Case Study: Ameba Creative Studio achieves scalable growth and clear project cost visibility with Paymo

Ameba Creative Studio Puts Brands On The Map With Paymo

Ameba Creative Studio, a 40-person creative agency based in Montevideo, Uruguay, faced a critical business challenge after their previous project management tool became prohibitively expensive and they lost a client that represented 90% of their revenue. Seeking a replacement that combined project and business management, Ameba adopted Paymo (using Team Scheduling, Time Reports and the Leave Planner) to get a single, usable system that would let them handle many smaller clients and regain financial stability.

Paymo’s integrated platform—migrated to over about two months—gave Ameba visibility into costs, invoices, schedules and time tracking, enabling capacity planning, payroll-cost calculations and identification of underquoted project stages. Using Paymo’s reports and Team Scheduler, Ameba stabilized and scaled (now handling about 11 projects/month and serving clients across the US and Europe), won major accounts like Petrobras, Vespa and Bimbo, and improved decision-making on margins and staffing; Miguel Vallvé says Paymo was essential to their ability to grow and focus on business development.

Ameba Creative Studio

Miguel Vallvé

Chief executive officer & Co-Founder