That can’t be farther from the truth. You can actually hire a lot of unique roles from the Philippines — from architectural drafters and content creators to operations managers and analysts. You just have to know where to look.
After hiring more than 1,000 remote Filipino workers for our clients, we’ve encountered our fair share of interesting jobs. Here are 12 roles you didn’t probably didn’t know you could outsource:
1. Hire Remote Nutritionists
- Who hired them? A keto meal plan provider
- How much did it cost? $1,000 per month
- What is their main task? Answering inquiries about keto meal plans
One of our clients provides high-quality keto products and meal plans. Since their business was growing rapidly, they needed an online keto coach to provide accurate advice to customers.
Enter: Jay, a registered nutritionist and dietician in the Philippines. As a nutrition researcher, quality officer, and NGO volunteer, Jay’s experience and skills were a perfect fit for this job. He also proved to be an excellent communicator who took initiative in his tasks.
Upon hiring, he got certified as a keto coach and is now helping our client build trust with their customers.
Need a nutritionist? Hire from the Philippines today.
2. Hire Remote Marketers
- Who hired them? A marketing agency
- How much did it cost? $1,100 per month
- What is their main task? Reach potential clients through content, engagement, email marketing, and other strategies
Growth marketers are responsible for creating and executing strategies that positively impact the business.
We helped an SEO agency find a growth marketer who can help them reach more customers. For them, we found Trish — a digital marketing pro with more than 3 years of experience. Trish's skills in social media management, email marketing, lead generation, and project management made her the perfect fit for this role.
At $1,100 per month, Trish helps our client :
- Segment email audiences
- Share articles on email and social media
- Connect with ideal contacts for content distribution —
- — and manage email outreach
Need someone like Trish? Hire remote marketers with ease.
3. Hire Remote Paralegals
- Who hired them? A personal injury law firm
- How much did it cost? $1,200 per month
- What is their main task? Improve the law office’s operations, draft legal documents, and create seamless client relation processes
Paralegals help law firms accomplish day-to-day operations. In this client's case, their personal injury law firm needed someone to answer inquiries, draft medical records, and organize bill requests and legal documents.
Jordanne, a legal assistant and Juris Doctor graduate, was perfect for the job.
Aside from her excellent admin skills, Jordanne is also well-versed in personal injury law. Her experience in drafting legal documents and law research made her a great match for our client.
Today, she works full-time in the client's time zone at $1,200 a month.
Hire remote paralegal jobs with Somewhere
4. Hire Remote Financial Analysts
- Who hired them? A real estate development and investment firm
- How much did it cost? $1,450 per month
- What is their main task? Financial analysis and forecasting, underwriting, and industry reviews
Did you know that you can also outsource financial analysis and forecasting jobs to remote Filipino staff?
A lot of our real estate clients need financial analysts to help them:
- analyze and review prospective transactions and real estate assets
- underwrite deals
- prepare business plans
- create accurate business forecasts
- review market data —
- — and support new development activities
We matched one of our clients with Glaiza, a financial analyst with 8 years of experience in real estate financial modeling and analytics. Aside from her competency in financial forecasting, she also has a Master's degree in Business Management — making her an invaluable member of their team.
Hire a remote financial analyst today
5. Hire Remote Architectural Drafters
- Who hired them? A licensed architect
- How much did it cost? $1,050
- What is their main task? Draft architectural drawings and models
Highly technical roles are also a staple here at Somewhere.
We recently helped a licensed architect find a technician to help them with the following tasks:
- Model creation and drafting
- Project monitoring — from the design development stage to construction documents
- Client assessment presentations
Like many others in this list, the talent that we found for this client was a seasoned candidate with over two decades of experience. John is a licensed architect in the Philippines who has worked with a wide variety of projects like high-rise buildings, residential real estate, and commercial construction. His experience and competency proved to be a gem for this team.
It's mind blowing to think that you can get this level of talent overseas at a fraction of what it would cost locally. John works full-time for $1,050 a month.
Looking for remote architectural drafters? We can help.
6. Hire Remote Video editors
- Who hired them? Youtube channel for finance
- How much did it cost? $1,200 per month
- What is their main task? Shoot and edit videos for Youtube
Aside from real estate firms and startups, we also serve content creators.
This client needed someone to help them shoot and edit videos for their finance Youtube channel.
We matched them with Gary, a seasoned pro who's worked with Youtube channels, as well as weddings, ads, and corporate videos. As part of our vetting process, we made sure that Gary knew how to manage his time well. With 9 years of video editing experience under his belt, Gary was an obvious choice for this client.
We also helped a wedding videography studio find a talented video editor for their firm. This time, we found Jean, who was an expert in editing software like Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, AfterEffects, and Photoshop.
At $1,000 per month, she helps our client:
- edit wedding films
- add effects and transitions
- create thumbnails —
- — and complete other related tasks
If you need a remote video editor like Gary or Jean — hit us up!
7. Hire Remote Real Estate Controllers
- Who hired them? A real estate development firm
- How much did it cost? $1,350 per month
- What is their main task? Managing the firm’s financial records
Real estate controllers are professionals with investment or finance backgrounds. They help firms manage accounts, oversee bookkeeping, and develop strategies based on the company's current financial status.
Over the past couple of years, we've found lots of talented controllers for our real estate clients. One of them is Jinky.
We matched her with a rental housing company that specializes in developing and operating affordable communities. Her experience and background as a CPA in the Philippines proved to be useful in her new role, where she's expected to create financial reports, manage books, and reconcile accounts. Today, Jinky works with the firm full-time at $1,350 a month.
Hire a controller for your real estate business today
8. Hire Remote Purchasing assistants
- Who hired them? An Amazon store
- How much did it cost? $1,350
- What is their main task? Purchasing and supply chain management
If you're running an Amazon store, it's a must to have a purchaser on your team.
Purchasers are responsible for updating and tracking purchase lists for ecommerce stores. They also:
- research about potential vendors
- update spreadsheets —
- — and monitor items.
As one of the emerging ecommerce markets in Asia Pacific, the Philippines has a wealth of talent when it comes to ecommerce. Peter was one of these folks.
Like many hires on this list, Peter has a master's degree in Business Administration and is a certified Industrial Engineer. His experience in contract and supply chain management made him a great match for this role. Today, Peter works full time for $1,350 per month.
Hire a remote purchasing assistant today
9. Hire Remote Tiktok Content Creators
- Who hired them? Real estate content company
- How much did it cost? $1,800
- What is their main task?
The Philippines has over 40 million active users on Tiktok. If you want to produce engaging and trendy content for your business, hiring a remote Tiktok creator from the Philippines is a great move.
One of our clients, a real estate content company, found a gem in Mark. Mark is a Filipino Tiktok content creator with 125,000 followers of his own. He's a multimedia creator who has produced content for platforms like Youtube and Spotify and is a pro at various content editing tools.
At $1,800 per month, Mark helps the team grow their Tiktok presence by:
- Developing highly engaging content
- Responding and engaging in posts, questions, and comments
- Coordinating with internal teams to align content branding
- Keeping updated with social media trends
Hire a remote Tiktok creator today and grow your audience fast
10. Hire Remote Property Value Analysts
- Who hired them? A property tax consulting firm
- How much did it cost? $1,050
- What is their main task? Value analysis on properties
Property value analysts help firms assess the value of commercial or residential properties. In this case, our client needed someone to help them:
- Perform value analysis on properties
- Review and analyze information on specific properties
- Assess how these factors affect property value
- Work on real estate data on Google Sheets and MS Excel
We found the perfect candidate in Mea. Her time as a VA for a Canadian real estate firm gave her the expertise for the job. She knew her way around property sales and documentation, as well as the latest property appraisal trends and rates.
At $1,050 per month, Mea now works for the client full-time.
Hire a remote value analyst for your real estate business today
11. Hire Remote Operations leads
- Who hired them? A content creation agency
- How much did it cost? $1,300
- What is their main task? Bridge sales, marketing, and operations teams
We’ve also hired several leadership positions for our clients. One of these leaders is Paola, who now works as operations lead for a content agency at $1,300 a month.
Our client needed a manager to oversee day-to-day operations — someone who can coordinate between teams, monitor progress, and manage resources.
Paola's project management and operations skills were perfect for the role. She was able to take ownership of resource planning, progress monitoring, and stakeholder communication.
12. Hire Remote Creative Designers
- Who hired them? A real estate content company
- How much did it cost? $1,050/month
- What is their main task? Create visual assets and hand-drawn illustrations
The Philippines is home to a thriving creative scene. Big movie studios and advertising firms have been outsourcing work to Filipino designers for decades. With Somewhere, businesses like you can work with the best remote creative designers from the Philippines, too.
Meet Paolo, a creative designer we hired for a content production company. At $1,050 a month, he helps our client create hand-drawn illustrations and 3D floor plans.
Paolo is not only a designer — he's also a licensed architect who has worked on projects like coffee shops, churches, and residential buildings. These technical skills, coupled with a good eye for brand and merchandise design, made him the perfect choice for this role.
Looking for a creative designer? We can help
Hire unique remote roles with Somewhere
So you see, Filipinos are not only good at answering phones and organizing your schedule. The country's talent pool is rich with professionals who:
- have years of experience
- are highly skilled in various fields
- have college and post-grad degrees
- speak great English
- get American culture
They also cost significantly less than local counterparts. If you're struggling to fill a unique role, we're here to help out. By partnering with a remote hiring agency, you can easily hire remote marketers, financial analysts, virtual assistants, content creators, and more — all tailored to your business needs.
Let us know about the roles you're looking to hire and we'll find you candidates who can enrich your team and help you grow your business.
