Like many companies, Emirates NBD had tried traditional resources and agencies for staffing, but it needed a new way to access flexible talent that could drive innovation.

Through Upwork’s work marketplace, the bank was able to access a dynamic staffing solution that has helped it continue to deliver work adeptly while achieving cost efficiencies.

For Emirates NBD, effectively harnessing the power of freelance workers has benefits beyond driving innovation in a flexible, cost-effective way—it also helps the company stay true to its purpose of creating prosperity.

"For Emirates NBD and for me personally, I think Upwork has been an absolute no-brainer. It provides us cost efficiencies. It gives us access to millions of freelancers from around the world. We're able to hire and start projects at a much faster pace. And it also gives us a flexibility of increasing the size or decreasing the size of our teams as needed." ~ Moadh Bukhash | Chief Marketing Officer