Case Studies

Real automation work,
verified outcomes.

See what happens when a brief meets a verified expert: the problem, the build, and the numbers it moved. Every engagement below ran the way yours would - matched in under 24 hours, paid through milestone escrow you approve, compliant across 160+ countries.

12
Automation categories
160+
Compliance countries
<24h
Match delivery
Flat fee
Transparent pricing
Representative scenarios. Identifying details anonymized; outcomes modeled on industry benchmarks for the work described.

SaaS · Customer Support

AI Agents

Business case

AI support agent resolves 68% of tickets automatically

Mid-market SaaS - 3,500 customers, 45,000 active users

The Challenge

Support volume quadrupled in 18 months; the team only doubled. Resolution averaged 4 hours, weekend tickets sat overnight, and the next move on the table was two more agents at $85K each - $170K a year to stand still.

REWORK Solution

Instead, they posted a plain-language brief on REWORK. AutoTeam surfaced three verified LLM engineers - each with replayable proof of similar builds, not a résumé - and they picked one the same day. Six weeks of milestone-based escrow later they had a Claude-powered tier-1 agent: intent classification across 14 ticket categories, RAG over 8,000 help-center articles, escalation routing, 24/7. Funds only released as each milestone was approved.

Outcome

The agent now closes 68% of inbound tickets end-to-end at 95% CSAT. Repeat tickets fell 40%, and the team moved from password resets to churn-saving customer-success work. The two hires they never made pay for the project many times over - every year.

LLM Engineer · Verified
LLM Engineering
RAG
Customer Support

Outcomes

68%
Tickets auto-resolved
92%
Faster resolution
$480K
Annual savings
24/7
Coverage

D2C E-commerce

Marketing Automation

Business case

D2C brand triples conversion with AI-powered email sequences

Sustainable activewear brand - 12,000 subscribers, 45 SKUs

The Challenge

Revenue was stuck at $15–18K a month. Conversion sat at 1.2% - well under the 2% industry bar - carts were abandoned faster than they filled, and every extra ad dollar bought less than the last. Nobody in-house knew where to start with automation.

REWORK Solution

They described the outcome they wanted - not a spec - and REWORK matched them with a verified marketing-automation engineer whose proof-of-work portfolio showed exactly this playbook shipped before. Over two escrow milestones in 8 weeks: dynamic segmentation on Klaviyo + Shopify, AI-personalized product recommendations, an abandoned-cart sequence with adaptive timing, and a post-purchase win-back flow. Nothing was paid until each milestone was reviewed and approved.

Outcome

Conversion tripled to 3.6%. Email revenue grew 220% year over year on flat ad spend, order value rose 38%, and customer lifetime value lifted 85%. The flows keep compounding - the engagement paid for itself inside the first quarter.

Automation Engineer · Verified
Marketing Automation
Personalization
Klaviyo

Outcomes

3.0×
Conversion lift
+220%
Email revenue
+85%
Customer LTV
−52%
Cart abandonment

FinTech · Analytics

Data Pipelines

Business case

Real-time analytics pipeline replaces overnight batch

Retail-investing FinTech - 12,000 traders, 40 institutional clients

The Challenge

Dashboards refreshed once a day from overnight batch jobs while institutional clients demanded real-time data - and started saying so in renewal calls. Two analysts burned full-time hours babysitting 20+ manual Excel reports. Analytics had become the growth bottleneck.

REWORK Solution

They hired a Gold-tier data engineer through REWORK - a trust tier earned through verified pipeline deliverables, not claimed on a résumé. Three escrow milestones across 10 weeks produced a streaming architecture on Kafka → dbt → Snowflake with sub-second latency, self-service dashboards replacing every manual report, and SLA monitoring. The engineer was overseas; REWORK handled the cross-border contract and compliance automatically.

Outcome

Sub-second latency replaced the 24-hour batch. Manual reporting dropped 98%, the analysts moved to strategic work, and the real-time gap that threatened institutional renewals is gone. The team scoped a phase-two ML workload with the same engineer.

Data Engineer · Gold Tier
Data Engineering
Kafka
Snowflake
dbt

Outcomes

<1s
Event latency
99.95%
Pipeline uptime
$240K
Annual savings
−98%
Manual reporting

Logistics · AP Operations

RPA & Document AI

Business case

Logistics company cuts invoice processing 85%

Mid-sized logistics - 200 employees, 18,000 invoices/year

The Challenge

18,000 invoices a year arrived as PDFs, EDI files, portal uploads and scanned mail - and every one was keyed in by hand. That was 120+ hours a month of data entry with a 2.5% error rate, half a person chasing vendors, and quarterly audits that meant days of reconciliation.

REWORK Solution

AutoTeam matched them with a verified RPA specialist whose portfolio included a replayable demo of an invoice-OCR pipeline already in production elsewhere - they watched it run before they hired. Five weeks and a handful of approved milestones later: AI document extraction (OCR + LLM validation), intelligent GL-code routing, three-way matching against POs and receipts, and an exception queue with human sign-off.

Outcome

Processing fell from 120 to 18 hours a month and the error rate collapsed to 0.2%. AP cost dropped 90% - and with real-time invoice visibility, the team now captures early-payment discounts it used to miss entirely. Auditors get a complete trail at the press of a button.

RPA Specialist · Verified
RPA
Document AI
OCR
AP Automation

Outcomes

−85%
Processing time
99.2%
Accuracy
90%
Cost savings
100%
Audit trail

Independent Professional · RPA

Career Growth

Expert story

From $45/hr freelancer to Gold-tier RPA specialist ($180K/yr)

Solo automation engineer - 3 years freelance, based in Lisbon, PT

The Challenge

Four general freelance marketplaces, $45/hr, 30+ proposals a month, an 8% win rate. Clients treated RPA like generic dev work and haggled every quote - because on a résumé, "10,000 hours of automation wins" reads exactly like "I know Zapier". There was no way to prove the difference.

REWORK Solution

On REWORK, proof replaced pitching. Four proof-of-work deliverables went up - a live invoice-OCR pipeline, two Make/n8n flows with measured ROI, and anonymized client results - each one verified, not self-reported. AutoTeam ranking put the profile in front of enterprise AP operations leads within two weeks; the first quarter converted three inbound leads into milestone-paid engagements with zero proposals written.

Outcome

Climbed to the Gold trust tier as verified engagements stacked up, and the rate followed the evidence: $45/hr to $198/hr. Month five brought a six-month logistics retainer. Escrow means the work is always funded before it starts, and flat platform pricing makes every payout predictable.

RPA Specialist · Gold Tier
Career Growth
RPA
Gold Tier
Proof-of-Work

Outcomes

+340%
Hourly rate
4
Verified proofs
Gold
Tier reached
92%
Re-hire rate

Independent Professional · LLM Engineering

Discovery & Matching

Expert story

LLM engineer: 40 inbound clients in 8 months, zero sales calls

Independent ML engineer - ex-Big-Tech, niche in LLM evaluation, based in Austin, TX

The Challenge

Left a senior Big-Tech role with deep LLM-evaluation expertise and no pipeline. Six months of LinkedIn outreach produced three discovery calls and zero contracts. On generic marketplaces, "AI engineer" is a crowd where everyone claims the same stack - specialty was invisible.

REWORK Solution

On REWORK the specialty became the storefront: nine proof-of-work items, including a live GPT-4 vs Claude evaluation harness, two RAG pipelines with ROI metrics, an open-source prompt-caching benchmark, and four anonymized client cases with replayable demos. AutoTeam category-aware ranking indexed the profile under LLM Evaluation, RAG Engineering and Prompt Optimization - the exact shelves buyers browse. Inbound requests started within ten days.

Outcome

40 distinct clients matched across eight months - all inbound, not one outbound sales call - for $240K in engagements. Average time-to-match stayed under 24 hours, and 60% of clients booked a second engagement within 90 days. The pipeline problem is now a scheduling problem.

LLM Engineer · Gold Tier
Discovery
LLM
AutoTeam
Proof-of-Work

Outcomes

$240K
GMV in 8 months
9
Proofs published
40
Clients matched
<24h
Avg. match time

How it works

How every engagement runs on Rework Digital.

The same operating model behind every case above - verification, matching, milestone-based escrow, and automated cross-border compliance.

01

Describe the work

Post a brief in plain language. AI generates deliverables, tech stack, timeline, and budget in under 30 seconds.

02

Match in 24 hours

AutoTeam delivers ranked, verified experts across 12 automation categories - proof-of-work portfolios and Bronze-to-Diamond trust tiers, not self-reported résumés.

03

Ship against milestones

Milestone-based escrow releases on deliverable approval. Cross-border contracts and tax handled automatically across 160+ countries.

04

Scale on lower fees

A flat, transparent platform fee on every transaction - the same rate from day one for both companies and professionals, with no tiered ladder.

Common questions

What readers ask before they start.

How matching, verification, escrow, and cross-border compliance actually work before you post your first brief.

Are these case studies real?

They are representative scenarios. Identifying client details are anonymized and outcomes are modeled on industry benchmarks for the work described - built to reflect the kind of AI and automation engagements delivered through Rework Digital rather than a single named account.

How fast can I get matched with a verified expert?

Most briefs are matched in under 24 hours. You describe the work in plain language, AutoTeam ranks verified specialists across all 12 automation categories, and you receive a shortlist backed by proof-of-work - no outbound sourcing, no sales calls.

How do you verify that experts can actually deliver?

Every expert is ranked on proof-of-work - live deliverables, measurable ROI, and replayable demos - not self-reported résumés. Trust tiers from Bronze to Diamond are earned through verified identity, skills demonstrated on real proofs, and delivery track record, so you can see who has actually shipped work like yours.

How does payment work, and is my money protected?

Engagements run on milestone-based escrow. You fund a milestone up front, the expert ships, and funds release only when you approve the deliverable - so you never pay for work you have not reviewed.

Can I hire across borders without the legal overhead?

Yes. Rework Digital handles cross-border contracts, compliance, and tax automatically across 160+ countries, so a company and an expert in different jurisdictions can work together without assembling their own legal stack.

What does Rework Digital cost?

A flat, transparent platform commission applies to every transaction - the same rate from day one for both companies and professionals, with no tiered ladder or hidden markups.

Your version of these numbers starts with one brief.

Post a project in plain language, get matched with a verified expert in under 24 hours, and pay only against milestones you approve - your funds never release for work you have not reviewed.

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