Office: 321 ###-###-#### Fax: 407 ###-###-#### Address: 1000 Legion Way, Suite 1600, Orlando, Florida, 32801

Monthly Compensation. Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month payable at the beginning of each month for the services of that month.

Restricted Stock. Subject to all approvals required by law, the Company will grant you 60,000 restricted stock units of the Company as of the date of this agreement. An additional 60,000 restricted stock units of the Company will be issued six months from the date of this agreement. Finally, you will be eligible for an additional issuance of 120,000 of restricted stock units of the Company

All restricted stock units issued will be subject to Rule 144.

Certain Representations. You represent and agree that you are accepting the shares of common stock being issued to you pursuant to this Agreement for your own account and not with a view to or for sale of distribution thereof. You understand that the securities are restricted securities and you understand the meaning of the term “restricted securities.” You further represent that you were not solicited by publication of any advertisement in connection with the receipt of the shares and that you have consulted tax counsel as needed regarding the shares.

Out-of-Pocket Expenses. Company agrees to reimburse you for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by you in connection with your service (including out-of-pocket expenses and transportation expenses, provided that such expenses are against original and valid receipts and pre-approved by the Company in writing (the “Expenses”).

Payment of the Expenses, as applicable, shall be made against your itemized invoice following the receipt of the relevant invoice, which invoice shall be submitted to the Company within Seven (7) days of the end of each calendar month during the term of this letter of appointment.

For the avoidance of any doubt, the Options (subject to their terms) and the aforementioned Expenses constitute the full and final consideration for your appointment, and you shall not be entitled to any additional consideration, of any form, for your appointment and service.

You will undertake such travelling as may reasonably be necessary for the performance of your duties, including travelling for Board meetings and site visits if required.

You will undertake such duties and powers relating to the Company and any subsidiaries or associated companies of the Company (the “Group”) as the Board may from time to time reasonably request. Directors have the same general legal responsibilities to the Company as any other director. The Board as a whole is collectively responsible for promoting the success of the Company by directing and supervising the Company's affairs, inter alia, as follows:

You undertake to the Company that you shall maintain in strict confidentiality all trade, business, technical or other information regarding the Company, the Group, its affiliated entities and their business affairs including, without limitation, all marketing, sales, technical and business know-how, intellectual property, trade secrets, identity and requirements of customers and prospective customers, the Company's methods of doing business and any and all other information relating to the operation of the Company (collectively, the “Confidential Information”). You shall at no time disclose any Confidential Information to any person, firm, or entity, for any purpose unless such disclosure is required in order to fulfill your responsibilities as director. You further undertake that you shall not use such Confidential Information for personal gain.

“Confidential Information” shall not include information that (i) is or becomes part of the public domain other than as a result of disclosure by you, (ii) becomes available to you on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, provided that the source is not bound with respect to that information by a confidentiality agreement with the Group or is other Laskey prohibited from transmitting that information by a contractual legal or other obligation, or (iii) can be proven by you to have been in your possession prior to disclosure of the information by the Company. In the event that you are requested or required (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or other process) to disclose any Confidential Information, it is agreed that you, to the extent practicable under the circumstances, will provide the Company with prompt notice of any such request or requirement so that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order or waive compliance with this paragraph 6. If a protective order or the receipt of a waiver hereunder has not been obtained, you may disclose only that portion of the Confidential Information which you are legally compelled to disclose.

Blackout Period. You understand that we have a policy pursuant to which no officer, director or key executive may not engage in transactions in our stock during the period commencing two weeks prior to the end of a fiscal quarter and ending the day after the financial information for the quarter and year have been publicly released. As a member of the audit committee, if you have information concerning our financial results at any time, you may not engage in transactions in our securities until the information is publicly disclosed.

The term of your appointment as a non-employee Director, Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company shall be for one year or until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

This appointment shall terminate immediately and without claim for compensation on the occurrence of any of the following events:

Any termination of this letter of appointment shall be without payment of damages or compensation (except that you shall be entitled to any accrued Expenses properly incurred under the terms of this letter of appointment prior to the date of such termination).

On termination of this appointment, you shall return all property belonging to a Group company, together with all documents, papers, disks and information, howsoever stored, relating to a Group company and used by you in connection with this position with the Company.

Subject to the proper performance of your obligations to the Company under this letter of appointment and any applicable law, the Company agrees that you will be free to accept other appointments and directorships provided that:

The performance of individual directors and the Board and its committees is evaluated annually. If, in the interim, there are any matters which cause you concern about your position, you should discuss them with the Chairman and/or the CEO as soon as is appropriate.

The Company has directors' and officers' liability insurance in place and will use commercial reasonable effort to maintain such cover for the full term of your appointment.

In addition to any right pursuant to applicable law, occasions may arise when you consider that you need professional advice in the furtherance of your duties as a director. Circumstances may occur when it will be appropriate for you to seek such advice from independent advisors at the Company's expense, to the extent provided under applicable law and subject to the prior written approval of the CEO.

This letter refers to your appointment as a director of the Company and your (possible) membership of the audit, nomination and the remuneration committees of the board.

You shall procure that you comply at all times with the Company's inside trading policies as in effect from time to time.

You shall discharge your general duties as a director pursuant to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and applicable law.

This letter of appointment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Florida.

Name: Edward H. Murphy

Title: Chief Executive Officer

We are pleased to offer you a position on the board of directors of IZEA, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“IZEA”). For the duration of your association with IZEA, you will devote such time as is reasonably required to participate in the board of directors' meetings and affairs, and provide such skill and attention to your duties as a member of any committee of the board of directors. Upon your execution of this letter agreement, you will have consented to your appointment as set forth herein, which will become effective on December 26, 2012.

You hereby also consent to the use of your name and biographical information in documentation prepared by IZEA as it relates to your becoming a member of IZEA's board of directors.

Kindly indicate your consent to the matters discussed herein by signing and returning a copy of this letter to us as soon as possible.