NOVA: The Creative Network Reviews

Been using their private Instagram for about a year for all freelance music video jobs. Great community, solid jobs.

NOVA will change a lot.

incredible way to connect creatives with jobs around the world

I hope this platform can help my agency get more exposure and in the hands of more people who can utilize my design services.

Josh from pixelhappy.io

NOVA is amazing and well built. Designed by the best and the community has needed it for a long time!

I love NOVA

Very excited to see the this app team has improved their platform with NOVA. I have been following this company since the instagram and I’ve always found they understand and cater to the needs of creatives. App UI looks very nice and I’m happy there’s finally a gig platform for me, I was getting very tired of displaying my portfolio on insta.

Love everything the this app team has given the freelance creative industry! Would love to see some things implemented into NOVA soon :)

As a producer, our agency will fly contractors out from all over the US and it would be great to be able to post a job listing that shows up in every city so we’re able to see everyone available across the country.

Same goes for when we are looking to hire multiple positions for a gig - would love to be able to post that we’re looking for more than just one position.

🙏🙏

this app has already helped me book so many more gigs! The UX of NOVA is so slick. 10 out of 10 recommend to every creative out there.

makes my life infinitely easier.

Beautiful app with such great utility. Serving an outdated industry. Love this app!!

everyone else? good luck getting your application approved. I’m sure this is a fantastic app but none of my friends nor I working in other fields have had our applications approved despite submitting early. it already feels super cliquey to see the same genre of creative hyping these guys up on social media while i’ve been locked out for five days, there are facebook groups with less security than this that still accomplish the same level of exclusivity and anti-spam. not a great look for a job search app

the other two things i wanna point out are some of the only other interactive options i have which are the race selector and LGBTQ indicator.

if you’re gonna prompt us to choose a race, and just one, you’re going to need some more specific options. if you’re asian, you have to decide between South and East, which, if you’re literally any other kind of asian, you know makes no sense.

the LGBTQ indicator is a fine idea, and I haven’t seen how it interacts with your public profile, but it does open up an uncomfortable conversation about hiring based on sexual orientation. you can make a similar argument for race, but I feel like this is a tad touchier and even as a member of the LGBTQ community I worry about the precedents that it could set, but again I don’t have access to NOVA and don’t know if it even matters.

you guys are doing god’s work making NOVA, and I’m certain that it will change how creative industries operate, but someone seriously needs to call you out on this application process

by not letting people onto NOVA now

Been waiting for weeks now on my application to be accepted. Not sure how else to interact with NOVA other than waiting for something to happen? How can I send in my referrals when none of my friends have been accepted to this app? Is there an actual app behind the application review screen? Looks like we will never know…

I’ve been a professional photographer in L.A for years and I submitted my application and I’m still waiting for it to be processed. What’s the hold up?

this app has brought to us what creatives have been yearning for!

Got the this app app and quickly got a job! This platform is a game changer. It’s like instagram for linkedin. Finally a platform by creatives for creatives! I uploaded my portfolio, made connections with other creatives on NOVA and within days I had found a perfect job listing for me. NOVA makes it so easy to advertise yourself, and reach out to people in app or off app. With quick links to instagram and websites. Even when I’m not job searching I spend time on this app looking through other portfolios. This is going to be the next big thing!

I discovered this app on IG last Christmas and have successfully been hired on multiple gigs from their postings on IG! I’m loving the new community on NOVA , it’s very user friendly and connects creatives all around the world. If I am traveling to Europe or Asia and need to find creatives, the search makes it so easy to find everyone and it’s linked to their social and website. The message section makes it super cool to communicate with Job hiring or networking. Great App!

everytime i scroll to look at jobs i can only go down to about 1 day ago before it refreshes and takes me back to the top. please fix this i want to be able to scroll past 1 day and see all the jobs like we could on IG

Great app for creatives looking to expand their network and portfolio. The team here has done an incredible job at funneling the quality of candidates so that you’re always working with extremely professional and highly skilled people. I’m really happy that NOVA exists and can’t wait to see what else the this app team will bring to the platform in years to come.

Would love a feature where you can ‘pin’ projects to the top of your profile, or manage their order.

I am an established stylist with experience, I have worked for big magazines such as Vogue and yet I can’t get approved to use NOVA. Been waiting for my application to get approved for months. Waste of time. I even had some friends in the industry give me their phone# so that I can get approved and it doesn’t show up in my contact list. NOVA is straight trash.

Been waiting years for an app like this. It’s made landing jobs so much easier. The UI is also beautiful!! It’s a must download for all freelancers.

Incredible app for all creatives!

Can’t even finish the application process because it’s stuck on “is there anything else we should know about you “ it just freezes there’s 0 for function.

What is the point of this? Me and 7 to 8 of my friends have never booked anything from NOVA/instagram page. It’s not worth your time.

Great opportunities in NOVA for producers and videographers. I 100% recommend.

I applied well over a month and a half ago and I emailed support to ask why I hadn’t been approved. Even though I attached my entire website portfolio as well as my instagram where all of my photography goes, they told me my application was put on hold because I didn’t have “official client work attached to my application.” (which there isn’t even an option to put that stuff on your application other than your website…). I sent my website again through email in case the link was buggy on NOVA and asked how else they would want client work attached and have not heard from them again since. The approval process makes no sense.

Everything I need for my freelance career all in one place. Sleek, intuitive interface. Great product

Best way for creatives to connect and find work. Communication and community without icky behaviors or algorithms.

I’m using iPhone 13 mini and I can’t scroll up and down on the application, which is a problem when there’s overflow content, and the submit button on the “is there anything else we should know about you” page doesn’t do anything.

Edit: after cancelling NOVA / going forward and backward in the application process it started randomly working. Buggy nonetheless

The application part on IPhone is buggy. The section for notorious works does not scroll down and you can’t attach any photos.

You have to give your password to your Ingram through a portal on their site. I don’t like that there is no reason for NOVA to need my login information for my instagram

Laughing at all the 1 star reviews because you didn’t get let in 😂

I will get selected for jobs but i’m managing like 12 social media apps at once. I need to know when someone messages me back about a job. Add notifications please. This is basic.

The only way I hire gig work from now on

Hi! I love this app,
but one thing i would add is the ability to save your filtered settings when searching for gigs! So say i’m in LA, and i do photography and editing. if there was a way to save those filters when looking up gigs, that would be great! would save time:)
thankyou!