Growing your creative network just got easier…

Onboarding new editors efficiently is a necessity to ensure you can access the right people in real-time. While some hybrid workflows require a significant learning curve, or heavy upfront investment in additional workstations, Suite lets teams scale with just a few easy clicks within the app. For teams with 10 people, all the way up to enterprise-scale businesses needing to add hundreds of employees to the cloud, the process remains the same: Simply download Suite, add team members, and get back to work. Here are six reasons why cloud storage streamlines the process of onboarding new creative talent.

1. Remote editors can make an immediate impact.

Choosing Suite’s cloud storage establishes a centralized source of truth for all of your working media, that updates in real-time without the need to download or sync files. This means from the moment a new, or remote, team member is brought onto Suite, everyone connected to the account is ensured instant access to the right files. With just a few simple clicks, create new users, individualize permissions, and get everyone on the same cloud-native storage. Once connected to Suite, your team can begin working immediately, no matter if they’re down the hall or across the country.

2. Suite mounts the same as any hard drive.

Many creatives have a “certain way” of doing things, and introducing a new step or software in the process can be met with hesitation, or at the very least some grumblings. Suite’s cloud storage fits seamlessly into your existing editing workflow: It mounts directly to your Finder window (or File Browser of choice), just the same as any hard drive or external server. Since Suite treats your data intelligently, storing, accessing, sharing, and editing files feels just the same as editing locally, or off of a shared server—except every file is connected to the cloud & updated across everyone’s devices in real-time. With Suite, there’s no getting used to a new way of working; it’s editing the same as you know it—without constraint.

3. Earn additional “peace of mind” for your admins.

In our modern age, more creative teams than ever are exploring hybrid, dispersed, and remote workflows. For creatives, this often means trying to collaborate with various personnel across vast distances—and trying to maintain eyes of every file can become difficult for post production supervisors and other administrative roles. Suite provides a snapshot of team members, permissions, and admins directly within the app, so your studio executives can keep eyes on project progress & file access without having to step away from other priorities.

4. Create with the tools you know best.

Suite thrives on heavy workloads and supports every type of RAW media. On Suite, it doesn’t matter if you’re a VFX artist creating in Adobe After Effects; a video editor stitching together a timeline in Adobe Premiere Pro; a colorist fine-tuning in Davinci Resolve; or a photographer working in Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop—this cloud storage is primed for your creative process. Simply drag & drop files into Suite to upload, begin working, and press “save” anytime you need to track your progress, no matter the tools you’re using to create, Suite is ready.

5. Customer service that gets you back on-track.

Working off the Suite drive provides remote editors and dispersed creative teams instant access to media files from anywhere with WiFi, accelerating the creative process. If you hit a snag, though, Suite’s customer service team is available to help, often in under two minutes. Better yet, our comprehensive Knowledge Base offers insights, tricks & tips, and in-depth answers to some of our most-asked questions. Check it out—it might be the only thing you need to find an answer.

6. Establish a more efficient way of working.

While there are concrete workflow benefits that stem from utilizing cloud storage for hybrid creative workflows, there are also a number of lifestyle & big-picture benefits that also fall into place. Namely, by choosing to adopt Suite, your studio will find itself ahead of the curve as every media company, big & small, seeks out more streamlined solutions to remote creativity. While you’re working faster than ever with a larger network than you thought possible, other teams are still waiting for hard drives to arrive at the studio to begin working. That’s crazy. Remote collaboration is the future of post production—confidently offering remote work is one of the most important steps to take to future-proof your creative agency.

Here’s what Suite customers are saying about the onboarding experience:

“Installing the application, explaining what it is, and why it's successful—that's been no problem. There’s been zero pushback— even the ‘old heads’ are all about it.”
— Cooper Hardin, Director of Post Production, Triptent

“It mounts like a hard drive on your computer, so it's the exact same workflow as before.”
— Ben Pickett, Fact & Fiction

“I no longer have to worry about my editors working from home. The team can get work done and delivered from anywhere, and we can share files easily. Suite made it possible.”‍
‍ — James Parker, President, Riverview Studios

Final thoughts

In world of video editing & post production, where projects need to move quickly, it’s vital to onboard new talent efficiently. With Suite’s cloud storage, adding new team members takes just a few clicks—but it also opens up your network. By connecting collaborators to media via the cloud, your talent pool can grow to (literally) anyone you know with an internet connection. Without having to download or sync files, Suite makes it easy-peasy to connect with remote employees, maintain file permissions, and ensure timelines are met on every project.

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