Ben Draycott-Jones shares his experience with Outsourced.
The challenge: build a cost-effective creative team
For the last decade, Shootsta grew from strength to strength, expanding its locations and platform offering to reach more businesses in need of high-quality video content. As the company scaled, they soon found their production teams had to grow equally fast.
Finding reliable staff skilled in animation and video editing was crucial, but Shootsta had to minimize their labor costs. To meet demand, the company had to rethink its approach to hiring production staff while maintaining the high standard of work they have come to be known for.
Draycott-Jones says this situation prompted them to search for cost-effective creative staff — not that they had to look far.
The solution: outsource creative staff
When Shootsta was looking for an offshore outsourcing partner, Outsourced happened to be acquiring Shootsta’s previous BPO vendor. Outsourced’s excellent reputation was all Draycott-Jones needed to get the conversation going. Much to his surprise, he discovered a wealth of video and animation professionals in the Philippines, thanks to Outsourced.
“We heard nothing but good things about Outsourced,” Draycott-Jones said, “So we were delighted to move our existing staff over and grow further with them.”
By offshore outsourcing the top 1% of talent, Shootsta kept pace with demand for its services and achieved significant cost savings compared with hiring onshore. 32 production team members — including video editors, animators, a production manager, and an editing team lead — now work together in Outsourced’s Manila office.
"The staff are super friendly with a can-do attitude. [Outsourced] also treat our team very well, and having happy, productive staff means happy clients."
Ben Draycott-Jones
Operations Manager, Global Production at Shootsta
The business impact
Partnering with Outsourced has allowed Shootsta to keep pace with demand and uphold their high quality of service. "Outsourced is an extremely professional organisation, easy to do business with, and lightning fast at sorting things out," said Draycott-Jones.
When asked if he would recommend Outsourced as a global staffing provider, he responded emphatically: “Absolutely, without a doubt.
"Everything has been amazing since we started working together, and I genuinely mean that. The support staff are exceptional, and Outsourced genuinely makes my life at Shootsta as simple as possible."
"I would 100% recommend talking to Outsourced if you want to outsource any part of your operation."
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