Hire Creative
Booking event talent runs on Instagram DMs and hope. Hire Creative gives photographers, performers and stylists a real marketplace — discovery, comparison and a clear booking checkpoint.
The brief
Finding event creatives — a photographer, a live band, an emcee, a florist — still happens through referrals and social DMs: no way to compare, no visibility on availability, and a booking that exists only as a chat thread. The creatives lose too, spending unpaid hours on enquiries that were never serious.
What we shipped
A two-sided marketplace across fourteen event-creative categories. Customers search by need, location and event date, browse verified profiles with portfolios and service packages, compare shortlisted creatives side by side, and manage bookings, messages and reviews from their own workspace. Creatives get a polished public home for their work, package-based offers and an enquiry flow that filters for serious clients — with the platform keeping the booking checkpoint clear without getting between the customer and the professional relationship.
Built for: Marketplace founders and agencies in services verticals — events, weddings, creative talent — where trust, comparison and a clean booking moment decide whether the platform gets used.
Inside the build
Every part, and what it does
A closer look at what was actually built — screen by screen, so you can judge the depth for yourself.
Discovery across fourteen categories
Search by what you need, where and when — photographers, videographers, DJs, live bands, emcees, makeup artists, florists, caterers and more — each category browsable with verified profiles and ratings from confirmed bookings.
- Need, location and event-date search
- Fourteen event-creative categories
- Ratings sourced from verified bookings
- Built for weddings, brand events and corporate
Profiles that sell the work
Each creative gets a portfolio-first profile with service packages, pricing and availability — a polished home that replaces the scattered Instagram grid as the thing clients judge them by.
- Portfolio-first presentation
- Structured service packages with pricing
- Availability against your event date
- Reviews from completed bookings
Compare before you commit
Shortlisted creatives sit side by side — packages, pricing, ratings and availability in one view — turning the hardest part of event planning into an actual comparison instead of five parallel chat threads.
- Side-by-side package and price comparison
- Availability checked for your date
- Shortlist saved to your account
Customer workspace
Bookings, messages, saved creatives, reviews and profile settings in one place — with an active event plan tracked from first enquiry to the day itself.
- Active event plan with booking status
- Messages threaded per creative
- Saved shortlists and past reviews
The creative side
Supply quality is designed in: creatives build structured profiles from their work, define package-based offers and manage enquiries without the admin drowning the craft — because a marketplace is only as good as its best suppliers.
- Profile and package builder
- Enquiry management built for independents
- A clear pitch for why talent joins
Click through it yourself
Every screen above is interactive. No sign-up, nothing to install.
Core systems
What this build is made of
These are systems we build repeatedly — each links to every other project that contains it, so you can compare implementations before deciding what you need.
Unique to this build
Built specifically for this project rather than assembled from the shelf.
Side-by-side comparison
Shortlisted creatives compared on packages, pricing, ratings and availability in one view — the decision tool DM-based hiring can never offer.
Two-sided onboarding
A dedicated creative side that turns portfolios into structured profiles with packages, so supply quality is designed in rather than hoped for.
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