Creative Database

Pilot Scheme · five companies

Let's make something awesome together.

A new tool for managing your whole creative team under one roof: in-house, freelancers & contractors.

Use for three months. No cost. 5 places left.

One tool for a flexible team.

Everything runs through one workspace, so a freelancer is planned, budgeted and messaged the same way as a colleague.

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  • Your in-house team

    Built with the pilots

    The people you already work with, trust and know very well.

  • Vetted CRDB freelancers

    Live

    Tap into our Sweden-wide database and work with everyone from AI experts to UX designers, photographers and art directors.

  • The wider web

    Next

    Bring in anyone else, from the wider web or your own network, and manage them in the same project.

Our north star

Grow your team instantly when demand requires it and keep track of everyone's progress in one complete dashboard.

CEO · John Petersson

Our vision

  • A more robust team

    Freelancers in the mix means you can grow when demand increases, bring highly specific skills into the team and produce content from all over the world.

  • A local & global network

    Search from our 2,000+ CRDB members and the web itself. We sort, suggest and connect you with your next team members.

  • In house = Out House

    Freelancers & your in-house team work in the same project. Conversations, status updates and cost reports should not live in Slack, email and SMS. We put them all in one place.

  • Admin first

    Contracts, budget overview, on-platform payment and one consolidated invoice mean less paperwork and more creative output.

The story so far

We built the parts. Now we are going to put them together.

  1. 1

    We have built Sweden's biggest creative freelance network.

    2,000+ freelancers you can search by skill, ask who is free and trust: the ones with the check mark have had their work looked through by hand.

  2. 2

    Then, a tool to manage the workload.

    A budget and a timeline for every project, a dashboard across all of them, and one conversation for everyone on a project.

  3. 3

    Now, with the help of five selected test pilots, we connect the dots.

    Your team, our freelancers and the wider web in one workspace. Five companies get early access, and we build it side by side.

The pilot

How the pilot works

  1. 1

    Onboarding

    We show you the product and set up the management tool for your team.

  2. 2

    Live project

    Bring a live project. We run it through the tool together, so we build on real work.

  3. 3

    One meeting a week for four weeks

    We hear what works, what is missing and how you want it to work.

  4. 4

    Three months free access

    Afterwards, you name your price.

Let's see if we are a good match.

What bad project management can cost you.

What a standard team loses every month, and how much of it comes back.

Where a standard team loses time to bad project management, and how much of it we save you
Where the time goesHours each monthWhat we save you
No overview of projects, people and budgets2 hours a week piecing it together8 h4.8 h
Finding the right person3 hours a week searching and asking around12 h6 h
Onboarding new freelancers2.5 hours a week on contracts, details and briefs10 h5 h
Chasing people outside your tools1 hour a week chasing status by email and phone4 h2.8 h
Supplier invoicesHalf an hour a week matching and approving2 h1.6 h
ReportingHalf an hour a week for clients, funders or finance2 h1.5 h
Every month38 h21.7 h

About 22 hours a month back, worth roughly SEK 17,400.

At an internal rate of SEK 800 an hour, from published research and our own experience. Your team may differ.

Calculate your own loss

Apply to be one of the five.

Tell us a little about your team and let's see if we are the right match.

Tell us about your team

A few quick questions, then we will be in touch.

How many people work in your team?
How often do you bring in freelancers or contractors?
What gets in your way most?

Pick any that fit.