The ODILO scaleup continues its growth with an increase in staff and the opening of new offices. In June 2022, the company, born in Cartagena, closed the largest round of investment of a company in EdTech history in Spain (60 million euros). One of the main objectives after receiving this capital injection has been to accelerate the growth of its workforce in all areas, verticals, and countries where it is present; Specifically, the company has placed special emphasis on strengthening its technology, data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and educational content teams.
According to Rodrigo Rodriguez, CEO of ODILO, “This financing has an impact on the commercial scope and means that we have to modify our structure to be increasingly broad and specialized. We are undergoing a change from generalists to specialists, which translates into an ambitious growth plan for the workforce, which covers practically the entire company, from the product area, support, finance…”.
In the midst of a process of growth and capacity development, the company has significantly increased its workforce: there are more than 300 employees, which has resulted in the need to open a second branch in Madrid, located on Calle Almagro. The Cartagena workforce also reflects an increase, therefore, the organization of hybrid work days and the hiring of profiles remotely allows the physical capacity of the offices to be enhanced. This flexibility, added to the values, professional prestige and other benefits for employees, make the scale-up be considered one of the most attractive job options to work both in the Region of Murcia and nationally.
“The promotion of environments of high performance, speed and relevance in decision-making; The learning mentality, ownership and results orientation are some of the characteristics that best define the company’s employees and, at the same time, attract the best talent to the company”comments Rodrigo Rodríguez, who also points out that “promote all people to become your best version At the same time that we get any organization to offer unlimited learning, without friction, in the most efficient way and generating the maximum value is the great mission that moves us every day”.
Also, the company announced What other objective is to grow in technologyfor which they have a very strong investment through new learning experiences, for example, learning clubs, employee onboarding plans, virtual classes, reading plans, certified itineraries, career plans and alumni programs, among others, without restrictions of formats, platforms or copyrights.
