Services
Creative and tech talent in your time zone.
Nearshore talent is a professional team based in a nearby country with overlapping work hours, serving companies in another market. At IDEACTIVO, we build creative, technology and media teams from our hub in Costa Rica, backed by a talent network in Bogotá, Guatemala City and Buenos Aires, all in the same time zone as the US.
What's included
- Dedicated teams: a team that works only for your brand, with a shared goal and an agency culture.
- Staff augmentation: professionals who join your team so you can scale and handle workload peaks.
- Project basis: we deliver a project or production units from start to finish, from complex sites and apps to individual assets like banners, emails and videos.
- Product engineering: teams that design, build and evolve digital products.
- Nearshore development: software and platform development from Costa Rica for clients in the US and Latin America.
- Talent acquisition: we help you find and hire creative, technology and media professionals.
Who it's for
For companies and agencies in the US and Latin America that need more capacity without hiring every role locally.
We cover more than 20 professional areas, from software engineering and design to media and analytics. We work in English and Spanish and collaborate with your team in real time.
Why Costa Rica
Costa Rica, a hub for digital talent
- 300+
- high-tech companies operate in Costa Rica
- 41
- Fortune 500 companies have operations in the country
- #1
- per capita exporter of knowledge-intensive and IT services in Latin America
Costa Rica is also a stable democracy with no army. Source: CINDE (opens in a new tab).
Nearshore talent FAQ
What is nearshore talent?
Nearshore talent means hiring professionals or teams in a nearby country with overlapping work hours, instead of one far away. For US companies, working with talent in Costa Rica means collaborating in real time, in the same time zone, a short distance away and with a familiar work culture.
What collaboration models does IDEACTIVO offer?
IDEACTIVO offers dedicated teams, staff augmentation, project-based work, product engineering, nearshore development and talent acquisition. You can start with a specific project and grow into a dedicated team, or add individual professionals to your team when the workload increases. We shape the model around your goal.
Why choose Costa Rica for nearshore talent?
According to CINDE, more than 300 high-tech companies and 41 Fortune 500 companies operate in Costa Rica, and the country is Latin America's top per capita exporter of knowledge-intensive and IT services. It is also a stable democracy with no army, and it shares a time zone with the United States.