Talent Management Platform for the Entertainment Industry
A full-stack talent management system connecting casting professionals with talent, built from scratch, running for 8 months, and still growing.
The Problem
The client needed a centralized platform where talent and casting professionals could find each other: with all the logistics managed in one place. Profiles, applications, opportunities, scheduling, and communication were all fragmented across different tools.
The goal: a single system that serves multiple user types, talent creating profiles and discovering opportunities, and casting professionals posting requirements, reviewing applications, and managing the end-to-end process.
What We Built
A fully manageable talent management system with two portals:
- Talent Portal: where individuals register, build their profile, and get discovered by casting professionals
- Admin Portal: where casting agents review talent, manage opportunities, and handle the matching process
The system supports multiple roles (Talents, Talent Managers, Admins, Super Admins), each with distinct workflows and permissions. Every interaction is captured in one unified source of truth.
Tech Stack
- Next.js for both portals, server-rendered, fast, maintainable
- PostgreSQL as the primary database, relational data with complex role-based access
- GCP Cloud Run for deployment, scalable, containerized, production-ready
How We Worked
This has been an 8-month ongoing engagement: the longest in our portfolio. The team structure: 2 full-stack engineers on development, 1 PM coordinating with the client weekly.
The platform launched in January 2026, and the product continues to grow with new features. The client has come back for additional work, expanding the platform's capabilities.
The Result
The platform is live and actively used. This is our longest-running engagement and a repeat client, a relationship that started with building the core platform and continues with ongoing feature development.
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