How Canon Improved Freelance Spend Visibility and Reduced Time to Hire

Canon needed:

1. Better visibility and control on spend to track and manage budgets much more effectively
2. To increase agility and responsiveness when sourcing and onboarding freelance talent
3. To ensure seamless compliance across regions (from UK’s IR35 requirements to global contractor rules).

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YunoJuno delivered:

1. One centralised view with real-time updates on contractor workforce and total transparency of fees
2. A diverse talent pool of highly skilled freelancers for Canon's creative services, ensuring the required skills are always readily available
3. A total global compliance solution, removing uncertainty around compliance requirements per contractor location

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"There were a few critical results for us. The obvious one was keeping everything housed in one place i.e. payments and keeping track of monthly spending. Perhaps more importantly, we were able to build up a bulletproof directory of talent. This has been super helpful for us as a team and as a business."

- Cecilie Harris, Head of Creative Services at Canon EMEA

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How this was achieved:

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Visibility and control with real-time data

With one consolidated view to monitor spend, YunoJuno provided Canon with full visibility over the freelancers they have in contract at any one time, meaning they can now keep track of monthly spend and allocate resources accordingly when projects and requests come in from other areas of the business. Fast, automated payments are now made to freelancers within a guaranteed payment schedule of 14 days, further relieving the team of time pressures and maintaining a positive client-freelancer experience without the need for invoice chasing or delays.

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Centralised directory of talent

Canon were able to build a comprehensive directory of talent via YunoJuno, meaning they can call upon known, vetted, elite talent, whenever they require. Canon is now able to maintain a consistent pipeline of readily available talent, removing sourcing and admin pressures from their internal team. Consequently, this has enabled Canon to take on more projects across the business, as they now have greater capacity.

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Global compliance made easy

YunoJuno's IR35 tools, global compliance processes and indemnification, has given Canon total control and peace of mind. With compliance workflows built within an easy-to-use interface, Canon were able to seamlessly onboard global contractors, removing lengthy, complex and manual worker classification checks, allowing them to stay laser focused on skillsets and the value their freelancers provide.