In 2018 Red_mad_robot was a top Russian digital product agency, well known as an outsourcing company.
As the Design Director, I headed its team of 20 product designers.
The largest and most respected bank in Eastern Europe — Sberbank — sought our design expertise to support its digital transformation and wanted our designers to strengthen its product teams.
It had plans to fill about 20 design positions within the next six months and needed our help.
It was a good deal as it served our interest to evolve from an outsourcing company to a consulting partner for business, selling not just time but expertise.
We had to find, hire, teach and graduate a couple of dozens of designers within the next six months without dropping the bar of our professional expectations from them due to the time limit.
We needed a systematic solution to hiring, teaching and onboarding, not numbers, but groups of designers.
I had to design, plan and execute the process. I had the Red_mad_robot design team and its experience to do so.
Hiring that many designers at once was nearly impossible without dropping the bar of our professional expectations and risking our reputation.