PAAM Event Software Clients
Find out who is using PAAM and what they think
Outlook & Dimensions Festival
www.outlookfestival.com
www.dimensionsfestival.com
Held at Fort Punta Christo Pula in Croatia, the Outlook Festival is now in its sixth year and widely recognised as Europe’s largest bass music and sound system culture festival. The Outlook Festival prides itself on featuring music from many of the largest names and the cutting edge of the dance scene.
In 2012 the Dimensions Festival was created, running as a sister festival to the Outlook Festival on the same amazing site at Fort Punta Christo Pula in Croatia. The Dimensions Festival is an underground electronic music festival which has quickly gathered critical acclaim for the most forward thinking underground electronic music line-up around.
Every year the Outlook Festival and Dimensions Festival recruit over a thousand event volunteers to help with running the festivals on-site. Those looking to develop their event management experience can also apply to the pre-event volunteer placement scheme. The Outlook Festival and Dimensions Festival are now using the PAAM Event Software App to help streamline and simplify their volunteer recruitment and event management. PAAM is helping the Outlook Festival and Dimensions Festival team by providing:
- Online recruitment and deposit handling
- Volunteer performance tracking
- Fast one-click volunteer database searches
- Consolidated messaging to applicants
- Easy uploading of event information
- Pre-event shift allocation
- Grouping of event volunteer roles
- Event planning including system exports
Plus much more!
ProTouch Staff
www.protouchstaff.co.uk
The event staff recruitment and management company ProTouch Staff was created following the growth of the award winning ProTouch Security. ProTouch Security is one of the key providers of security staff to UK festivals and events with services including event safety staff, security stewards, crowd management and door supervisors.
The services offered by ProTouch Staff include event setup, medical staff, stewarding staff, brand awareness, event management, promotional and retail staff, entertainers and hospitality staff, riggers and drivers.
PAAM has helped ProTouch Staff to streamline its event staff recruitment and management process with:
- Consolidated email and text messaging
- Simplified event staff processing
- Fast one-click event staff database searches
- Online event staff recruitment
- Easy uploading of event information
- Pre-event shift allocation
- Grouping of event staff roles
- Event planning including system exports
- Staff performance tracking
Plus much much more!
BrisFest
www.brisfest.co.uk
Founded in 2007, BrisFest (Bristol Festival) is a not-for-profit music festival based in Bristol, UK. In 2011 BrisFest entertained 25,000 music and arts lovers and in 2012 BrisFest will welcome 20,000 people per day to its city based event!
BrisFest is far more than a music and arts festival, BrisFest is a registered charity that involves and supports the Bristol community. BrisFest builds confidence and skills by mentoring, offering free training and qualifications to those who work and volunteer with the festival.
BrisFest showcases some of the best musical talent from the South West of the UK. In 2012 BrisFest boasts 11 stages and 2,000 artists from music and art, to circus, comedy and dance.
Each year BrisFest recruits 500 event volunteers to assist with the running of the event. Using the PAAM Event Management Software Application, BrisFest has streamlined and simplified its 2012 volunteer recruitment and events management. BrisFest's PAAM Event Management Software is helping the BrisFest team by:
- Online recruitment and deposit handling
- Showing applicants which teams have spaces
- Automatically accepting applicants into teams
- Providing volunteer performance tracking
- Providing fast one-click volunteer database searches
- Consolidating messaging to applicants
- Allowing for easy uploading of event information
- Pre-event shift allocation
- Grouping of event volunteer roles
- Event planning including system exports
Plus all of the additional functionality PAAM provides as standard!
MIMI Massages
MIMI Massages recruits staff and manages massage services on Stena Line Ferries between Cairnyan and Belfast. MIMI Massages staff can offer services from the Indian Head Massage to more exotic treatments based in the on-board Spa.
MIMI Massages custom PAAM system allows MIMI to easily recruit, track and manage their available staff and shifts. PAAM also allows MIMI staff deposits and shift payments to be taken and managed all via a convenient online system.
Using MIMI PAAM the MIMI Massages staff can now:
- Check their shift calendar which shows forthcoming shifts and each shift’s status
- Book the shifts they would like to work online
- Make deposit and shift payments online
Using MIMI PAAM the MIMI Massages management staff can now:
- Easily check which member of staff is working where
- Check all future shifts including staff levels
- Quickly create new shifts for their staff
- Add recurring staff shifts
- Receive single and multiple shift payments online
- Receive deposit payments online
- Get a quick overview of payments owed
Plus all of the additional functionality PAAM provides as standard!
The Swedish Ship Götheborg (SOIC)
www.soic.se
The Swedish Sailing Ship Götheborg offers applicants an unforgettable experience - to apply to join the ship's crew as a deckhand and sail off into the sunset!
As you'd expect joining the crew of a traditional sailing ship isn't a walk in the park - you may be required to work under extreme conditions, with blisters on your hands, aching limbs and having had little sleep. Although what could be better at the end of the day (whilst your friends and colleagues at home are finishing their days at the pub or on the sofa) but lying in the ship's rigging, watching the sunset as you sail off towards into the horizon!
For each of its legs The Swedish Sailing Ship Götheborg also recruits a blogger, photographer and videographer. Those interested can apply to join the ship's crew in one of these positions; if successful their trip will be free on the condition that their time on-board is dedicated to documenting the trip.
Using PAAM, The Swedish Sailing Ship Götheborg has streamlined its recruitment and management process with:
- Online recruitment and management of sailing legs
- Online management and recruitment of land based events
- Online payment handling via DIBS
- Variable pricing for different dates and roles
- Pre-sailing role and watch management
- Easy uploading of event information
- Fast one-click applicant database searches
- Consolidated messaging
Plus all of the additional functionality PAAM provides as standard!
Seed Staff
www.seedstaff.com
Seed Staff recruits and manages event staff across the UK including stewards, campsite crew, wristbanders, programme sellers, info point and merchandise staff, bar staff, production staff, venue managers, tour managers, sound engineers, production managers, stage managers, bar staff and decoration teams...to name but a few!
Seed Staff has a unique approach which combines event experts with university students studying relevant degree courses. Seed Staff go further that just supplying the staff - they also support them with extensive training and development.
Seed Staff itself is part of Student Seed Ltd which is the Events and Marketing Company behind a range of events including the award winning 20,000 capacity music festival Beach Break Live!
Using PAAM Seed Staff has simplified its event recruitment and management process with:
- Consolidated email and text messaging
- Simplified event staff processing
- Online recruitment and deposit handling
- Fast one-click event staff database searches
- Event planning including system exports
- Pre-event shift allocation
- Grouping of event staff roles
- Easy uploading of event information
- Staff and volunteer performance tracking
Plus much much more!
Orange Festival Foods
www.orangefestivalfood.co.uk
Orange Festival Foods provides catering for staff at various festivals across the UK. Using PAAM Orange Festival Foods has simplified their event recruitment and management needs before, during and after each event.
Event staff and volunteers can now book their shift patterns for the different roles required by Orange Festival Foods while the management team oversees the operation on and offsite.
Using PAAM Orange Festival Foods has simplified its event recruitment and management process with:
- Online recruitment and deposit handling
- Fast one-click event staff database searches
- Simplified event staff processing
- Consolidated email and text messaging
- Pre-event shift allocation
- Easy uploading of event information
- Grouping of event staff roles
- Event planning including system exports
- Staff and volunteer performance tracking
Plus much much more!
Hotbox Events
www.hotboxevents.com
Hotbox Events works with UK festivals and events; recruiting and managing festival stewards and volunteers, event stewards and volunteers and event and festival staff at festivals including the Reading Festival, Leeds Festival and Latitude Festival.
Hotbox Events is a trading name of Web Design Hampshire company Hotbox Studios Ltd. PAAM was developed by Hotbox Studios for its sister company Hotbox Events to help with Hotbox Events’ volunteer recruitment and management.
If you’re looking for event jobs Hotbox Events is a great place to start! You can gain free entry to the festivals, get to see how things are run behind the scenes and have a fantastic time whilst you’re at it!
Using PAAM Hotbox Events has simplified its event recruitment and management process with:
- Online recruitment and deposit handling
- Simplified event staff processing
- Fast one-click event staff database searches
- Consolidated email and text messaging
- Easy uploading of event information
- Pre-event shift allocation
- Grouping of event staff roles
- Event planning including system exports
- Staff and volunteer performance tracking
Plus much much more!
DC Site Services Ltd
www.dcsiteservices.com
DC Site Services Ltd (DCSS) uses PAAM to assist with the recruitment and event management of thousands of festival and event staff each year.
Founded in the early 90s by Dick Collins, DCSS now supplies events across the UK offering staff and crew solutions from just a few to teams of hundreds. The services DCSS offer include festival and event stewards, traffic and litter management, cleaning and recycling.
Using PAAM DCSS has simplified its event recruitment and management process with:
- Consolidated email and text messaging
- Online recruitment and deposit handling
- Simplified event staff processing
- Fast one-click event staff database searches
- Easy uploading of event information
- Grouping of event staff roles
- Pre-event shift allocation
- Event planning including system exports
- Staff and volunteer performance tracking
Plus much much more!
Your Organisation?
www.yourorganisation.com
We’d love to hear from you if you believe PAAM may be able to help you with your events! We truly believe that PAAM is the best way to handle event recruitment and events management.
PAAM can work with any number of event staff and volunteers - please don’t think PAAM is only for very large teams!
PAAM's monthly licence based pricing structure has been designed to accommodate all who PAAM may be able to help - if you'd like to start small that’s no problem - due to PAAM being a Cloud based application PAAM can grow with you!
What do people think?
"We signed up with PAAM before a huge move for us; doubling the size of our event and the number of volunteers required. We received fantastic customer service from the team and were delighted with the ease of the system. We recruited more volunteers than ever before, and had an excellent turn out rate. We couldn't have done it without them, and look forward to continuing to work with them. Thank you PAAM!"
Alice Bouquet, Trustee and Volunteer Manager at BrisFest (Bristol Festival)
"Festival Republic has worked with Hotbox Studios since 2003 on the large scale deployment of stewards at outdoor music festivals. Throughout this period, the support and service from Hotbox has been outstanding, excellent, immediate and exemplary. Hotbox is one of the most organised companies I have ever worked with - their commitment and passion is second to none"
Harmony Blake, Deputy Licensee of the Leeds Festival and Latitude Festival
"We were pleased to be involved at the very inception of the PAAM recruitment software package and were delighted with the speed that additional features we sought for our particular requirements were implemented. PAAM will again be our preferred recruitment system for the coming season"
Dick Collins, Director, DC Site Services
"The great thing about PAAM is that it has been developed by people who understand the unique demands of festival recruitment. The system is extremely user friendly and I've always found the service and support from Hotbox to be excellent."
Emma Lawrence, Event Steward Co-ordinator
"PAAM is a very easy and straightforward system to complete and update as needed. Truly a user friendly system"
Mike Morris, Volunteer Supervisor
"PAAM is easy to learn and use - the software helped organise the staff I required for a show in no time at all. One of the best features is that the staff need only login to their account to keep up to date"
Fiona Ingram, Area Manager at the Glastonbury Festival and Reading Festival
"PAAM worked very well, with reliable and quick assistance from Hotbox Studios when required. By using PAAM we are able to reduce the hours spent on administration before, during, and after the event"
Tavis Russell, Staff and Volunteer Event Manager
"I've been working at festivals and events for quite a few years and in that time I've watched the application process change from paper forms to electronic and eventually to PAAM. PAAM is by far the best, it's simple to use and gives all the information you need about different jobs in one place"
Robert Donovan, Festival Staff and Volunteer Manager
"Applying for work via PAAM was very easy and I was sufficiently updated on the status of my application. Using the PAAM online system is far preferable to applying via email or the post"
Jerilyn Lowry, Festival Applicant
"After a very busy and successful first year using PAAM we will again be using the PAAM system for the coming year's events - the recruitment process is so much easier now. With PAAM we're using the latest technology and yet the system is so simple to use"
Jo Shields, Festival and Event Staff and Volunteer Management