in as your developer to get it live. The audit: you're not sure where to begin, so we go through your current processes and find the ones worth automating first. Send me a short overview of the process you'd like to automate and we'll work out the best way in.

🇬🇧Beverley, United Kingdom$80/hr100% JSS4.99 (11)Since Jan 2023
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Earnings and projects

MRR
$399

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#86,958 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#1,690 / 10.7k
Revenue, last 30 days
$490

Last 6 months: $2.4k

World#63,747 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#1,129 / 10.7k
Total earnings
$22k

Billed in all: $23k

World#132,636 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#3,061 / 10.7k
Per project
$1.6k

$479 in the last 6 months

World#91,515 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#1,980 / 10.7k
Projects, last 6 months
5
60% fixed40% hourly
World#41,747 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#929 / 10.7k
Projects in all
14
57% fixed43% hourly
World#168,286 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#4,520 / 10.7k

Earnings, last 30 days

$23.3k+$490 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$22,750$23,000$23,250$23,500Oct 9Oct 24Nov 8

Skill rankings: Top 19% in WordPress

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