CREATIVELY

About CREATIVELY

Creatively is a job platform and professional network designed specifically for the creative industry. The company was founded in 2019 and launched in May 2020 by Stacey Bendet, the CEO and creative director of the fashion brand alice + olivia, and is led by CEO Gregory Gittrich. Bendet, with her background in fashion and understanding of the need to hire creative talent, was inspired to create a platform that better serves the creative community than traditional professional networking sites. Gittrich has a background in journalism and digital media, having held leadership roles at companies like SoulCycle, Mashable, and NBC News.

The platform serves as a dedicated space for creatives to showcase their work through immersive portfolios, connect with peers and potential employers, and find job opportunities, including full-time, freelance, and internship positions. It caters to a wide range of disciplines such as graphic design, photography, fashion, animation, and web design. On the other side of the marketplace, Creatively enables brands and companies to discover and hire talent. The business model is based on a subscription fee for companies to post jobs and access a suite of recruitment tools, while the platform remains free for creative professionals. The company has facilitated connections for over 275,000 creatives with more than 2,000 brands.

A key feature of the platform is CreativelyPay, a payment tool developed to ensure creatives get paid faster, often on the same day, for their completed work, addressing common freelancer payment delays. The platform also emphasizes community and collaboration by allowing users to give credit to collaborators on projects, thereby building a verifiable professional network. Since its launch, Creatively has raised $15.3 million in funding over three seed rounds, with investors including Thirty Five Ventures, Link Ventures, and The Tornante Company.