The Fractional Landscape for Talent
You're qualified. That's not the question.
You've led at the executive level — run a function, owned a P&L, built a team. What you don't have is a map: which platforms are free and which charge you monthly, which vet and match you and which are just open job boards, and — the part that actually matters — who pays the fee when you land a placement. That last one is where real opportunities and pay-to-play traps split apart.
Nobody teaches this from your side of the table. What exists is written by the platforms themselves, aimed at the companies hiring — not the executives applying. This class is built from real applications, real timelines, real outcomes — across dozens of platforms, not just the two or three everyone already knows about.
What You'll Walk Away With
- The full landscape of platforms built to connect fractional talent with companies that hire fractionally: How they actually work, and what most expect from you before they'll even consider you (hint: your regular resume won't cut it)
- Which platforms are free to join, which charge you monthly, and which require you to pay for training or certification so you know the real cost before you commit, and never get blindsided by hidden fees.
- Your fractional identity: how to think about your title, your niche, and your LinkedIn presence
- How founders actually evaluate case studies: and how to turn your work into STAR case studies (Situation, Task, Action, Result) that get noticed
- Real perks some platforms offer: access to medical benefits, or handled-for-you proposals, invoicing, and payments — often in exchange for a bigger cut, so you can weigh the trade-off for yourself
- Where to start: and in what order — once class ends
Inside the Class
1. Welcome & Context
Why fractional is exploding, what the word actually means, and what opportunities exist for you
2. How It Works
The three engagement tiers: how fractional work actually gets structured, and the mindset shift from hours to value
3. Getting Set Up
The essentials before you take a client
4. Your Fractional Identity
Positioning, LinkedIn, and how fractional titles actually work
5. The Platform Landscape
How these platforms actually differ: free vs. paid, vetted-and-matched vs. open job board, and what it costs when you land a placement
6. Portfolio & Proof
Turning your projects into STAR case studies that read the way founders actually read them
7. Boosting Your Fractional Presence
Building traction from zero
8. Where to Start
A simple framework for what to tackle first, and the options before you
9. Wrap-Up & Pathways
Format: 90 minutes total, including live Q&A, recorded so you can revisit it.
What's Included
Live Class + QA
90 minutes total
Full Access to Recording
For 90 days
Fractional Readiness Playbook
PDF file
Who This Is For
Meet Amanda
Fractional Chief Experience Officer (CXO) & Founder | User Experience & AI-Native Product Strategy
Amanda's road to fractional wasn't a straight line — Microsoft, then fractional by accident, leading three founders before one of them hired her full-time to run their venture studio, then four years at an ad agency focused on pharma user experience and rare disease education, a layoff — and landing back in fractional work, this time on purpose. The corporate and agency chapters ran on the same mechanics fractional work does — hours, allocations, juggling multiple stakeholders and priorities at once — just under a different title. She specializes in product strategy, UX research, and behavior-driven experience design — she builds and operates, she doesn't just advise — and built MasterClass by Amanda — starting with The Fractional Landscape for Talent — from her own transition, including being vetted across multiple platforms, among them several invitation-only fractional networks.
Founding Cohort
“This is our founding cohort — the first live run of a complete curriculum, full content, no filler. Founding pricing reflects that you're getting in early, not that anything here is unfinished.”