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For Media companies:

Our platform drastically reduces the time spent managing your freelancers while making it a breeze to collaborate across various cities, states or countries.

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"Time saving is a massive benefit. We’ve given the finance team a week of their month back that they were using to just process all the payments."
Paige Lawson, Sourcing Specialist

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Unlock a diverse workforce at your fingertips

Tired of looking for the needle in the haystack when it comes to sourcing good talent? We've already vetted our freelancers, so you can simply start looking through profiles, read reviews and more. You can also easily create a searchable, up-to-date directory of your own talent, so if you need a copywriter or a graphic designer for an urgent project you can instantly match the right available person to the work.

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Lightning-fast global payments, at a fraction of the cost

Make sure your contractors are getting paid on time with automated monthly, bi-weekly or weekly payments to 190+ countries and in 55+ currencies. Wasting hours on needless payment admin? Accelerate your payment speed, and give yourself more free time with just one consolidated invoice. Your freelancers can make invoice generation quick and simple by logging their work completion time with our time tracking tool.

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Enhanced efficiency and seamless visibility of your creative projects

Complete your projects at record speeds and maintain streamlined connectivity and control of budgets. Keep track of your checklists, task progress and deliverables all in one place. Communicate easily with team messaging and provide feedback for effortless transparency and workflow visibility. No need to worry about overspending in the meantime. With cost capping at task level and our time tracking tool, you can easily maintain control of budgets and tie back invoices into the allocated work. 

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Frequently asked questions

How can we quickly source qualified freelancers for urgent projects?

Tap into pre-vetted freelancer marketplaces where you can filter by skillset, location, availability, and ratings. This eliminates the guesswork and helps you find the right fit fast — whether you need a copywriter, editor, or motion designer.

What’s the best way to organize and manage our freelance talent pool?

Build a digital freelancer directory with searchable tags, private notes, and team groupings. This allows you to track past performance, availability, and specializations, making it easy to reassign trusted talent or form project teams on demand.

How do we ensure timely, compliant payments to international freelancers?

Use a payment system that consolidates invoices and automates payouts to 190+ countries in multiple currencies. This saves hours of admin work, ensures accuracy, and helps avoid delays or issues with FX and compliance.

How can we monitor freelancer hours and control project budgets?

Leverage time tracking tools connected to task-level budget caps. This allows you to tie billable hours to specific deliverables, generate audit-ready reports, and prevent overspending across multiple freelancers and projects.

What’s the most efficient way to manage remote creative collaboration?

Centralize communication, task tracking, and deliverables in a shared platform. This improves visibility across teams, reduces miscommunication, and speeds up feedback cycles — even when working across time zones.