8 hrs
to onboard all 14 artists
$0
entity setup cost across 3 countries
58%
cost reduction vs. US hiring
3 weeks
to full distributed pipeline live
Client Details
Company
Confidential
Headquarters
New York, United States
Company Size
Mid-size VFX studio
Industry
VFX Feature Film Production
Service
Employer of Record (EOR)
Service Duration
7.5 yrs and Ongoing
What Do They Do?
Our client is a mid-size VFX studio delivering shot work for feature films on fixed, non-negotiable delivery windows. For a film with a locked release date, the studio needed to scale its pipeline fast: compositors in India, a pipeline TD in Poland, and a rendering engineer in Canada with no room in the schedule to wait on any of them.
The Challenge
The studio was six weeks from principal delivery when the staffing gap became a scheduling emergency. Standing up legal entities in three countries to hire compliantly was the textbook answer, and it was also completely incompatible with the timeline:
- Setting up entities in India, Poland, and Canada would have taken an estimated 18 months combined and cost $150,000-plus before a single artist was hired
- The pipeline TD role in Warsaw was the most time-critical: without them, downstream compositing work in India had nothing to plug into
- Contractor engagement was considered and ruled out long-term, core-production roles like these carry real retroactive misclassification exposure, including back taxes and mandatory benefits applied after the fact
- IP assignment and NDA protection needed to hold up under each artist’s local law, not just under the studio’s US contract templates
How Husys Resolved The Challenge
Husys activated EOR employment across all three countries in parallel, rather than sequencing the hires market by market.
- Parallel Activation: Launched EOR onboarding simultaneously across India, Poland, and Canada.
- Localized Compliance: Issued contracts with IP and NDA protection fully enforceable under each country’s local laws.
- 24-Hour Turnaround: Delivered the Warsaw pipeline TD contract within 24 hours to unblock downstream work.
- Zero Operational Friction: Multi-currency payroll went live immediately while the client retained 100% production control.
The Results
The distributed pipeline was live and delivering shots within three weeks of the studio’s first call to Husys inside the window the locked delivery date demanded.
- 8-Hour Onboarding: All 14 artists onboarded within 8 working hours of contract signature.
- $0 Entity Setup: Saved $150,000+ in upfront setup costs across 3 markets.
- 58% Cost Savings: Achieved a 58% cost reduction compared to hiring equivalent US roles.
- 3-Week Execution: Full distributed pipeline went live within 3 weeks of engagement start.
- Zero Delivery Delay: The feature film hit its locked delivery window with zero pipeline downtime.
“We were 6 weeks from principal delivery and still trying to figure out how to legally hire our pipeline TD in Warsaw. Husys had contracts in front of him within 24 hours. That saved the project.”
How Husys Can Help Your SaaS Company
Husys is built for production timelines, not procurement timelines. If a locked delivery date is running up against how long it takes to legally hire in the countries where your artists actually are, we can get compliant contracts in front of them within hours, not months.
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