This startup curates a roster of vetted creative professionals, including designers, illustrators, and animators, to simplify the process of finding suitable artistic talent. It offers access to these artists through a weekly newsletter featuring a hand-picked selection and a searchable talent directory.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Finding and vetting freelance creative talent, such as designers, illustrators, animators, and video editors, is a time-consuming and challenging process for agencies, brands, and studios. Traditional methods like spreadsheets and word-of-mouth referrals are often inefficient and lack comprehensive search capabilities. This can lead to delays in project execution and difficulty in discovering emerging artists with diverse skill sets.
Solution
Rolo provides a curated platform designed to streamline the discovery, organization, and connection with vetted creative professionals. The platform offers a searchable talent roster with advanced filtering options, enabling users to quickly identify artists based on specific skills, availability, and location. Rolo also provides tools for collaborative list creation, shared notes, and availability checks, facilitating seamless team communication and artist management. By centralizing talent discovery and management, Rolo aims to eliminate the inefficiencies associated with traditional methods and provide a single source of truth for creative hiring.
Target Audience
Rolo's primary customers are agencies, brands, and studios seeking to efficiently source and manage freelance creative talent across various disciplines.
Features
- Searchable database of vetted artists, including designers, illustrators, animators, 3D artists, video editors, and VFX artists
- Advanced search filters for skills, availability, timezone, and other criteria
- Artist Availability Checks™ to instantly verify artist availability
- Collaborative list creation and management tools for internal and external sharing
- Shared notes feature for team communication and artist information tracking
- Artist Spotlights via a weekly newsletter