20 Awesome Non-Technical Jobs for Digital Nomads That Bring Freedom
So you want to become a digital nomad and work from anywhere, but you don’t want to have technical job?
Or maybe you want to completely change your career and do something which is non techie so that you stress less and enjoy life more?
It’s ok, we totally get this and this guide will show you exactly these type of non- technical jobs that you can do (online) whilst traveling.
Even if most remote jobs are in the technology field (coding,data,etc), there are quite a few left which do not require a lot of advanced technical skills as you’ll see below. We will also list the skills and software people work with typically in this jobs.
In fact, we noticed more and more people are looking for digital nomad jobs that are non-technical for several reasons, either to become more creative or just because they are sick and tired of learning new programming languages all the time!
If you are one of them, stay tuned because we’ve got some really good options for you!
What is a Non Technical Digital Nomad job?
Alright, let’s talk about what a non tech remote job is…and how we created this list…
A non-technical remote job is a role that doesn’t include daily interactions with advanced software tools or writing code
The list below was put together by looking at the following factors:
1) Job can be done from anywhere, just internet access required
2) It involves minimal contact with technology and doesn’t require coding
So what are some of the most popular non-techie jobs for digital nomads? Let’s find out below!
Extended list of digital jobs for non-techies
1.Blogging/Copywritting/Editing
A blogger is someone who writes, edits , and manages a blog. He or she shares his or her opinion and knowledge on different topics for a target audience and niche.
The collection of skills that one needs to run and manage a blog entails using a content editor like WordPress or Joomla, creative writing, editing, and networking in social media.
Blogging has become a side business for a lot of people who try to get some passive income.
You can write for your blog as an owner/entrepreneur or find a job to write for someone else. The key to success here is to find a niche that suits you,
If you plan to write for your blog, don’t write about general topics. A much better approach would be to find a small niche you feel comfortable writing about.
Bloggers are individuals who become authorities or experts on various topics from arts, home designs, different hobbies and, even finance. Bloggers are mobile and don’t need to be in one place. So this sounds like an ideal nontech digital nomad job.
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2. Remote Sales and Marketing Jobs
Are you a good communicator and charisma your strong points? Great, then a remote sales job is clearly for you! In this kind of nontechie remote role, you’ll have to provide and present an appropriate solution to your prospective customer. You will be doing a lot of cold calling to your customer leads and then coordinating the sales effort with team members and other departments. Sales meetings are a must, this is where your presentation skills will come into play to convince customers about your solutions and products.
Another important task that you’ll most likely do is to analyze the territory and market potentials of different markets. Of course, weekly and quarterly reporting isare expected.
This non tech digital nomad job can be done entirely remotely, with just a laptop and phone with a lot of international minutes.
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3. Virtual Assistant (Receptionist)
A Virtual Assistant is like a “small genius”. It’s the type of digital nomad job a person is usually an administrative assistant who performs the tasks of a secretary but does not have a fixed office space. For example, they might update the calendar, manage emails, social media, and so on.
Nevertheless, some virtual assistants fill in some more advanced roles due to their particular skill sets.
For example, a virtual assistant might do copywriting, conduct SEO research, or create PowerPoint presentations. Virtual assistants are often self-employed or own their limited or LLC company. This means they work for themselves, and the company offering their services for them is their client. Due to the low hourly rate, virtual assistants generally work for multiple companies at once.
If you wish to know more about how to become a successful Virtual Assistant, we wrote an extensive piece here that will help you do that.
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4. Human Resource Job – Remote
A Human resources (HR) officer or recruiter develops advises on and implementation of policies relating to the effective use of staff in an organization
As an HR person, you aim to ensure that the organization you work for employs the right balance of staff in terms of skills and experience and that training and development opportunities are available to colleagues to improve and upskill their performance and achieve the company’s business goals.
HR employees are involved in a range of activities whatever the size or type of business.
This is yet another digital nomad job for non-technical people which can be done remotely from anywhere in the world.
In some larger organisations you could also be working with overseas staff, so cultural awareness and having some understanding of work issues in other countries is helpful.
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5. Social Media Manager
A Social Media Manager will manage the company’s social media marketing and advertising. This includes channels like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram as well as forums like Reddit.
The Social Media Manager is a highly motivated and creative individual with experience and a passion for connecting with current and future customers. That passion comes through as she/he engages with customers daily, with the ultimate goal being to turn fans into customers and turn customers into advocates. This way, the loop is closed and more new leads will come up. Rinse and repeat.
Administration includes, but is not limited to:
- Deliberate planning, strategy, and goal setting of social media
- Define KPIs and measure social media campaign results
- Content management
- Curating content for the channels
- Cultivation of leads and sales
- Brand management
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6. Customer Support and Customer Service
In theory, this should be the easiest non-techie job to get as a digital nomad.
For this type of work, you don’t need a fancy degree or high-tech skills. If you feel like you are a good communicator and a problem solver, maybe this job is for you.
Expect to answer calls, but also give guidance to customers via chat and email. One challenge could be the timezone, so make sure you ask your employer about schedule requirements.
Customer support services range from assisting customers in planning, installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrading, and upgrading. The term ‘customer support is mostly related to people working in the Software As A Services and tech companies dedicated to supporting customers with products and services that require ongoing tech assistance.
Customer support agents should have a deep knowledge of the products and services offered by their company. Their role may also include creating Knowledge Base documentation. For instance; troubleshooting guides, help manuals, and FAQs), creating use cases, and providing product feedback. Support teams often collaborate with product development teams to ensure improvement and optimization of the end-to-end customer experience.
Customer service is the support you offer your customers — both before and after they buy and use your products or services — that helps them have an easy and enjoyable experience with you. Today’s customer service goes far beyond the traditional telephone support agent. It’s available via email, web, text message, and social media. Many companies also provide self-service support, so customers can find their answers at any time day or night.
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7. Remote Accountant & Bookkeeper Jobs
As a remote accountant you will be expected to enter bills in the sytem, review them for accuracy and make sure everything is the digital storage. Sometimes you might be required to answer billing questions from vendors or from internal stakeholders in the company.
You should know how to prepare local and special tax returns and if you work in the US, even federal and state tax. Other tasks may include annual audit preparations and revenue and projections.
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8. Teaching Jobs (over videoconferencing)
Online TEFL involves teaching English language learners over a video connection. This is often on a one-to-one basis but it’s also possible to teach several students at once.
Teaching English online is another non-technical location independent job. It means you can work from anywhere – as long as you have a good WiFi connection! So it’s possible to work from home or do it whilst seeing the world.
Online teaching allows taking command of your schedule. So, whether you’re looking for a career change or to supplement your existing income with a flexible job, this could be a very good option.
Another big advantage of this non-techie digital nomad role is that you are not confined in a classroom. No paperwork, no large classes, or cleaning up after students. Also, you won’t have to commute anymore which will improve your work/life balance.
Who can do it?
Any digital nomad with a TEFL qualification, a webcam, and reliable WiFi can find work online. Some restrictions can apply for certain online teaching platforms so you’ll have to check yourself
Online teachers can take home usually between $14 – 22 USD an hour (teachers are given a base salary of $7 – 9 per 25-minute lesson).
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9. Remote Tutoring Jobs (over videoconferencing)
An online tutor is yet another role that doesn’t require you too be a very technical person.
A tutor is meant to provide a student with extra help in a subject that the student is being taught by someone else. Though some online tutors can provide extensive instruction, they are generally seen as offering clarification or a work experience perspective on specific skills that the student is falling behind on.
As a tutor, you’ll have the freedom to use the best method for tutoring an individual student based on how the student is most easily able to learn new material.
Online tutors may offer test preparation help for the SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, MCAT, and other college-entrance tests either on their own or through a test prep company. In fact, this is what a lot of tutors make a living from.
The beauty of this job, besides the fact you actually help people form their careers, is that the job and hours are very flexible and there is no comute. Think about how much time you could save on comute or the places you could be tutoring from….
Your clients can be all over the world from Brazil to France so you are not bound to one place. A perfect digital nomad job!
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10. Strategic Consultant
A Strategic Business Consultant works on the high-level aspect of a business and adivse clients to solve almost any issue. You will usually work remotely and assist on issues like process optimization, HR and marketing in order to transform the client’s business into a more profitable one.
As this is clearly a job for non-techies, you will need management and marketing experience to be able to advise your clients on processes
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11. Remote Illustrator/Graphic Designer Job
Yet another wide spread non-technical remote job for digital nomads. The demand for these experts is quite high these days, especially on the freelancing websites like Fiverr and Upwork.
The Graphic Designer job description includes the entire process of defining requirements, visualizing and creating graphics including illustrations, logos, layouts and photos. You’ll be the one to shape the visual aspects of websites, magazines, product packaging and sometimes even books.
Your graphics should capture the attention of those who see them and communicate the right message. For this, you need to have a creative flair and a strong ability to translate requirements into design.
In general, you have communicate well and work methodically as part of a team.
The goal of the work should be to inspire and attract the target audience.
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12. Health Coach – Remote
A Health Coach is responsible for evaluating and improving clients’ health and wellness.
Some of the main responsibilities of Health Coaches include assessing clients’ health, coaching clients on how to improve their health, and developing health care plans.
A top Health Coach should be very passionate and interested in improving the health of clients, exhibit good team working skills, and have self-confidence. It’s a great non tech role that can be done from anywhere on the globe.
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13. Become a Digital Entrepreneur
Digital entrepreneurs are people with business acumen focused exclusively on digital commerce.
They create digital products like ebooks, online education, membership sites, affiliate marketing, software, web hosting, and software as a service (“SaaS”). Some online entrepreneurs prefer to develop e-commerce stores and sell this digital product there or just physical ones just like a normal shop
This is probably the Holy Grail of digital nomad jobs, not only that you can be your boss, but you can also work from anywhere in the world….and you don’t even have to be so technical. You can hire people to do the technical bits for you, whilst you focus on the strategy and communication part.
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14. Remote Translator
A translator Interprets written or spoken material into one or more other languages, ensuring the meaning and context are maintained. Some he or she has to consult with subject matter experts and other colleagues to understand the specialized concept and translate them accordingly.
Sometimes, you’ll have to use highly specialized translation software to encourage efficiency and consistency, but this software is really easy to operate.
Of course, each of these jobs can require a different skill set in addition to your language capability. Also, jobs will vary by the language you speak. However, this is a great job for non-techie digital nomads who don’t want to code at all!
Many translation jobs are done by freelancers, but some companies do hire home-based translators as employees.
Check out FlexJobs’ list of companies with remote translation jobs.
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15. Digital Marketing Expert
Digital marketing involves the promotion of products and services through a variety of digital channels, using the internet and mobile technology. Push and pull marketing techniques are applied, targeting consumers both directly and indirectly.
In the role of digital marketer, you’ll be involved in developing an organization’s multi-channel communication strategies and may work across several areas, or specialize in a few, depending on the size and requirements of your employer.
Some common digital marketing techniques that you might be working with are Social media marketing, Search Engine Optimization(SEO), pay-per-click campaigns(PPC), mobile marketing, and affiliate marketing.
If you are an experienced marketer, you can go freelance work and become an independent consultant or you can just look for a job remotely and work from anywhere as a digital nomad.
This role’s not an easy one though due to the changeable and fast-paced nature of the digital marketing sector. You will have to juggle multiple projects at the same time and work with different levels of seniority inside the company.
Skills and tools needed:pecialize
16. Art Director
As an advertising art director, you’ll produce innovative ideas for the visual elements of advertising campaigns in all kinds of media, like but not limited to cinema and TV, the internet, and the press. You will have to make rough sketches or storyboards
This was an office job not too long ago, but nowadays there are a lot of Art Directors out there who are location independent and they’re doing quite well.
If you would be working in an office, you’d have to present ideas live to the clients and get feedback from them. Most likely, you will be doing that on Zoom today.
You will be part of a creative team that you have to brief on the work and a copy writer will be your right hand, doing the copies for your art.
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17. Medical Writer
Medical writers use scientific knowledge and writing skills to effectively communicate technical medical science information in writing. Medical Writers generally focus on either scientific medical writing, which includes medical studies, drug trials, and regulatory documents, or marketing medical writing.
The primary employers of medical writers are hospitals, academic institutions, and pharmaceutical companies. Therefore, if you are looking to apply for this type of digital nomad job, you should keep this employer in mind.
Medical Writers work with clinical teams and clients to understand the nature of the scientific work that they will be covering. They assess data or products using their medical expertise and quickly develop expertise in new areas as needed for their writing.
Medical Writers compile, write, and edit medical writing deliverables covering all phases of clinical research for submission to regulatory agencies. Medical Writers help write studies for submissions to the FDA. Their writing is also used in publications or medical journals, or for internal company use.
Medical Writers also write scientific copy for a broader audience, including scientific liaisons, healthcare professionals, and pharmaceutical representatives, and develop and write pharmaceutical training materials.
A Medical Writer must be aware of current industry practices and regulatory requirements that affect medical writing.
You will need to have an honest conversation with your employer about working remotely and the terms and conditions. Luckily, more and more medical writing jobs are being done remotely because a lot of the work has been digitized and software tools have improved massively.
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18. Online Psychologist
Online therapy is usually done two ways: via video or text. As a remote worker offering this kind of services, you’ll probably want to go for the video conferencing option
You can do video therapy from virtually anywhere with the internet, a camera, and some privacy. It closely mimics in-person therapy since you and your therapist can physically see each other and talk, live.
Make sure that both you and the patient have privacy and safe spaces to talk.
Times are tough so the demand for therapy has increased dramatically due to lockdowns and the lonely Millenials phenomenon.
This method is very appealing for clients too, because they save money and time by not commuting to a therapist’s office and they will also be more comfortable talking from their sofa at home. This service can be convenient.
Online therapy also makes mental health care more accessible and lets you have access to a lot of people who need help, especially if you are fluent in more than one language.
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19. Product Manager – Remote
This is a bit more of a technical digital nomad job, however, in most of the Product Management roles, you don’t have to code or use extremely complicated software.
The role of a digital product manager can be responsable of many tasks. Traditionally, the role oversees the entire life cycle of a product, from defining the scope, building the technology, creating a great customer experience and acquiring customers.
A digital product manager is responsible for the overall vision of the product. From inception, through launch, and to the customer journey, the product manager needs to envision how each team is going to play a role in the product’s success.
We still believe this role is non-technical it can be done by any digital nomad who has created digital products before or considers itself a full stack digital marketer.
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20. PR Director
A Public Relations (PR) Director designs and implements marketing strategies that cultivate relationships with media, engage the targeted audience, and boostsboost brand awareness.
You’ll have to coordinate with internal teams (e.g. Marketing and Communications) to maximize brand consistency in all advertising efforts.
One of the main goals as a (remote) PR Director is to promote and maintain a positive image of the company while ensuring a strong online and offline brand presence.
This is a non-technical digital nomad job that’s mostly around communication and marketing. Surely, it can be done from anywhere in the world assuming you have a phone signal and a solid internet connection.
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How Many Non Techies Digital Nomad Jobs Are Out There?
The answer is…A LOT. We’ve presented just the most popular and easy to find on the job engines. Nevertheless, there are so many other ways of working online and making a living that we haven’t even heard of. Use your imagination and start searching for the remote role that matches your skills and can make your location independent.
