The Challenge

Lumenlane Talent is a boutique agency that places product designers with fast-growing tech companies. In spring 2024, we started working with Elena Vasquez, a talented designer with seven years of experience across fintech and healthcare apps.

Elena had been searching on her own for three months. Her portfolio was strong, but most applications disappeared into slow hiring processes, and several roles turned out to be on hold or already filled. She was also unsure how to position herself for senior roles instead of mid-level ones.

• Applications sent to roles that were no longer open

• Interview processes stretching past six weeks

• A portfolio that showed polished visuals but hid her product impact

The Solution

We set a clear goal with Elena: a signed senior offer within 30 days. Verixa became the backbone of our plan, from finding the right roles to keeping every interview on schedule.

• Focused only on verified job listings, so every role we pursued was active and approved

• Used smart job matching to shortlist 12 senior product design roles that fit her experience and salary goals

• Reworked her portfolio with Verixa career tools to lead with outcomes, such as a 30% lift in checkout conversion

• Booked interviews quickly with interview scheduling and tracked every next step in applicant tracking

The Results

Just 28 days after her first match, Elena signed an offer as a Senior Product Designer at a Series B fintech company in New York. She finished the month with three competing offers, which gave her room to negotiate a base salary 22% higher than in her previous role.

The search also changed how we work. We now run the same Verixa workflow for every designer we represent, so each candidate gets a focused, fast and transparent process.

Verixa took the guesswork out of the search. Every role was active, interviews were booked within days and our candidate ended the month with real choices. - Marcus Reed, Founder