Creative teams need the right chemistry. Not just credentials.
Agency life is fast, collaborative, and unforgiving of poor cultural fit. Assessely helps you find people who will thrive, not just survive.
Assessely is a smart HR platform for Australian digital agencies businesses that combines hiring assessments, reference checks with fraud detection, and employee retention surveys in one place.
THE CHALLENGE
The hiring and retention challenges digital agencies businesses face every day.
Culture fit determines team performance
In a creative environment, one person who does not fit can affect the entire team dynamic, output quality, and client relationships. You feel it in standups before you see it in the work.
Fast growth means hiring pressure is constant
Agencies scale quickly with new client wins. Without a repeatable process, quality is inconsistent and onboarding becomes chaotic. New hires are billing on real client work in week two whether they are ready or not.
Project-based contractor hiring creates real IP risk
Freelancers, contractors, and embedded talent rotate through your client work. Without right-to-work checks, signed IP and confidentiality agreements, and verified track records, you are one bad contractor away from a client conversation you never want to have.
THE SOLUTION
How Assessely solves it.
Culture and capability assessments
Test both creative capability and team compatibility in one assessment. Spot the candidate who interviews well but works alone, before they join.
Reference checks that capture collaboration style
Automated reference checks with automatic fraud detection that verify creative collaboration style, not just technical skill. Particularly important for senior creative and account roles.
Contractor IP and right-to-work checks
Right-to-work verification, signed IP and confidentiality agreements, and compliance checks for freelancers and contractors who access client systems and brand assets.
Team pulse surveys
Regular surveys to maintain the culture that makes great work possible. Short enough for time-poor creatives to actually complete.
eNPS tracking
Measure team loyalty as your agency grows. Catch the senior creative who is half-out before they accept the in-house role.
Exit interviews
Find out why creative talent leaves before it becomes a pattern across your agency. Honest data on pay, projects, leadership, and burn.
HOW IT WORKS
Up and running in minutes.
Assess for culture and capability
Assessments that test both what people can do and how they work with others.
Verify references and contractor compliance
Automated reference checks with automatic fraud detection, plus right-to-work and IP agreements for every contractor on a client account.
Keep your team happy
Regular pulse surveys and eNPS to catch friction before it costs you a senior creative.
QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions.
Quick answers for digital agencies teams considering Assessely.
Yes. Freelancers and contractors run through the same flow: right-to-work, IP and confidentiality agreements, references where appropriate, and compliance checks for anyone accessing client systems. Audit trail per worker regardless of employment arrangement.
Assessely runs on AWS with encryption at rest and in transit. Important for agencies whose clients have data residency requirements in their MSAs.
Candidate names, schools, and demographic markers are stripped before evaluation. Scoring focuses on the collaboration style and capability criteria you define, not portfolio aesthetics. Human reviewers always make the final call.
Basic is $99 a month, Premium with instant generation is $199 a month. Reference checks $1 per referee, contractor compliance checks $1 each. A 25-person agency running normal project hiring sits under $300 a month.
Most agencies are live within a week. We help you bring your staff and contractor records across when you get started. The first contractor compliance flow can be live the same day.
Yes. Surveys are anonymous by default, short, mobile, and built around questions creatives actually want to answer.
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