Our Business Verticals

Business Design

Business problems, analysed strategically and solved through brand solutions built to scale.

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Mellow Films

AI films and photography built to scale D2C brands without scaling the cost.

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Mellow X

UI/UX and websites designed for how brands work in the AI era

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Mellow Staffing

Creative talent tested on real-world briefs and matched to the teams that need them.

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Hiring designers off a resume? Good luck with that. Hiring designers off a resume? Good luck with that.

Anyone can build a portfolio. It takes a designer to spot who can actually do the work. That’s Mellow Staffing. Designers hiring designers.

You can’t hire designers from resumes. You hire them for how they think.

The people behind the picks

We’ve seen everything.
That’s the whole job.

Rohit Dhongade and Anisha Khiyani, founders of Mellow Staffing, pointing at the camera
Anisha Khiyani Rohit Dhongade
Portfolio’s gorgeous. Can’t explain one decision.
“8 years” — the same year, eight times.
Shots for products that never shipped.
Aced the interview. Folded in week one.

Client roster

Case Studies

Real teams we built.

The BigBasket app, the product the hired design team works on

India’s largest online grocer

A design team of 9, hired in under two quarters.

The problem

Hiring designers at scale becomes a bottleneck.

Scaling a product org means design hiring becomes a bottleneck. Hundreds of portfolios, no reliable way to judge craft at speed.

Our approach

Designers reviewed every candidate's actual work, not resumes. Portfolio deep-dives, live problem-solving, taste checks.

A model wearing the brand's athleisure collection in a minimal studio setting Client confidential

India’s most premium athleisure brand

One senior hire who could own the whole product line.

The problem

A premium apparel brand needed design leadership for its collections. A role where a wrong hire costs a full season.

Our approach

We assessed candidates on collection thinking and craft, not titles, and hired a Sr. Apparel Designer who could design their entire product line.

Ishan Kishan holding an In'A Shot seed mix pack

Co-founded by Cricketer Ishan Kishan

Healthy snack brand

A junior designer with the range early-stage teams need.

The problem

A healthy snack brand needed a designer who could handle UI/UX changes and social content in one role, not two.

Our approach

We hired for range, not specialisation. Found a junior UI/UX designer who could ship website updates and social posts with equal care.

Mellow vs. the usual ways

Job portals or hiring agencies? Neither.

Mellow Staffing
In-house hiring
Recruitment agencies

The Mellow Staffing process

From brief to team in five steps.

1

We start with the requirement, not the resume.

Deep role analysis before anyone is sourced, calibrated to your reality.

2

Sourced against your actual bar.

Not who applied. Who fits your budget, seniority mix, and project type.

3

Designers review every portfolio.

Craft judged by people who do the work, against the bar your team already holds.

4

The three you’d actually hire.

Embedded in your team, working from day one.

5

One partner, accountable from start to finish.

We stay through onboarding and beyond.

The Mellow Staffing process

From brief to team in five steps.

Step 1 of 5

We start with the requirement, not the resume.

Deep role analysis before anyone is sourced, calibrated to your reality.

Ways to work with us

Pick the model. Keep the partner.

From one hire to a whole creative function. Same bar, same accountability.

Model 01

Permanent Hiring

One role, filled right. Designer-vetted hires who clear your bar the first time.

Model 02

Contract Staffing

Vetted contractors on our payroll. Plug them in when the project starts, release them when it’s done.

Model 03

Team Building

A whole team, pre-assembled around your product. The BigBasket model.

Model 04

Talent Partnership

Your creative hiring function, run by designers. We hire, onboard, and keep them growing.

The Talents We Hire

Specialised across design, marketing and media.

UI & UX Design
Product Design
Graphic Design
Brand Design
Performance Marketing
SEO
Social Media
Marketing Strategy
Motion Design
Video Editing
Copywriting & Content
Creative Strategy

"It does not make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do. We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do."

— Steve Jobs