How OnHires Helped Crea Solution Scale Its Fashion Tech Engineering Team | Case Study
Crea Solution develops advanced CAD 2D and 3D software as well as integrated hardware systems for fashion, luxury, automotive, and design industries. Serving over 2,000 clients worldwide, the company enables brands and manufacturers to optimize design, prototyping, and production workflows. As Crea Solution expanded its product capabilities and global client base, strengthening the internal engineering and technical support teams became a strategic priority.
Client:
Crea Solution
Industry:
IT
Country:
Italy, Europe
Service:
Recruitment
Background
Building software for fashion and luxury industries requires a unique blend of technical precision and industry understanding. CAD systems must integrate seamlessly into production environments where accuracy, usability, and reliability directly impact business outcomes.
Crea Solution’s continued growth increased demand for skilled developers and technical support professionals capable of maintaining product quality while contributing to innovation. Hiring needed to support both long-term platform evolution and day-to-day operational stability.
Challenges
When Crea Solution partnered with OnHires, the company faced a hiring environment shaped by regional talent scarcity and increasing demand for specialized software engineers in Northern Italy.
The roles required a combination of strong development skills and familiarity with CAD environments, production workflows, and client-facing technical support. At the same time, hiring processes needed to move quickly to support product roadmap milestones and client commitments.
Ensuring consistency across evaluation criteria and maintaining alignment between technical and operational stakeholders was critical.
Limited availability of engineers experienced in CAD-based and industrial software systems.
Simultaneous hiring across development and technical support roles.
Strong competition for mobile and software developers in the Italian market.
Coordination between engineering leadership and operational teams during hiring.
Need for structured evaluation standards tailored to industrial and design-focused software.
Solution
OnHires developed a recruitment strategy aligned with Crea Solution’s technical environment and industry positioning.
We began with in-depth intake sessions to clarify technical requirements, product architecture expectations, and support responsibilities. Role-specific scorecards were designed to reflect both coding capability and domain awareness relevant to fashion and manufacturing software.
From there, we launched targeted sourcing across regional talent markets, maintaining weekly hiring operations to ensure speed, transparency, and steady pipeline progression.
Dedicated recruiters experienced in industrial software and engineering hiring.
Targeted sourcing across Northern Italy and broader European talent markets.
Structured technical evaluation frameworks aligned with CAD and mobile development standards.
Customized hiring workflows for engineering and help desk tracks.
Full-cycle recruitment management from sourcing to offer negotiation and onboarding coordination.
Results
Through a structured and collaborative hiring approach, OnHires enabled Crea Solution to expand its engineering and support capabilities without disrupting product development or client service.
The hiring framework improved decision clarity and accelerated recruitment timelines while preserving technical rigor.
4 key roles successfully closed across development and technical support.
45% faster time-to-hire compared to previous recruitment cycles.
Improved first-round screening accuracy through calibrated evaluation criteria.
Stronger alignment between engineering output and operational support needs.
Greater predictability across multiple concurrent hiring tracks.
Beyond immediate placements, the engagement helped Crea Solution establish a more structured and scalable hiring process. This framework continues to support future recruitment needs as the company expands its software capabilities and international presence.
Enhanced employer positioning within regional tech talent markets.
Sustainable pipeline for future engineering expansion.
Foundation for ongoing collaboration on specialized software hiring.
This case highlights how structured recruitment supports industrial and design-focused software companies in scaling technical teams while maintaining precision, quality, and operational stability.
“OnHires helped us strengthen our engineering and support teams with a clear and structured hiring approach. Their process allowed us to move faster while maintaining high technical standards.”
CEO
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