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Welcome to CrewShift

What CrewShift does and how the pieces fit together.

Getting started as crew

From invited to clocked in and paid, step by step.

Getting started as a producer

From company setup to paying your crew, step by step.

Your inbox

One queue for everything waiting on you or the other side.

Install CrewShift on your phone

Add CrewShift to your home screen so it opens full screen and keeps you logged in.

Set up a new project

Create a project, add its schedule and set the work rules.

Hire a crew member

From an empty position to a signed booking in five steps.

Set up your approval chain

Build the tree that routes timesheets to the right approver.

Review and approve hours

Approve a timesheet or propose changes from your Inbox.

Handle pay and invoices

Review, approve and pay the invoices your crew send you.

Set up your crew profile

Get your crew profile ready so producers can find you.

Accept a job and sign

Reply to an offer, agree the terms and sign the deal memo.

Run a shoot day

Clock in, log your breaks and expenses, then clock out.

Get paid

Turn approved days into an invoice and track it to payment.

Propose a timesheet change

Fix a day's hours, breaks or expenses after submitting.

Projects & the shooting schedule

Build a production's shooting schedule and plan scenarios.

Work rules

The settings that turn clocked hours into pay.

Templates

Reuse work rules, teams and cost codes across projects.

Building your crew

Add the positions you need, find people and agree terms.

Negotiations

The thread of offers where both sides agree the terms.

Deal memos

The digital contract that turns an offer into a booking.

The approval chain

Who signs off whose hours, and in what order.

Clocking in and out

Record your hours, breaks and expenses on a shooting day.

Timesheet changes

Settling a disputed day by proposing changes, never rejecting.

Schedule changes

What happens when a shoot date moves after a booking.

How pay is calculated

How clock times and work rules become the amount you are paid.

Invoices

Billing approved hours, from draft invoice to payment.

Your account, data & privacy

Language, email alerts, data export and deleting your account.

Crew-day credits

How crew-days are counted, when they're charged, and where to see what's left.

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers to the questions people ask most.

Glossary

Every CrewShift term explained in plain language.