Identifying native mobile app designers who excel in integrating third-party services, and are equipped to handle the entire design and user experience process, from start to finish, including handover to developers who understand the importance of seamless integration and user-centered design
We launched numerous campaigns aimed at attracting native mobile app product designers and UX researchers to join a specialised mobile environment. We presented the job opportunities as exciting career prospects worth exploring. Our campaigns highlighted the advantages of working within mobile-focused teams and showcased the potential for career growth and development which resulted in an extensive pool of talented mobile app product designers and UX researchers.
We required individuals with specific UX, UI, research, and development skills and experience, specifically within the native mobile space. The ideal candidate would possess a thorough understanding of designing and developing mobile apps, along with extensive knowledge of user experience and interface design.
Kinto was seeking candidates who have experience working in agile start-up environments, as they will possess a thorough understanding of the process and be able to adapt quickly to their team's dynamic work culture. They werelooking for individuals who can hit the ground running and contribute to a fast-paced work environment. The ideal candidate was a team player who can work collaboratively to deliver high-quality results while also being self-motivated and able to work independently.
We conducted extensive research to identify companies and individuals who match the specific requirements. Through a thorough analysis of the product designers and UX researchers, we identified those who possess the necessary skills, experience, and qualifications. We examined the professional backgrounds, design and UX portfolio's to create our shortlist.
We highlighted Kinto as an ideal environment for native mobile specialists. We showcased Kinto's unique and specialised focus on mobile technologies, along with their commitment to delivering exceptional user experiences through innovative design and development practices. Our campaigns emphasised the advantages of working within their team, including opportunities for career growth, professional development, and exposure to cutting-edge technologies. Our outcome was to attract top-tier native mobile specialists who display passion for mobile technologies and user-centered design.
Our team utilised various advertising channels to promote our job openings, including LinkedIn and national and specialist product and UX job boards. We strategically crafted our job postings to target top-tier talent within our industry and maximise our reach. By leveraging these advertising channels, we aimed to attract a diverse pool of candidates with the necessary skills, experience, and qualifications to thrive within our organization.
Identifying native mobile app designers with the required skillset and experience can be a challenging task. As a result, we adopted a proactive approach and reached out to hundreds of potential candidates per role. Our approach included a clear understanding of Kinto, an engaging value proposition, and a visually compelling digital presentation to capture the attention of candidates and stand out from other opportunities. By adopting this approach, we aimed to attract top talent within our industry and build a strong team of native mobile app designers.
Our team utilised a thorough screening process to identify top-tier candidates. We conducted initial first-stage phone interviews to assess candidates' qualifications, experience, and suitability for the role. Following this, we held detailed 1:1 video calls with shortlisted candidates to evaluate their product and UX skills, communication abilities, and cultural fit.
Using our talent platform we created digital profiles per candidate, this included key information about:
Their experience as a product designer within native mobile apps
Why they were the correct team fit
Their reason for looking, salary and availability
We oversaw the entire process for Kinto, ensuring that the candidate was kept well-informed at every stage, and all parties involved met their respective deadlines.
Managed across the Candi Portal
971 passive native product (UX/UI) mobile designers and UX Researchers
325 applications from designers that applied via LinkedIn and specialist job boards
We completed 93 phone interviews, followed by 27 video interviews and made our selection based on skillset and culture fit
56 candidates to submit
42 from head hunting
14 from advertisements
We delivered them on the Candi Talent Platform!
Hiring specialist native mobile app product designers is key role to ensure that the product is delivered successfully and looks and functions fantastically!
Kinto intereviewed all the candidates we submitted via video, using the interview and same scoring process for each hire to ensure consistency and to deliver a seemless candidate experience
This stage needed show everything required to complete the role
Kinto didn’t want to set a task that would take candidates a long time and not be based on a commercial product or their experience
So we created a task focused on their portfolio, experience and capabilities
In 15 minutes, we asked the candidates to pick 1 or 2 apps or features that they have worked on from start to completion, we asked them to take us through
What process they followed?
What did they do specifically?
Did they cut out steps?
Did they add extra steps?
How did they solve the problem themsleves in this specific situation?
Kinto wanted to about the failures more than the outcome, so we asked them too show
How they managed failures?
What did they do afterwards?
How did they fix them?
How they communicate this with the developers?
Being able to access all the details about potential product designers shortlisted for KINTO Join side by side made the recruitment process significantly easier to manage.
Because each profile had a candidate summary, CV, portfolio links, and the option to quickly book an interview it made the whole process significantly easier.
For me combining professional recruitment searches with a social dashboard style space to review potentials is the perfect combination of old school recruitment expertise and modern social job boards.
Add to this the transparency of seeing at glance how the shortlisting process had proceeded from portfolio reviews, longlisting, video interviews, to the final shortlist dashboard demonstrated what we were paying for in a way I've not seen from any other recruiter
Guthrie Watson
Head of Design @ Kinto join
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