How an agency uses TimeHunter
Retainer = client + monthly h budget
Each client has an hours budget (40h/month). System shows utilization and alerts at 80%.
Rate per role: designer/copy/PM/dev
Each role has its rate; the client sees a breakdown by people and tasks.
Monthly client PDF
End of month: 1 click = PDF with hours, descriptions and amount to invoice. Client gets it ready.
Kanban for projects (addon)
Each client has its task board with drag & drop, subtasks, labels.
Agency roles — designer, copy, PM, dev
A creative agency bills by role: senior designer €45/h, junior designer €22/h, copywriter €37/h, PM €55/h, developer €50/h. TimeHunter lets you assign a default role per employee and per-role rates per client. The system picks the right rate at session start.
Designer (UI/UX/graphics)
Senior + junior with different rates. Auto-detected at start.
Copywriter
Blog/social/web copy — usually lower rate than design.
Project Manager
Highest rate (client pays for oversight and strategy).
Developer
Front/back/devops — different rates per specialty.
Utilization — the key agency metric
Utilization = % billable / total time. Healthy agency = 70-80% per person. Below 60% = bleeding money. Above 90% = burnout risk. TimeHunter shows utilization per person, week, month — react early before burnout or project losses.
Utilization dashboard
Everyone in 1 view: green >70%, yellow 60-70%, red <60%.
Burnout alert >90%
Notify PM if someone exceeds 90% for 3 weeks running.
Client utilization
Share of team time per client. Time to plan new clients.
Project budgets — alerts before deficit
Client pays €7500 for a project budgeted at 150h. After 100h you see “67% budget used, only 40% of scope done”. TimeHunter alerts early — time to talk scope change, additional invoicing or speed-up. Without it you find out too late, when the client refuses to pay more.
Frequently asked questions
Can I connect TimeHunter to Slack?
Can I see utilization per employee (billable %)?
Can I track freelancer work?
Can I bill retainer + overage?
Can the client have a white-label login portal?
How much for a 12-person agency?
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