{"url_path":"/sec/upwk/8-k/2026-07-16/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-16","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627475/0001627475-26-000042-index.html","accession_number":"0001627475-26-000042","cik":"0001627475","ticker":"UPWK","issuer_name":"UPWORK, INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627475/0001627475-26-000042-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001627475","primary_entity_name":"UPWORK, INC"},"word_count":265,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.\n\nEffective July 14, 2026, Upwork Inc.’s, or the Company’s, Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer, Erica Gessert, will take a temporary medical leave. The Company currently anticipates that Ms. Gessert will return to her role during the fourth quarter of 2026.\n\nDuring Ms. Gessert’s leave, Hayden Brown, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will assume the role of the Company’s interim principal financial officer.\n\nBiographical information for Ms. Brown may be found in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2026. There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Brown and any other persons pursuant to which Ms. Brown was selected as interim principal financial officer, no family relationships among any of the Company’s directors or executive officers and Ms. Brown, and Ms. Brown does not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Ms. Brown will not receive any additional compensation for assuming the role of interim principal financial officer, and no changes have been made to any plans or arrangements in which Ms. Brown participates as a result of this appointment.\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.\n\nUPWORK INC.\n\nDate:  July 16, 2026\nBy:/s/Jacob McQuown\n\nJacob McQuown\nChief Legal Officer & Secretary"}