ASCENTIAL

International business-to-business media company, Ascential, selected recruitment specialists Third Republic to augment their team with professional freelance consultants skilled in digital technologies such as best of breed cloud applications.

The Challenge

After going public in 2015, Ascential was put under increasing pressure to boost both profits and productivity. In a bid to do so, the organisation embarked on a companywide CRM digital transformation project in order to improve and upgrade their applications and digital capabilities. Not only were they looking to consolidate over ten Salesforce instances for each of their brands into one system of records – a huge digital feat – but their access to Salesforce talent was limited. Employing a mixture of independent software vendors and Salesforce partners, their costs were quickly escalating and yet the work was not being completed to standard.

The business architect team at Ascential were faced with a huge challenge; how to find the high-quality Salesforce skills they needed to get the work done in the rapidly shrinking time frame.

The Solution

After meeting with Ascential and gaining a full understanding of their business history and digital transformation plans, Third Republic recommended their CloudPros solution to help Ascential source high calibre Salesforce experts.

Third Republic’s community of top-rated freelance professionals, all of whom have been vetted, tested, qualified and verified in order to gain membership, CloudPros provides businesses with talent that mainstream consultancies can’t access. Utilising innovative sourcing methods enables Third Republic to access new talent pools, and in-demand skills, so that the CloudPros communities are made up of the top-rated talent in the ecosystem.

Harnessing CloudPros, Third Republic were able to immediately access their network of talent and, after just one interview, Ascential engaged with three qualified consultants at a third of the cost of their previous Salesforce Partner.

THE RESULT

With three new consultants on-board, Ascential were able to hit all their deadlines in record time. The Salesforce projects were delivered well within budget and the work was executed at an impressively high standard and, thanks to Third Republic’s CloudPros, Ascential has massively reduced its staff augmentation and project costs. Having tapped into a new pool of talent, Ascential now no longer feels frustrated at the market’s lack of available digital skills, and knows where and how to access top talent quickly moving forward.

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The Challenge

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