REFINED RECRUITMENT PROCESS

EXPERT SUPPORT, IMMEDIATELY

Recruiting top-tier talent can be a time-consuming and challenging endeavour. Rest assured, we've taken on the heavy lifting, offering immediate visibility into your hiring process.

YOUR BUSINESS, IS OUR BUSINESS

You possess the deepest understanding of your business, and it's our responsibility to comprehend your requirements thoroughly. Irrespective of whether you're a startup or a unicorn, we immerse ourselves in your business, treating it as if it were our own.

EXTENSION OF YOUR TEAM

We are adaptable to ensure the best possible experience for you.
We don't simply work for you – we collaborate with you, seamlessly integrating as an extension of your team that truly understands your needs.

QUALITY NOT QUANTITY

What really makes us stand out

Superstars, not CVs:

1 percent cuts through the noise with a laser-focused approach to hiring. Forget the "spray and pray" tactics of traditional agencies. We hand-pick just 5 exceptional candidates, each meticulously vetted by industry-leading product & design experts.

100% hire success rate

Our rigorous portfolio review ensures every candidate aligns perfectly with your vision. No more time wasted on lukewarm fits. We prioritise talent over CVs, unearthing hidden gems often overlooked by traditional methods.

Don't settle for mediocrity

Series A+ startups - We understand your high standards and deliver on-point talent for your growing team. Building your first product or design team: Let our experts guide you and secure the perfect foundation for your design culture.

OUR PROCESS

STEP 1

Our recruitment process begins by actively sourcing candidates through groundbreaking multi-channel methods carefully curating a pool of talent tailored to your needs. Throughout this process, we provide complete transparency, keeping you informed at every stage.

STEP 2

Once candidates are identified, we meticulously review them against our established frameworks, ensuring alignment with the specific skill sets and attributes essential for success in your role. Our team of design and product advisors personally interview and review each candidate so we guarantee to only put forward the top 1% of candidates. We work alongside your business to create a personalised scorecard, which we then evaluate our candidates against ensuring a good fit.

STEP 3

We work with your business to understand exactly what you're looking for an use our in-house algorithm to match these requirements against our candidates. We don't just send over loads of candidates with a spray and pray approach, we will only every share a handful of candidates for you for each role. We'll present these candidates in a professional way with uniformed explanations of their weak areas, strengths and how they would suit your role and culture.

WHO WE ARE

Our aim is to streamline the process for early-stage businesses to tap into the most proficient and seasoned design talent.

We are uniquely positioned to facilitate your recruitment of expert design professionals, leveraging our combined strengths of extensive recruitment expertise and years of firsthand product experience.

Lawrence Pammen
Managing Director
lawrence@1percentrecruitment.com 

Eliza Morante
Agency Director
eliza@1percentrecruitment.com 

OUR DIRECTORS

We also have a number of senior designers and experienced product professionals in our team. They support us to review and prepare the right candidate for your open roles.

CLIENT FEEDBACK

Product Manager, Fintech

"1Percent transformed our hiring process. They delivered top-notch talent that perfectly matched our company culture and goals. Their communication and dedication are unmatched. Thanks to them, we've built a winning team that's propelling our success."

Senior Product Designer

"1Percent made the impossible seem effortless. After months of job hunting in the tech industry with little success, I turned to them. Within just two months, they worked their magic and connected me with my dream tech company."

OUR EXPERTISE

PRODUCT DESIGN MANAGEMENT

Each candidate undergoes a rigorous review process, assessed against our proven evaluation methods, ensuring proficiency in design and leadership expertise.

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LEAD PRODUCT DESIGNER

Our candidates go through a meticulous review process, evaluated against our established assessment criteria, covering a range of areas of experience.

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SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER

We adhere to a stringent review protocol for every candidate, benchmarked against our reliable evaluation techniques, encompassing design expertise.

Our team's direct involvement as product professionals, designers and design managers within the industry, equips us with a profound understanding of the intricacies, demands, and subtleties of the product realm. We have traversed its terrain ourselves, which provides us with many invaluable insights.

When reviewing candidates we evaluate their skillsets against the following areas:

• Product Management & Strategy

• Product Roadmap

• UI/UX design

• Design systems

• App design

• Website design

• Qual & Quant Customer & market research

• Team mentorship, management & hiring

• Product Design Leadership & Strategy

• Persona development

• Prototype creation

• Agile / Scrum CFT

• Developer handover

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PRODUCT MANAGER & HEAD OF PRODUCT

We look for direct outcomes achieved by our candidates when reviewing their experience. We look to understand the exact impact they've had, how big their past roles have been, so we only put forward the most relevant individuals.

Product Design
Salary guide 2024

Support your business by understanding the industry standard salary ranges for product design roles in 2024 accross fintech & Insurtech startups

PARTNERS

We're unable to disclose the leading Fintech & Insurtech firms we work with as many secure exclusive agreements. All we can say is they're leaders in their space and continue to be so, due to the hiring of our expert candidates.

HIRING?

If you've got an open role currently, fill out our short form, and we'll get back to you very soon.

NEW ROLE?

If you're looking for a new role, and think you've got what it takes, fill out our application form and we'll get back to you very soon

CONTACT US

07931794121
lawrence@1percentrecruitment.com