Akbank Career Primêre Funksje: Rekrutearringsplatfoarm by Akbank Design Studio Staff Channel

Akbank Career Primêre Funksje: Rekrutearringsplatfoarm by Akbank Design Studio Staff Channel is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award yn Goud in Software Ûntwerp Competition Category.

GoudSoftware· 2026

Akbank Career Primêre Funksje: Rekrutearringsplatfoarm

by Akbank Design Studio Staff Channel

Client: Akbank T.a.Ş

A' Design Award yn Goud Winner in Software Category

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The Design

About Akbank Career Primêre Funksje: Rekrutearringsplatfoarm

Boektekst: De Akbank Career is in folslein rekrutearringsplatfoarm dat oannimmen omfoarmet ta in ferienige digitale belibbing. Troch kandidaten, rekrutearders en oannimmende managers binnen ien inkeld ekosysteem te ferbinen, pleatst it de belibbing as in strategyske asset. Op grûn fan datastjoerd ûndersyk fersterket it platfoarm de transparânsje, fersnelt it de prosessen en ferbetteret it de kwaliteit fan de beslútfoarming. As in skaalbere oplossing ferminderet it de ôfhinklikheid fan eksterne leveransiers wylst it de digitale transformaasje op lange termyn stipet.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Goud

Akbank Career Primêre Funksje: Rekrutearringsplatfoarm is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Goud, in ekstreem prestisjeuze erkenning foar earste-klas, prachtige en treflike ûntwerpen. Goudwinners binne tige ynnovative, fisionêre en glamoureus ferbjusterjende skeppings dy't it sjeny, de wiisheid en de feardigens fan har ûntwerpers wjerspegelje. Fan Akbank Career Primêre Funksje: Rekrutearringsplatfoarm wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige priizge, trendsettende en monumintale útfining is dy't unferlykbere wearde leveret. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Goud is in spektakulêr, respektearre projekt dat grutte foardielen bringt en de grinzen fan keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology ferleget. Akbank Career Primêre Funksje: Rekrutearringsplatfoarm makket yntinse gefoelens fan begearte, stekt passy oan, stimulearret kreativiteit en fassinearret ús.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Akbank Career is an end to end recruitment platform that combines candidate journeys and HR operations within a unified ecosystem. Beyond job listings, Explore and Blog sections transparently present company culture, working models, and development opportunities. Candidates can create personalized CVs for broader career use, track applications in real time, and message recruiters throughout the process. Recruiters and managers oversee all processes through a centralized, data informed dashboard.
Dimensions & Packaging: This enterprise recruitment platform unifies candidate journeys, HR operations, document management, and data driven reporting within a scalable digital ecosystem. Developed with an end to end experience approach and a design-system foundation, it runs on OpenShift based backend services with an Angular frontend architecture. The platform works adaptively across web, tablet, and mobile devices.
Tags: Career Website, Candidate Experience, User Experience, User Interface, Human Resources Technologies, Talent Management
Production Technology: The Akbank Career was developed through an iterative product development methodology grounded in user research. Adopting a user experience design approach, the experiences of candidates, recruiters, and hiring managers were addressed holistically, with prototypes and user testing conducted at every phase to validate design decisions. Built using an agile workflow, the platform is designed on a scalable and sustainable architecture integrated with internal systems.
Design Challenge: The core challenge was designing a large-scale career platform that could balance speed, technical constraints, and meaningful user experience. Within tight timelines and evolving technical boundaries, the team needed to translate research insights into practical, scalable design decisions. Coordinating multiple stakeholders across HR, IT, and business units required prioritization and alignment, while ensuring that usability, clarity, and candidate confidence were never compromised.
Research: This project included a mixed-method design research approach to redesign Akbank’s career website throughout the entire design cycle. The objective was to understand candidates’, employees’ and hiring managers’ expectations and remove friction in job discovery and application flows. We combined interviews, workshops, usability tests, surveys, tree tests and benchmarks with over 400 participants. Insights reshaped information architecture, content tone, filters and navigation, resulting in clearer job discovery, improved application experience and a more inclusive, transparent hiring journey.
Inspiration: The Akbank Career was shaped by the observed need for transparency, clarity, and visibility throughout the candidate journey, alongside opportunities to streamline and accelerate internal recruitment operations while eliminating dependency on external development partners.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2023 in Istanbul and finished in March, 2026 in Istanbul and was exhibited in Istanbul, 2026.
Operation Flow: Candidates explore job opportunities at Akbank, review the company’s culture and benefits, and apply to the roles that best match them. They can easily create and download their resumes to use on other platforms. Applicants track their application status through their profile and stay informed throughout the process. HR teams and managers view all candidates and positions in a single dashboard, enabling fast and secure hiring decisions.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Akbank T.A.Ş, 2026.
Team Members: Akbank Design Studio Staff Channel
Image Credits: Image #1: Illustrator, Akbank Design Studio, 2026.
Image #2: Illustrator, Akbank Design Studio, 2026.
Image #3: Illustrator, Akbank Design Studio, 2026.
Image #4: Illustrator, Akbank Design Studio, 2026.
Image #5: Illustrator, Akbank Design Studio, 2026.
Video Credits: Videographer, Akbank Design Studio, 2026.