Services
Staff Augmentation
The primary goal of staff augmentation is to meet short-term or immediate needs for specialized skills, knowledge, or manpower without the long-term commitment and cost associated with hiring full-time employees.
Benefits of staff augmentation include
Temporary or Project-Specific placements
Companies typically engage in staff augmentation when they require additional resources for specific projects, seasonal demands, or to fill skill gaps.
Flexibility
Staff augmentation provides flexibility in scaling up or down quickly based on project requirements. It allows businesses to adapt to changing market conditions without the burden of permanent staff.
Expertise
Access a wide range of specialized skills and expertise, which don’t already exist in-house. This includes areas such as software development, design, marketing, data analysis, and more.
Reduced Overhead
Avoid the costs associated with onboarding, training, benefits, and full-time employment.
Faster Onboarding
Our professionals are experienced and can contribute to your team/project immediately, reducing the time needed for training and onboarding.
Staff augmentation engagements are typically 3-12 months, but we offer the flexibility to engage for as little or as long as organisations need. This allows companies to leverage external talent and resources strategically, enhancing their capabilities while maintaining operational flexibility and cost-effectiveness.
Our approach
Staff augmentation adds experienced Shakewell people to your team when you need specialised skills or extra capacity without the commitment and cost of hiring full-time. Engagements typically run three to twelve months, but we flex to as little or as long as you need — and because our people are experienced, they contribute from week one rather than after months of onboarding.
What we solve
- Skill gaps blocking a specific project, whether in development, design, marketing or data
- Delivery deadlines your current headcount cannot meet
- Seasonal or project-driven peaks that do not justify permanent hires
- The overhead of recruiting, onboarding and training for a temporary need
What’s included
- Developers, designers, marketers and analysts placed directly into your team
- Flexible engagement lengths, scaled up or down as project demands change
- Fast onboarding from experienced professionals who contribute immediately
- No recruitment, benefits or training overhead on your side
Engagement models
How we work
Four straightforward ways to engage us. Pick the one that fits, or mix them as your needs change.
Staff Augmentation
Add experienced Shakewell developers, designers or specialists directly to your own team. Engagements typically run three to twelve months, but can be as short or long as you need — you get the skills without the commitment and cost of hiring full-time.
About staff augmentationFixed-Scope Projects
Have a defined outcome in mind? We scope it, price it and deliver it as a project — a clear timeline, agreed milestones and a single point of accountability from kickoff to handover.
Embedded Delivery Teams
For larger or longer-running work, a cross-functional Shakewell team — development, design and delivery management — plugs in as your delivery arm, working to your priorities and your reporting cadence.
Support & Maintenance
Already live? We keep websites, stores and apps secure, updated and performing through ongoing retainers — business-hours support as standard, with 24/7 coverage available for critical issues.
About support & maintenanceTrusted by game-changers
“We partnered with Shakewell in 2024 to help improve and maintain our website technology. The team are friendly, diligent and routinely demonstrate a breadth of technical understanding that is hard to find. Their support has put us in a much stronger position to scale and enhance our web presence.”
Aidan Arentz
Digital Product Owner of Merivale
“Hannah and the team have been instrumental in building a strong inbound lead model, nurturing potential clients with timely email communications, and supporting our sales team. This helped us secure over 300 new members—all before opening our doors!
Each social media post has been impactful, and the ads capture the brand’s tone perfectly. I highly recommend Shakewell for high-performance digital marketing focused on brand positioning and strategic growth.”
Briony Fischer
Club Manager, B3 by Social Remedy
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