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Opportunity
finds talent

Stop searching, start matching

TalentSynq is the AI-powered marketplace for creative work — Tell us what you need, and we deliver a curated shortlist of matching talent.

● New match14 MINUTES AGO
Lead model — Spring lookbook
DENVER · OCT 15–17
Fit94
RATE · $1000/DAY
● Booking confirmed
$750 captured at acceptance
DENVER · OCT 15–17 · $500/DAY · 50% OF $1,500
Payment confirmed
Push ／ Not search

You don't search. You receive. AI works for you.

Talent: Join the marketplace and let opportunities come to you.

Aria S.Lead model94 fitSpring lookbook · DenverMira O.Photographer91 fitF/W headphones · NYCKai L.Stylist88 fitWinter campaign · OjaiRen K.DJ86 fitLoft launch · BrooklynNoa T.Videographer90 fitEditorial film · Los AngelesSam B.Hair & makeup92 fitBeauty plate · DenverJules V.Producer87 fitBrand short · AustinEzra M.Set designer89 fitStudio build · NYCAria S.Lead model94 fitSpring lookbook · DenverMira O.Photographer91 fitF/W headphones · NYCKai L.Stylist88 fitWinter campaign · OjaiRen K.DJ86 fitLoft launch · BrooklynNoa T.Videographer90 fitEditorial film · Los AngelesSam B.Hair & makeup92 fitBeauty plate · DenverJules V.Producer87 fitBrand short · AustinEzra M.Set designer89 fitStudio build · NYC
01／ 21The Mechanism

Describe the gig.
Get a shortlist that fits.
Book them — no back-and-forth.

I

We come to you

No endless browsing. Describe the job and AI finds the right people for you.

II

Scored on what matters

Each shortlist is scored on role, budget, location, and timing, so you start with the ones who genuinely match.

III

Private by default

Private/contact info stays private until there's mutual acceptance — all relevant data is secure and private

IV

Booked and paid

50% up front, 50% a week out. Secure and audit-logged via Stripe Connect. Talent gets paid 24-48 hours after the gig.

Free is real. Pro removes the friction.

Talent · Free
$0/month

$2 to unlock and apply · free with Pro. AI-curated shortlist still routes to you.

Talent · Pro
$10/month

No application fee. Priority routing on time-sensitive needs. Detailed fit reasoning per match.

Client · Posting
$0always

15% platform fee · deducted from talent payout — never added to client rate.

50% at acceptance · the second 50% seven days before the gig · settings-aware reveal · private until mutual match
One account · Three roles

Find the right talent.
Or be found by design.

AI-curated shortlist · Need-centric workflow · Private until mutual match
For Talent

The work should find you.

✗ What breaks today
✓ What TalentSynq fixes
01✗

You spend more time hunting for work than doing it.

01✓

Work is pushed to you — matched on role, location, budget, and timing — so the right gigs arrive on their own.

02✗

You agree to terms, then get ghosted.

02✓

Acceptance locks the job in: half your fee is captured the moment you're booked, not just promised.

03✗

You finish the job and chase payment for weeks.

03✓

Payments are staged and held by the platform before the shoot, then released 12-24 hours after the gig — so getting paid isn't a fight.

04✗

Your profile disappears into noisy directories.

04✓

Your profile is structured and routed to gigs that actually fit, instead of buried in a directory no one searches.

05✗

Clients rewrite the terms after you've said yes.

05✓

The terms you agreed to live inside the workflow — visible and logged, so they can't be quietly changed.

06✗

You underprice yourself because the market is chaos.

06✓

Pricing and fees are shown plainly up front — no guessing, no fine print.

Opportunity feed · 16:9
Routed by fit

Work comes to you — matched on role, location, budget, and availability, then routed straight to your feed. No directory to comb, no endless scroll, no wondering whether you're what they want. The opportunities that reach you already fit.

Booked means booked

The moment a client says yes, half your pay is locked in and the job is real — not a promise that quietly disappears. You won't agree to work and then get ghosted, and you won't sit wondering if it's actually happening. If it's accepted, it's on.

Booking · confirmed
Membership · Payouts

The membership question is the simplest one on the platform. Posting an application costs $2 if you are on Free, $0 if you are on Pro. Pro is $10 per month. That is the entire delta. The 15% platform fee, deducted from talent payout, applies to every booking regardless of tier — Pro removes the per-application friction, not the protection that funds the staged-payment guarantee.

On payouts, the structure is deliberately boring. Fifty percent at acceptance — captured the moment a client accepts your application, held by the platform, not pending in an inbox. Fifty percent seven days before the gig — captured automatically, locked in before the call sheet circulates. The 15% platform fee is deducted from the talent payout side; it is never added to the client rate. The bookkeeping runs on Stripe Connect with full audit trail.

Pro doesn't unlock the work — fit does. Pro removes the per-application fee.

There is no clever pricing here, and that is the point. The work is the work. The platform routes you to it, holds the money so the gig is real before you commit, and stays out of the way of the actual collaboration. If a client changes terms after the fact, the agreed terms live inside the workflow with auditability — not in a thread you have to screenshot.

You don't search. You receive.

One account · Three roles

Find the right talent.
Or be found by design.

AI-curated shortlist · Need-centric workflow · Private until mutual match
For Clients

The fit should surface itself.

✗ What breaks today
✓ What TalentSynq fixes
01✗

Open directories are mostly noise.

01✓

You receive a curated shortlist built for one specific need — not another scavenger hunt.

02✗

Referral networks are narrow and stale.

02✓

We surface talent you'd never reach through your current circle.

03✗

Cold outreach is inconsistent and expensive.

03✓

Candidates arrive pre-scored on fit, budget, location, and availability.

04✗

Unstructured payments leave people burned.

04✓

Staged payments turn interest into commitment — money held, both sides invested.

05✗

Vague listings attract irrelevant applicants.

05✓

Your brief becomes clear criteria we match against, so the wrong people don't apply.

06✗

No-shows carry no real consequence.

06✓

Every booking lives inside a tracked workflow — accountability built in, not hoped for.

Submit a structured need

Describe the project in plain language. The AI breaks it into matchable criteria — role, count, timing, budget, usage rights — so it reaches the right talent with exactly what you need.

Brief → structured need
Shortlist · ranked
Receive an AI-curated shortlist

The shortlist isn't just an algorithm's guess — it's people matched to your need who saw the brief and raised their hand. Fit and interest, before you say a word.

Workspace · Posting

Once a structured need is live, everything moves into a single workspace built around that need — no scattered DMs, no chasing threads across five apps. Inside it sits a ranked shortlist of the talent who matched and applied, fill counts you can read at a glance, and accept-or-reject calls made with the full picture in front of you. The system quietly tracks who was routed, who applied, who's in conversation, and who's booked — so you never keep a separate sheet.

On money: posting costs nothing. There's no tier to unlock before you can brief, and no fee hiding in the fine print of a contract. The 15% platform fee comes out of the talent payout — never added to your rate — and it underwrites the staged-payment guarantee: half captured when you accept, half seven days before the gig.

Posting is free. The platform fee comes off talent payout — never added to your rate.

What you get is a surface that works the way a producer actually thinks. Not a directory to scroll. Not a marketplace where you elbow fifty other postings for attention. A queue for every need, a shortlist inside every queue, an audit trail behind every booking. The platform stays in the workflow; the people stay yours once you've hired them.

Brief once. Receive the right people.

Describe the work once, in plain language. The people who fit — matched to your need and already raising their hand — come to you, and all that's left is your yes. TalentSynq opens to everyone on September 15, with a limited beta running earlier.

One account · Three roles

Find the right talent.
Or be found by design.

AI-curated shortlist · Need-centric workflow · Private until mutual match
04／ 21For Providers

The room.
The kit.
The crew.

Studios, venues, equipment houses, and crew teams live in the same shell as talent and clients. One account · Three roles. When a structured need calls for a room, a kit, or a crew, the AI-curated shortlist routes those resources alongside the people.

For Providers

The room is your asset.

✗ What breaks today
✓ What TalentSynq fixes
01✗

Booking requests come in scattered DMs and your calendar is guesswork.

01✓

Needs are routed to you only when your room, kit, or crew fits the structured brief.

02✗

Qualifying tire-kickers eats hours every week before any deal lands.

02✓

Clients arrive with budget, dates, and scope already structured — no qualifying call needed.

03✗

Permits, COIs, and crew-level requirements surface at the last minute.

03✓

Prep and compliance details live in the structured need from day one.

04✗

No-shows leave you with setup costs and no recourse.

04✓

50% capture at acceptance secures the slot before you commit setup time.

05✗

Pricing pressure becomes a race to the bottom against unverified shops.

05✓

Day rates and provider posture are visible inside the workflow — not hidden behind sales calls.

06✗

You discover budget was never signed off only after holding the date.

06✓

Budget is captured and platform-controlled before you hold the slot.

A
Provider type
Studios

Photo, video, and live-streaming studios. List rooms, pricing, sweep, and crew availability — surfaced through the AI-curated shortlist when a need calls for them.

AI-curated shortlistplatform feeSettings-aware
Studios
B
Provider type
Venues

Editorial locations, event halls, rooftops, and warehouses. Permits, capacity, and call-time logistics live in the structured need.

AI-curated shortlistplatform feeSettings-aware
Venues
C
Provider type
Equipment

Cameras, lighting, audio, grip. Rental partners are routed alongside crew on the AI-curated shortlist — never an open search.

AI-curated shortlistplatform feeSettings-aware
Equipment
D
Provider type
Crew teams

Pre-vetted crews — DPs, gaffers, sound, art department. Settings-aware reveal of contact details once acceptance is captured.

AI-curated shortlistplatform feeSettings-aware
Crew teams
One account · Three roles

One account.
Three roles.

AI-curated shortlist · Need-centric workflow · Private until mutual match
05／ 21How It Works

Six steps.
No browsing.

01Client
Create a structured need

Describe the project. The AI translates the brief into a structured need — role, count, dates, budget, usage rights, location. Client posting is free.

02System
AI generates the shortlist

The matching engine returns an AI-curated shortlist scored on fit. You don't search; you receive — never an open search.

03Talent
Talent applies · private until match

Routed talent see the need with identity private until mutual match on both sides. $2 to unlock and apply · free with Pro. Identity stays private until mutual match.

04Client
Client reviews per-need

Inside the need workspace, accept, reject, or rematch. Reveal follows workflow stage and user settings — settings-aware.

05Platform
Acceptance captures 50%

50% at acceptance via Stripe Connect. The 15% platform fee · deducted from talent payout — never added to client rate.

06Platform
Final 50% before the gig

The second 50% seven days before the gig. Full audit trail. Settings-aware reveal of any final contact details on both sides.

The need is the unit. Not the gig.

Each role on a project becomes its own structured need with its own AI-curated shortlist, its own review queue, and its own staged-payment timeline. A parent gig can hold many.

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06／ 21Pricing

Honest tiers.
One mechanism.

Talent · Free
$0/month
  • ✓$2 to unlock and apply · free with Pro
  • ✓AI-curated shortlist still routes to you
  • ✓Private until mutual match. Reveal follows workflow stage and user settings.
Recommended
Talent · Pro
$10/month
  • ✓No application fee
  • ✓Priority routing on time-sensitive needs
  • ✓Detailed fit reasoning per match. settings-aware reveal.
Client · Posting
$0always
  • ✓15% platform fee · deducted from talent payout
  • ✓50% at acceptance · 50% seven days before the gig
  • ✓Never added to client rate. Stripe Connect · Audit ID logged.
The two mechanisms

Pro removes friction.
The platform fee funds protection.

Pro removes the per-application fee. Pro does not remove the 15% platform fee — that's a separate mechanism that funds the staged, platform-controlled payment guarantee.

Worked example · $1,000 booking
  • Client posts the need$0
  • Client commits at acceptance$500
  • Client commits 7 days prior$500
  • Total to client$1,000
  • 15% platform fee · deducted from talent payout−$150
  • Talent payout$850

Built around the talent.

Why we exist

The work was chasing the wrong shape.

Creative talent spent more time on directories than on craft. Clients spent more time browsing than producing. The job board model treats people like inventory and treats projects like ads — never an open search again.

TalentSynq replaces that with a structured need, an AI-curated shortlist, and a staged-payment guarantee. One account · Three roles. The need is the unit.

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One account · Three roles

Built around
the talent.

AI-curated shortlist · Need-centric workflow · Private until mutual match
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Find the right talent.
Or be found by design.

AI-curated shortlist · Need-centric workflow · Private until mutual match