With some of the world’s biggest brands trusting our team to craft their content, Shutterstock Studios has become a premier content creation solution.
Let’s say you just watched a soulful docuseries about an athlete’s mid-career transition to a new sport. Imagine you attended one of the hottest events at Art Basel. Or did you notice the very cool, and ultra colorful product photography in your drugstore’s cosmetics section? It was all created by Shutterstock Studios.
Because you’re reading this blog post, you are surely familiar with Shutterstock’s photography. Our company does so much more beyond that, though. From offering premium stock photos and videos, to developing creative editing tools and AI-generated content, Shutterstock offers opportunities to bring any idea to life.
With all of this in mind, Shutterstock Studios is our in-house hub for ideation and custom content production.
Whether your brand is expanding its reach or experimenting with new audiences, Shutterstock Studios is an internationally-based creative solution, designed to help your company or agency meet its growing demands.
Specializing in scalable production solutions, Shutterstock Studios creates the assets your brand needs to best connect with your customers.
Here, we take a look at their offerings, and a few exciting, recently-launched projects. We’ve also spoken with Aiden Darné, the VP of Shutterstock Studios, to learn more about his team’s work and global reach.
Shutterstock Studios: Your Content Creation Solution
There’s a wide variety of content that Shutterstock Studios creates. In fact, our capabilities range from photography and videography, to game and experience creation.
“We do everything in-house, from creative development to final finishing and online edits,” says Darné. “Our teams can do almost everything remotely, through the technology they leverage. In terms of global production and our network of directors and photographers, it’s really hard to beat us.”
Get a sense of Shutterstock Studios’ production capabilities below, with examples of some of their most exciting projects.
- Photography: A colorful and beautiful digital photo campaign was created for Nespresso.
- Video: Porsche needed both photography and videography for lifestyle shoots across a variety of locations.
- Illustration: Mastercard partnered with Shutterstock Studios for a social media campaign that included both photography and custom piggy bank illustrations.
- Animation: The team created several short, animated films for AWS to showcase various businesses powered by their services.
- 3D Content: Combining the fun of social media with the technical sophistication of 3D art, the team created animations featuring custom Snapchat emojis and filters.
- 3D Animation: For our very own Shutterstock commercial, the team combined all talents, including 3D animation, to showcase Shutterstock’s services and offerings.
- Event Production and Experiential Marketing: Shutterstock Studios captured all the action of Sundance 2023 with a portrait studio open to actors, directors, and industry figures. We also hosted an official Sundance documentary filmmaking panel and a Shorts Party.
- The Studios team also has the capabilities to work on augmented reality, virtual reality, and game development projects.
For this wide variety of projects, the Shutterstock Studios teams have skill sets that focus on production from start to finish.
Their teammates include expert directors and producers, skilled writers and storyboard artists, creative developers, and content strategists who collaborate to ensure that each project looks beautiful and meets clients’ needs.
What We Do and How We Do It
Think of Shutterstock Studios as a creative agency that doesn’t just make content. We make planning, production, and delivery seamless, gorgeous, and affordable. No matter the scope of work, the team understands the importance of any brand’s creative vision . . . and we have the skills to bring that vision to life.
Studios works with Shutterstock’s global network of more than one million content creators. We collaborate with a slew of talented producers and tap into forward-thinking technology to support client visions and share them with the world.
“We win business because of the quality of the directors we work with. We have a global ability to service all different types of clients,” says Darné. “And, as a company, we are very proud of this.”
Pre-Production Services
Shutterstock Studios offers a full creative team dedicated to researching and developing a campaign tailored to your brand’s vision.
From market research to creative ideation, casting and all forms of creative ideation, we’ll turn a simple idea into a fully finished project.
Production Services
Our teams cover every detail of storytelling with a wide-range of creative outputs. With our network of content producers, Shutterstock Studios can execute everything–from storyboards and script writing, to graphic design and 3D rendering.
We constantly refer to your brand guidelines along the way to ensure that the final product is on-brand and resonates with your audience.
Post-Production Services
Every project is carried out with meticulous project management. Finishing touches include video edits, motion graphics, photo retouching, and compositing.
Studios can also transform your assets for multiple uses, like creating a sizzle reel from a longer form video.
Your Go-To Content Creation Studio
Want to see what Shutterstock Studios can offer for your next creative campaign? Explore their website by clicking the button below, read through their compelling case studies, and learn more about how we can elevate your brand.
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