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What It Is

Crafted is a vertical platform for the creative industry launched by NRVD LLC. It is designed for filmmakers, designers, photographers, editors, creative directors, producers, and related teams. Rather than being just a job board or a social feed, it brings portfolio showcase, talent discovery, job opportunities, referrals, and collaboration into one ecosystem. The product entry point is app.crafted.us.

Core Features

The platform lets users create public profiles, upload films, design case studies, reels, commercial projects, and other work, with an emphasis on “uncompressed” presentation and collaborator credits. Users can discover talent by creative discipline, tools, or location instead of relying on follower counts. It also offers job browsing, creator discovery for brands and studios, direct messaging, trusted-network expansion through invitations, and team-oriented hiring and collaboration workflows.

Pricing

Pricing is divided into Starter, Pro, and Teams. Starter is free and allows users to create a profile, explore opportunities, and remain visible in the network. Pro is invite-only and includes priority access, deeper discovery tools, and referral benefits. Teams is a custom plan for studios and agencies, covering shared hiring, collaboration workflows, and network exposure. The available text does not disclose specific pricing or payment methods.

Pros and Cons

The main strengths are its focused positioning and fit for creative-industry workflows that value portfolios, referrals, and collaboration. It also combines portfolio hosting, hiring, and community interaction, while the free plan lowers the barrier to entry for individuals. The drawbacks are that it is currently marked as Beta, so its maturity is unclear; Pro is invite-only, Teams pricing is not transparent, and there is limited detail on security and compliance, integrations, customer cases, or support.

Who It’s For

Crafted is suitable for freelance creators who want to gain exposure and project opportunities through their work. It is also relevant for brands, studios, agencies, and creative teams that need to discover creative talent. If an organization requires a mature ATS, complex permissions, and clear SLAs, further evaluation is still needed.

Access from China

The collected text does not provide information on access from mainland China, deployment, or compliance. Its accessibility status is therefore unknown.