SlateDesk, Film & TV Talent Submission Management Platform

Built a dual-role SaaS platform for the entertainment industry that replaces chaotic email chains and spreadsheets with a structured, auditable talent submission system for film and TV production.

Production executives at studios and production companies were managing hundreds of talent submissions manually PDF reels, cover letters, and talent bios arriving via email with no unified tracking. There was no visibility for agents or managers on the other side, and no scalable way to shortlist, schedule meetings, or export reports.

SlateDesk is a full-stack web application built on Django 5, React, Redux, PostgreSQL, and Material UI designed around two distinct user roles: Executives and Representatives. The platform features a 14-stage submission workflow with full timestamped status lifecycle, UUID-based public submission URLs with configurable caps so agents can submit without creating an account, an internal deal pipeline with weekend-read flags and shortlist tracking, meeting scheduling with rich-text emails, contact management with tag-based segmentation and bulk CSV import, and Stripe subscription tiers enforcing workspace limits at the application layer.

SlateDesk gave both sides of the entertainment industry a purpose-built workspace. Executives gained full visibility across all active projects with exportable filtered reports. Representatives could track every submission they made and see any notes executives chose to share publicly. The public link system enabled executives to onboard any agent or manager instantly without account friction.

Tech Stack: Django · React · Redux · PostgreSQL · Python · Material UI · Stripe · JWT Auth · REST API