Polar.me

Digital transformation of an advertising business with CTO as a Service.

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AT A GLANCE

Our client needed a platform for premium publishers to create, host, and optimise various digital advertising formats. Computools provided a CTO as a Service solution, delivering a user-friendly platform with the necessary features. The project increased the client’s direct digital advertising revenue.

THE CLIENT

Polar.me is a leading provider of social display advertising solutions. The company’s technology allows agencies, brands, ad tech platforms, CTV providers and retail media to repurpose social creatives for programmatic advertising campaigns on the open web, mobile apps and CTV.

Its platform is used by over 250 of the world’s most successful media publishers and platforms, generating US$150 million in direct-sold digital advertising revenue in the past year alone. The technology activates over 15,000 campaigns in 30+ countries.

Our client has a team of 55 experienced professionals with a deep understanding of the digital advertising landscape.

BUSINESS CHALLENGE

The primary objective was to develop an exclusive platform for premium publishers to enhance their direct-sold digital branded content revenue. To achieve this, they sought the expertise of external developers. A highly skilled and experienced CTO joined the client’s internal IT department, collaborating closely with their managers. This collaboration enabled timely issue resolution and task adjustments.

The requirements for the platform were unclear and changed as the project evolved. In addition, the client needed to get the platform to market as quickly as possible to capitalise on it.

SOLUTION SUMMARY

Our CTO proposed implementing a user-friendly management system that allows publishers to create and manage ad campaigns easily, adding various tools to help publishers improve their ad campaign performance, and implementing features to reach multiple publishers’ channels simultaneously.

IMPACT

The new platform helps the client increase revenue and expand the customer base, making offering innovative digital advertising products easy. The CTO that we provided as a Service solved several issues:

  • Implemented a convenient management system
  • Added various publisher’s tools
  • Implemented features to reach several publishers’ channels at once

WHY COMPUTOOLS

The client chose Computools’ CTO as a Service for its industry expertise. Computools has many years of experience working with media companies and understands the industry’s needs and challenges.

This experience was critical to the project’s success. It allowed Computools’ CTO to better understand the client’s needs and create a product that met their expectations.

In addition, the client recognised the professionalism and accountability of the CTO. He has shown himself to be an experienced and responsible specialist capable of successfully delivering even the most complex projects.

STORY IN DEPTH

Background

Our client, a large media company, planned to develop a platform for premium publishers. The platform would help publishers create, place, and optimise various digital advertising formats. This is a complex and large-scale project, so it needed a CTO with experience developing similar solutions and knowledge of the industry.

Approach to solution

The client started by seeking information about companies that could take on this project. He studied company websites, read customer testimonials and interviewed company representatives. As a result, the client selected several companies that met his criteria. The client met with each of these companies to discuss their offerings. He wanted to understand how each company would approach platform development and evaluate their experience and skills.

After these meetings, the client selected Computools. Computools’s proposal was the most compelling CTO as a Service proposal. It had years of experience developing software for the media industry, and its team had deep industry knowledge.

Computools role

The client and Computools’ CTO worked together to develop a detailed project plan and timeline. The team met regularly to discuss progress and adjust the plan as needed. The client was always kept informed of the project’s status and was able to provide feedback throughout the development process.

Computools’ CTO used various project management tools and techniques to ensure success. These tools and techniques helped the team to track progress, identify and resolve risks, and manage resources effectively.

Key decisions and outcomes

The result of this project was a ready-made platform that allows publishers, agencies and brands to create, execute and optimise various digital advertising products, including native, social, video and story formats.

Design

The design was based on studying the needs of the target audience and trends in the field.

USER PERSONA → SITE MAP → WIREFRAMES → USER INTERFACE
polar.me user persona

USER PERSONA

A representation of a typical user of a product or service.

polarme site map

SITE MAP

A visual representation of the structure of a website or application.

polar.me wireframes

WIREFRAMES

Sketches of a user interface (UI) that show the layout and functionality of a product or service.

polar.me user interface

USER INTERFACE

The components of a product or service that allow users to interact with it.

DIGITAL PLATFORM & TECHNOLOGY

PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY

For this case, the CTO chose the Kanban methodology. Kanban is a flexible project management methodology that focuses on the continuous flow of work and rapid delivery of value to customers. It is well suited for projects with unclear or changing requirements and projects requiring rapid delivery.

Kanban

PROJECT TIMELINE

polar-me project timeline

WHAT OUR CLIENT SAID

Computools’ CTO as a Service was instrumental in helping us develop and launch our new platform. It has been a huge success for us We would highly recommend Computools to any company looking for a reliable and experienced technology partner.

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