The brief changed in an email. Everyone found out differently.

Agency work is decided in correspondence: an approval, a change of scope, a deadline moved, a file that replaces the file sent yesterday. OVIOO keeps all of it on the project it belongs to, so the account manager, the producer and the person doing the work are reading the same thing.

OVIOO
Compose
#742615Halden & CoActive12 emails4 tasks6 documents
Emails
  • Adrián Soler09:41
    Delivery confirmation
  • Castellane SA08:52
    Proforma — Halden rollout
  • Ingrid HalvorsenYesterday
    Requirements — 2 changes
  • Castellane SAMon
    Delivery schedule received
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Tasks
  • Confirm delivery windowDMToday
  • Resend requirements list to VantageDMToday
  • Signed contract from HaldenDMWaiting
  • Final payment reminderCOFri
Documents
Requirements_FINAL.xlsx
Sent to Vantage · 18 Aug 2026
Proforma_Castellane.pdf
Received 21 Aug 2026
Handover_742615.pdf
Created from template · 19 Aug 2026
Contacts
  • IHIngrid HalvorsenProject lead
  • ASAdrián SolerSupplier · delivery
  • CSCastellane SASubcontractor
Activity
Delivery schedule v3 sent · Mon 2 tasks added from Adrián’s email · 09:41

What a studio stops doing

Forwarding the thread to whoever needs it

Every message about a project sits on the project, whichever mailbox it arrived in. Somebody new on the account reads the record instead of asking three colleagues to forward things.

Guessing which version was approved

Files live on the project with the date each one was sent and to whom. The reply box offers the exact version the client already has, so nobody works from a superseded round.

Losing scope creep until the invoice

The email asking for the extra becomes a task on the project, dated, carrying the sentence it came from. What was agreed and what was added are two visible things rather than one argument.

Chasing approvals by memory

A checklist per project names each stage, what counts as done and how long it may take. It watches the mail for the approval instead of somebody remembering to ask again on Monday.

One project, from brief to invoiced

1
Brief arrives
by email, into a shared mailbox
2
Project opened
a reference, with its client and contacts
3
Rounds and feedback
every version and approval on the record
4
Scope changes
the email becomes a dated task, not a surprise
5
Delivered and billed
the invoice raised against the same project

Clients stop asking where it is

A portal in your brand shows each client their own projects, the files you chose to share, what is waiting on them and what they owe — with your costs and your freelancer rates switched off.

Your words, in the product
ProjectsClientsBriefsRoundsApprovalsDeliverablesRetainersFreelancers

Set once in the business profile. Every screen, button and dialog follows.

Search groups, documents, invoices…
Good morning, Ingrid
Welcome to your Meridian Works client portal.

Here you can follow the status of your projects, access documents, view invoices and stay up to date.

Active projects
23↑ 3
vs last month
Awaiting approval
4↑ 1
vs last month
Payments pending
3↓ 2
vs last month
Documents required
5↑ 2
vs last month
Upcoming deliveries
7↑ 3
next 3 months
Your projectsSearch projects…
All (23)Upcoming (7)In progress (5)Awaiting approval (4)Completed (7)
Ref. #ProjectLocationDatesValueStatusActions
742615Q4 rolloutBarcelona12 Oct 2026 → 16 Oct 2026€48,200Awaiting approvalView →
742580Spring programmeValencia3 Mar 2027 → 7 Mar 2027€61,400ConfirmedView →
742691Depot refitMadrid19 Apr 2027 → 23 Apr 2027€37,900In progressView →
742702Annual serviceSeville10 May 2027 → 14 May 2027€22,650Documents requiredView →
742735Phase two fit-outValencia5 Jun 2027 → 9 Jun 2027€54,100ConfirmedView →
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Upcoming workView all
  • Q4 rolloutBarcelona · ▦ 12 Oct 2026 → 16 Oct 2026 · ⚇ 3 deliveries
  • Spring programmeValencia · ▦ 3 Mar 2027 → 7 Mar 2027 · ⚇ 5 deliveries
  • Depot refitMadrid · ▦ 19 Apr 2027 → 23 Apr 2027 · ⚇ 2 deliveries
Pending ActionsView all
  • Upload signed orderQ4 rollout · 742615
  • Confirm quotationSpring programme · 742580
  • Payment dueDepot refit · 742691€1,840Due 15 Sep 2026
  • Upload requirementsAnnual service · 742702
  • Review insurance certificatePhase two fit-out · 742735

What it replaces in a studio

Not your design tools. The spreadsheet, the folder tree and the memory that hold a project together between them.

The workaround today
In OVIOO
A project folder named after the client, mostly
Every file on the project, with the round it belongs to
Forwarding the client’s feedback to the designer
The message is already on the project, for whoever opens it
“Which version did they approve?”
The file that was sent, with the date and the recipient
Scope creep discovered when the invoice is queried
The email asking for the extra, dated, as a task on the project
Chasing an approval by remembering to
A checklist step that watches the mail for it
A weekly call to tell the client where things are
A portal showing their projects, files and what is waiting on them

Fair questions

It replaces the part of it that is really a record of correspondence — what was asked, what was sent, what was approved, what changed. It has no Gantt, no resource levelling and no story points, so a studio that plans in a dedicated tool can keep planning there.

No. There are no timesheets and no utilisation targets, deliberately. If billing by the hour is the centre of your operation you will still need a time tool beside this.

Yes, as members with the access you grant, or as external accounts through a portal if they should only see one project. External users count against your tier, so it is a deliberate decision per person.

Only if you choose to show it. A portal shows the job, its documents and its dates with costs and supplier prices switched off, and nothing reaches a portal unless somebody shared it.

See it on your own work.

Connect one shared mailbox and watch a real week organise itself. Fourteen days, no card.