How OnHires Helped HolyAff Scale Advertising Services Hiring | Case Study
HolyAff is an advertising services company specializing in media planning and media buying across digital and traditional channels. The company supports brands with performance-driven advertising strategies, combining data, creative execution, and scalable delivery models. As HolyAff expanded its client portfolio and internal capabilities, the leadership team needed to rapidly scale product, engineering, and go-to-market roles without slowing delivery or compromising quality.
Client:
HolyAff
Industry:
Other
Country:
North America, Western Europe, CEE
Service:
Recruitment
Background
HolyAff operates at the intersection of media buying, performance marketing, and product-driven advertising solutions. As demand for its services grew, the company faced increasing pressure to expand internal teams across multiple functions simultaneously.
The challenge was not only hiring fast, but building teams capable of executing in a highly competitive advertising environment where speed, precision, and collaboration directly impact client outcomes.
Challenges
When HolyAff engaged OnHires, they faced several hiring challenges related to scale and complexity:
Highly specialized media buying and advertising roles with strong performance expectations.
Parallel hiring across engineering, product, and go-to-market functions.
Competitive market for experienced advertising and product talent.
Distributed decision-making across stakeholders in different functions.
Need for a consistent hiring process and clear evaluation signals across role types.
Solution
OnHires embedded a dedicated recruitment team tailored to HolyAff’s advertising-driven business model, focusing on speed, quality, and predictability.
Recruiters with domain expertise in advertising, media buying, product, and engineering roles.
Dedicated sourcing for niche advertising and product talent across multiple markets.
Deep intake and calibration sessions with HolyAff leadership to align on success metrics.
Role-specific sourcing strategies and outreach playbooks.
Structured interview flows combining technical, product, and business context evaluation.
Results
Through close collaboration with HolyAff’s leadership team, OnHires helped establish a predictable hiring engine that supported rapid scale across core functions.
4 roles successfully closed across engineering, product, and advertising functions.
55% faster time-to-hire compared to previous hiring cycles.
Key hires secured in product and media-focused roles.
Hiring aligned with HolyAff’s growth and delivery strategy.
Improved interview-to-offer conversion through upfront calibration.
Beyond immediate hiring outcomes, the engagement resulted in a repeatable hiring framework that HolyAff continues to use as new roles emerge. This reduced hiring friction and improved collaboration between product, engineering, and advertising stakeholders.
Stronger employer positioning within advertising and product communities.
Sustainable pipeline for future media buying and product roles.
Ongoing collaboration for senior and niche hiring needs.
This case demonstrates how structured recruitment enables advertising services companies to scale complex teams quickly without sacrificing execution quality or delivery speed.
“OnHires quickly understood our business and the execution standards we expect. Their structured approach helped us scale critical roles without slowing down delivery.”
CEO
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