# PickUpSkills x Polymorph case study copy (shell)

**Status:** Draft shell. Do not CMS-publish until Germari (or Arno) quote and naming permissions land.  
**Voice:** Polymorph: human, clear, interested. UK spelling.

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## Title options

1. **How Polymorph helped PickUpSkills build a skills marketplace that matches how training actually gets booked** *(recommended)*
2. **How PickUpSkills and Polymorph rebuilt the product when the first MVP was the wrong shape**
3. **How concept design helped PickUpSkills serve employers, employees, and training providers in one platform**

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## SEO (draft)

**Title tag:** How Polymorph helped PickUpSkills build a skills marketplace | Polymorph  
**Meta description:** How Polymorph’s concept design and build partnership helped PickUpSkills shape a multi-role skills marketplace, including the pivots that matched how training actually gets booked.

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## Pull quote (near top)

`[Confirm: Germari]`

> “We needed a partner who could rethink the product when the industry told us our first assumptions were wrong. That’s what we got with Polymorph.”
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> **Germari**, PickUpSkills

One-liner ask if she only has time for one:  
“In one or two sentences, what changed for PickUpSkills after working with Polymorph that you couldn’t have got from the previous setup?”

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## TLDR

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| **Problem** | Employers, employees, and training providers needed one place to find, book, and track skills development. An early bloated build would have ignored how the industry actually works. |
| **What we did** | Concept design and design sprint, tech diligence into the Privatizz ecosystem, UX with IsoFlow, and an Angular multi-role platform that kept changing with real support-led learning. |
| **Outcome** | Live platform. Site lists 400+ certified events (`[Confirm]`). Offline booking still teaches the team what to digitise next. Approval-time goal (week to 24 hours) is trackable. |

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## Explore chips

- **Client:** PickUpSkills (Privatizz)  
- **Industry:** Education / Labour  
- **Services:** Concept design, design sprint, UX (with IsoFlow), product build  

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## Why Polymorph `[Confirm on record]`

IsoFlow introduced Arno to Polymorph after a previous partner did not meet expectations. Use only if Germari/Arno will say it (or Patrick clears the wording).

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## Story beats (for body)

1. **Concept design + design sprint** aligned the product before (and during) build; tech diligence checked fit with Privatizz.
2. **Three roles, one app:** employers, employees, training providers. Angular, role-based views.
3. **WhatsApp auth** because many employees do not have email.
4. **Corporate EFT / PO flow** added when card checkout did not match how buyers pay.
5. **Pivot:** threw away an early MVP integration; gave training providers their own roles and a course wizard instead.
6. **Enrollment workflow** shifted from fixed provider dates to employer-requested dates providers confirm.
7. **Slow, honest launch:** lots of training still booked offline through the PickUpSkills team. That learning shapes automation.

### Results (learning-led until metrics land)

- Platform live at pickupskills.com; site lists **400+ certified events** (`[Confirm]`).
- Design sprint goal: cut employer approval from about a week to 24 hours (trackable now; before-state hard to measure).
- Continuous reshaping from support and provider interviews while scale metrics stay thin.

**Logo note:** Hesitation on publishing logos of certain training providers / employers. Confirm what can appear on the page.

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## CTA

[Talk to Polymorph](https://polymorph.co.za/contact-polymorph/)