Boulder Media reduced the time spent on administrative tasks by 70% with Kenjo

Established in 2000, Boulder Media is one of Ireland’s largest animation studios. Their vision is to be the best creative partner for CG features, high end 2D TV shows and creating original content. Their greatest strength is its talented team, whom they have recruited from around the world. Additionally, they offer one of the best tax rebate jurisdictions in Europe. Boulder Media is an award-winning studio with the shows they have produced having garnered several awards and countless more nominations such as BAFTAs, EMMYs, ANNIEs, IFTAs, British Animation Awards, Cartoons on the Bay, Irish Animation Awards and many more. 

The HRIS System (Human Resources Information System) that Boulder Media used before did not have the capacity to automate day to day tasks or reminders using workflows and the automation it had was extremely difficult to set up and manipulate. Furthermore, the reports that were in the system were almost useless without some heavy manipulation and manual work to clean them up and get them into a usable state. They also had major issues with some staff members not being able to have the access they needed to see certain information without giving them access to view and edit everything. Finally, there was no company organisation chart, no employee directory and work anniversaries and employee’s birthdays went unnoticed.

One of the features that Boulder Media highlights the most is the automation of processes through workflows. Thanks to this they have managed to reduce a great amount of time spent on administrative and manual tasks. Some of the areas that were improved are the management of employees’ time off, onboarding, payroll processing or automatic reminders of work anniversaries and birthdays that can now be celebrated together. On the other hand, they have also seen improvements in performance reviews, automated reporting and analysis and the recruitment of new employees.

Thanks to the ease of use of the software and the templates of the platform for data upload, the HR team of Boulder Media was able to transfer 10 years of employee information from the company almost effortlessly. In addition, they highlight the advantage of having automatically generated reports and analytics, as well as the possibility of having the employees’ data in an organised way. They also emphasise the speed of the software implementation process and the help received from the support team.