Grenade Castle

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the founder and CEO of supertalent. We have developed a platform that connects talents with startups primarily on their culture fit. Supertalent provides startups and talents with a future-looking fit based on their shared values (culture fit) instead of just a backward-looking match between a job description and talent’s past experiences.

We use behavioral psychology and advanced data modeling built on more than 350 data points to predict whether the talent fits the given startup’s culture.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Grenade Castle, and what were your goals?

We’ve hired Grenade Castle to help us with both the product design as well as graphic design. We collaborated with them from the very beginning of our foundation, and our goal was to design a product that would make supertalent an innovator in our industry.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

I was working with Grenade Castle when I was building a different startup, and I knew their whole team consists of senior talent that delivers top-notch work.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

The scope for this project was simple. We needed to research the latest user experience (UX) trends in the space. Once we’ve done this initial step, we started working on our visual identity. This step included key deliverables such as defining our logo, fonts, colors, images, etc.

Once we had our visual identity ready, the last step was to design a product that would be at the forefront of innovation, intuitive, and loved by our customers. And based on the feedback from our customers, we’ve accomplished just that! 

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

There were three key people from Grenade Castle who were directly involved in the project. One head of design/project manager whose role was not just to ensure the quality of work, but he also personally contributed to the project as a UI/UX designer.

Then there was a dedicated UX designer, and last but not least, there was a graphic designer. Additionally, we also leveraged one of their developers and a PPC marketing expert. All people we had from Grenade Castle were senior experts in their fields.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

As mentioned above, with the great help of Grenade Castle, we were able to develop a product that has incredibly positive feedback from our customers. And not just a product, but also our visual identity. Thanks to Grenade Castle’s graphic designer, we have great conversion rates on social media because our posts are super appealing to the users.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

I have no complaints about their project management style. Everything was delivered in a timely manner, and communication was clear. In the beginning, we set up daily standup calls and weekly design reviews, and I can’t remember a day when people from Grenade Castle came late to the meeting. We were using tools such as slack, email, and the whole google workplace suite for communication.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The most impressive is definitely the quality of their work. Over my career, I have worked with many designers, and none of them had the quality of people from Grenade Castle. What is also great about Grenade Castle is simply the people. All of them are simply great human beings, and it’s great to work with them. They are humble, yet they deliver superb quality.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

I can’t say I would have it done differently because I’m an endless perfectionist, and I care about every pixel, but sometimes they were missing tiny details. But to be honest, the vast majority of users would not even notice. It’s just my obsession with detail.