Shakuro

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO and founder of Zenva, an online academy that helps people start successful coding hobbies and careers

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Shakuro?

- UI design of homepage, eCommerce pages, eLearning pages

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Excellent track record

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

The project included multiple pages in our eCommerce storefront and pages for non-registered users, as well as all main LMS / eLearning screens for subscribers.

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

Project manager and lead designer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The UI designs are now being implemented into our codebase. We expect our platform to look better than those of all of our competitors once this is done.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We had one call a week and email communication in between. That worked fine for our requirements.

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

The quality, the detail and the care that their team put into the designs was something I hadn't seen before. I was impressed and inspired by the quality of their resulting work.

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

Everything worked fine

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

CEO at Calipsa

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Shakuro?

We hired Shakuro to work on branding & design work.

SOLUTION

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

We looked for designers on Dribbble, spoke to a few and selected Shakuro based on their professionalism and portfolio.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

The project involved design prototyping and UI/UX styling

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

We directly worked with 2 members - a project manager and their head of creative

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Our internal team was very satisfied with the final outcome

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We were able to communicate effectively over email and zoom calls whenever necessary

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

I was impressed with their work ethic and expertise in visual design

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

None.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Founder of Horace Consulting, LLC.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Shakuro?

We hired Shakuroto to help us improve our current app. We wanted to add more features for our consumers.

What were your goals for this project?

To add income tracking, add new phrases and add a cashflow graph.

SOLUTION

How did you select Shakuro?

We have been searching online and when we found Shakuro's website and watched a few videos on Youtube of the company's work, we decided to work with them.

Describe the project in detail.

We had a discovery meeting. They understood what we were looking for. We sent the Shakuro team the existing code for the app and sent pictures and recommendations of what we wanted to add. They were able to do that.

What was the team composition?

I worked with the PM on the assignment. The PM would work with the developers and I had access to a portal to add notes if needed.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The project was a success. I was updated almost every day if something changed or worked out. Our consumers are happy with the newly added features and we look forward to working with Shakuro on another project in the near future.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Very effective.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The level of communication. They answered all my questions and updated me along the way.

Are there any areas for improvement?

With my project, no.