{"id":19881,"date":"2025-12-18T14:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T19:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compt.io\/?post_type=case-study&p=19881"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:00:12","slug":"jellyvision","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/compt.io\/case-studies\/jellyvision\/","title":{"rendered":"High Engagement, Low Overhead: How Jellyvision Modernized Flexible Benefits With Compt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Meet: Stephanie French, Sr. Benefits & Compensation Manager at Jellyvision<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jellyvision<\/a> is a Chicago-based technology company best known for ALEX\u00ae<\/sup>, its award-winning interactive benefits software used by millions of employees nationwide. With 200+ full-time employees distributed across more than 15 states, the team operates using a flexible remote-work model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Sr. Benefits & Compensation Manager, Stephanie French oversees every part of the company\u2019s broad benefits ecosystem, including health, dental, and vision coverage, HSAs\/FSAs, commuter accounts, life and disability insurance, surrogacy and adoption support, gender-affirming care, leave and time off, and perks and fringe benefits. She also plays a key role in ensuring that Jellyvision\u2019s benefits keep pace with the varied needs of its diverse, distributed workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy world involves all things benefits,\u201d she explains. \u201cI support employees day to day, and I\u2019m also looking at budget, managing spend, where utilization sits, and whether we’re meeting the holistic needs of our organization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Jellyvision first transitioned to remote work in 2020, during the pandemic, Stephanie found herself at the center of a rapidly evolving benefits landscape \u2014 and she seized the opportunity to rethink how the company supported every employee across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenge: Managing benefits for a newly remote workforce with spreadsheets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With the people who power Jellyvision distributed all across the country, the limitations of the organization\u2019s stipend process became impossible to ignore. The company offered solid benefits, but each one relied on a patchwork of manual steps that created extra work for both employees and HR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One stipend program, for example, lived inside a complex Excel file that Stephanie rebuilt each year. Every reimbursement required her to review documents, store them for audit purposes, update formulas, troubleshoot errors, and prepare clean reports for payroll. And when submissions surged near year-end, the workload often ballooned into two to three full days of processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt worked \u2014 it did the thing it needed to \u2014 but it just wasn\u2019t as clean or as helpful as it could have been,\u201d Stephanie says. \u201cThe formulas broke constantly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the team added stipends, the fragmentation only grew. Each program had different rules and various documentation requirements, and Jellyvision lacked a centralized hub to guide employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It became clear to Stephanie that she needed a more modern, unified way to manage stipends, for her own sake and for the benefit of everyone at Jellyvision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s next: Discovering Compt<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With multiple stipends in place and a distributed team consistently using and relying on them, Stephanie knew the next step was finding a platform that could keep pace with Jellyvision\u2019s evolving needs. She wanted something employees would actually use, leaders could understand, and HR could manage without sacrificing days of work each quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She explored a few potential platforms, including Forma<\/a>, but quickly realized that most tools were either too rigid, too complex, or too expensive for what Jellyvision needed. Compt stood out immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCompt\u2019s functionality was there, price point was there, usability was there. It was an easy yes.\u201d<\/p>\u2014 Stephanie French, Sr. Benefits & Compensation Manager, Jellyvision<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The fit wasn\u2019t just about features. From the start, the Compt team demonstrated a willingness to listen, iterate, and refine, which felt rare in the benefits-tech space. After a short evaluation, Jellyvision began its Compt implementation and was fully live in just 15-17 days, with no disruption to employees or payroll cycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Stephanie, this marked a clear turning point: the end of spreadsheets and year-end overwhelm, and the beginning of a more scalable, employee-first way to manage Jellyvision\u2019s stipend program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solution: A centralized Compt platform that simplifies every stipend<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once Jellyvision moved its stipend programs into Compt’s flexible benefits platform<\/a>, the administrative lift that once consumed days each year became dramatically easier to manage. Instead of juggling multiple spreadsheets and documentation folders, Stephanie gained a single centralized dashboard where every stipend is tracked, reviewed, and reimbursed. It gave her full visibility without the extra tabs and manual recordkeeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt just creates a lot more ease in the process, and less opportunity for errors or mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\u2014 Stephanie French, Sr. Benefits & Compensation Manager, Jellyvision<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Compt also gave the team the flexibility to customize each stipend (i.e., wellness<\/a> and a specific therapy allowance, home-office support<\/a>, a family concierge benefit<\/a>) to employee needs. Jellyvision added clear descriptions, eligibility rules, and custom prompts to reduce resubmissions, and employees quickly began using the platform without extra guidance or training. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are new hires who join Jellyvision and \u2026 it\u2019s intuitive enough that I don\u2019t need to have a separate demo call scheduled,\u201d Stephanie explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, Compt\u2019s admin features<\/a> changed how Stephanie approached benefits management. Multidocument uploads, single-screen review, and one-click approval replaced her maze of tabs, downloads, and manually maintained records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere were so many little tweaks that probably took some human oodles and oodles of effort, but for me they made my life even easier as we continued to partner with Compt.\u201d<\/p>\u2014 Stephanie French, Sr. Benefits & Compensation Manager, Jellyvision<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Results: Impact in action<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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