Hire a crew member

The project needs at least one shooting day before you can reach out to anyone.

Step by step

1. In the project's Crew tab, tap Add position and pick a department and job title, say Camera → Focus Puller. To add a set of positions in one go, use Build team from… and start from a recent project, a preset or a team template.
2. Tap Reach out on the position card. Find crew opens with results filtered to that role, nearest first. Remove the role chip to search everyone. Each result shows the person's day rate and their availability against your call and wrap times. If someone isn't on CrewShift yet, type their email address in the search box and tap Invite by email (what happens next).
3. Pick a person. When they're on CrewShift, the offer opens with their self-employment signal at the top. Write the offer. The rate follows the position's pay model: a day rate, an hourly rate, a buyout total or a monthly fee. On a day-rate position the offer starts at the position's rate, or at the person's own day rate if the position has none. An hourly position starts at its hourly rate. Buyout and monthly amounts start empty. Choose the working days. To let the crew member name their price first, leave the rate blank. That sends a rate request. Either way, sending starts a negotiation.
4. Replies land in the project's Negotiations tab and in your Inbox. Trade offers until one of you taps Accept on the other's latest offer.
5. Tap Review & send deal memo. Fill in your company details if they're missing, answer the four zzp questions and tick any opt-outs that apply. Check your name in the signature field, then tap Sign & send deal memo. The button stays grey until all of this is done (what's missing). If the crew-day balance can't cover the memo's days, sending is refused until you top up. The booking is confirmed once the crew member signs with Sign & accept.

You can talk to several people about one position. Once you send one of them the deal memo, the other open negotiations for that position are cancelled (Cancelled automatically).

More on roles, search and terms in Building your crew.