Behind the Feature: Saved Search Notifications
The team at Talent Systems is constantly seeking new ways to enhance our platforms and the overall experience for talent, representatives and casting directors. While we build and launch new features and functionality we don’t often explain how these features came to be in the first place. To learn more about the preparation and planning that went into the launch of the Saved Search Notifications feature, we spoke with our Director of Product, Jamie Rihacek.
Why did the team choose to develop Saved Search Notifications?
Saved Search Notifications was a high-priority feature because it provides a huge benefit to the entire Casting Networks ecosystem, especially to talent. This feature provides talent with full control over which roles they are notified about and the frequency of the notifications. This ensures that talent are connected to the right roles in the most efficient manner, along with providing casting directors with the most relevant submissions.
What were some of the challenges talent faced which prompted this effort?
Previous talent role notification options did not provide the flexibility for talent to be notified about roles outside of their profile specifications, nor did it allow for talent to indicate how often they were notified. We know role notification preferences and frequency are not one-size-fits-all and we wanted to build a tool that was flexible enough to accommodate many talent workflows.
What existing features do Saved Search Notifications complement and improve upon?
In September 2022, we launched the ability for talent to create Saved Searches on Casting Billboard®. This feature saves talent time as they can apply any saved search with just one click to see relevant roles and indicate a Saved Search as their Casting Billboard default. Saved Search Notifications builds on that feature by allowing talent to opt into notifications for the saved searches they create.
Can you tell us more about the opt-in feature and how talent can control the frequency of receiving Saved Search Notifications?
When creating or editing a Saved Search, talent can now opt-in to notifications for that saved search and determine how often the notifications are sent. Talent can choose to be notified as roles matching their saved search are published or can choose daily or weekly digests.
Talent can change their notification preferences for each saved search at any time and even choose not to be notified about roles for a particular saved search.
How will talent can benefit from using this feature, and how does it help them to see more targeted roles?
This feature gives talent full control over the role notifications they receive. They can set specific filter parameters matching criteria relevant to their profile, career goals and interests – and ensure they are notified about these roles in a way that best suits their personal workflow and schedule. Some talent may wish to be notified about roles the moment they’re published so they can submit immediately, while others prefer to review all relevant roles each morning and submit accordingly. Saved Search Notifications provide this flexibility and more.
Now that you know a little more about our process when it comes to creating new features, it’s time to test it out. Log into Casting Networks to start using Saved Search Notifications today!
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