Shootzu Web Development
2026-06-29
Turbo 360 redesigned and rebuilt Shootzu — Australia's go-to marketplace for finding and posting photography and videography jobs — delivering a full web platform and mobile app.
Turbo 360 doesn't just point cameras — sometimes we build the platforms that power an entire industry. This month we completed a full redesign and redevelopment of Shootzu, the Melbourne-born marketplace connecting photographers and videographers with jobs right across Australia.
About Shootzu
Shootzu is a Melbourne-born startup in the photography and videography space, built to help businesses assemble trusted crew — second shooters, solo shooters, editors, assistants and more. It's a platform designed for photographers and videographers to network and assist each other on projects. The network has grown to over 2,000 professional photography and video production businesses across Australia. The platform is industry-specific: only professional businesses with a valid company number are accepted, and every member goes through a quality verification process before being admitted.
Payments are held in escrow until a job is marked as completed, at which point funds are released to the hired crew. It's a genuinely useful tool for a creative industry that has historically run on handshakes and crossed fingers — and the platform needed a redesign worthy of its ambition.
What We Covered
Shootzu came to us wanting more than a visual refresh. The brief was a ground-up redesign of the platform, rethinking the user experience for both sides of the marketplace: the businesses posting jobs, and the creative professionals applying for them. Our scope covered:
- Full UX and UI redesign of the Shootzu web platform
- Rebuild of the job posting and application flows
- Integrated messaging and job-status tracking (from confirmation through to payment release)
- AI-assisted job brief generation for hirers
- Escrow payment system design and integration
- Companion mobile app design and development for both iOS and Android
What We Delivered
We handed Shootzu a fully developed marketplace platform and mobile app, ready for their community to use. Every screen was designed with the real-world rhythm of a shoot day in mind: fast, clear and built for people who are often on the go between jobs.
Key features of the finished product include:
- A personalised dashboard giving crew and hirers a real-time snapshot of active jobs, applications and offers
- A streamlined job-posting flow with AI brief generation, so hirers can describe a shoot in plain language and get a polished brief in seconds
- Escrow-backed payments with a clear fee structure and instant payout on job completion
- A live status stepper so both parties know exactly where a job sits — confirmed, shoot day, wrap, paid
- A get-quotes flow where verified, ABN-checked crew can respond to briefs within minutes
- A companion mobile app carrying the full platform experience to iOS and Android
The Result
The redesigned Shootzu platform brings a polished, cohesive experience to a marketplace that Australian creatives genuinely rely on. From the moment a hirer posts a job to the moment a crew member receives payment, every step is now smoother, faster and more trustworthy. It's the kind of project we love: purposeful, detail-driven and built for a community we know well.
If you have a web platform or app project in mind, we'd love to hear about it. Get in touch with the Turbo 360 team today.