Episode 2: Successful Outsourcing for Your Lean Creative Studio (with Brian Guidry of Pixelz)

Summary

Brian Guidry of Pixelz talks with Daniel and shares some tips about how to think about and set up lasting relationships with outsource vendors and why you should care about how they operate and who’s doing the work behind the scenes.

Key Takeaways

• Learn about your potential partners, build a trust based relationship
• Transparency is key to long-lasting productive and trustworthy vendor relationships
• After 2020, ecommerce will not be the same, content production will not be the same
• Agility and Flexibility will be key to future success in creative production

Links & Resources

• Brian Guidry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianguidry/
• Pixelz: https://www.pixelz.com/
• Jobs at Pixelz: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pixelz_inc/jobs/
• S.A.W.™ | Agile Post-Production: https://pixelz.com/blog/photoshop-assembly-line-saw/
• CSR | Why Impact Sourcing is Good Business: https://www.pixelz.com/blog/impact-sourcing-bpo/
• Data Security | How secure is your retouching partner?: https://www.pixelz.com/blog/outsource-retouching-security/
• Retouching AI: https://www.pixelz.com/blog/ai-automate-product-image-retouching/

Glossary

• CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility
• SLA – Service Level Agreement
• SAW – Pixelz system that stands for Specialist Assisted Workflow