40% more tasks without increasing the budget

How BKS Accelerated the Completion of Routine Design Tasks by 40–60% After Implementing Phygital+

client

BKS – The World of Investments

Industry

Fintech

Team size

12 designers

Example of use

External and Internal Visual Communication

Results

Scope of Tasks

by 40%

More tasks completed without increasing the budget or team size

Time saving

8 hours

time saved on a single 3D icon generation task

Start-up speed

2 days

instead of 2 months for drawing and finalizing the illustrations

Rate of adaptation

5 minutes

instead of 2 days for the voice-over of video clips, in accordance with the Central Bank’s current rate

Challenge

BKS is a fintech company with its own design studio that creates daily creative communications (emails, push notifications, Stories, key visuals, and videos) for various business lines. Before implementing Phygital+, the team faced a 40% increase in workload over the course of a year, while budgets, staffing, and deadlines remained unchanged. At the same time, deadlines are critical in fintech: communications are constantly changing, and delays quickly render materials outdated. It was necessary to speed up production while maintaining quality and brand consistency.

“The number of tasks increased by 40%, and it became clear that we either had to change our operating model or push back our deadlines. In fintech, deadlines are critical, so we had to change our model and switch to neural networks.”

Elena Ozerova, Head of the Design and Creative Communications Department, BKS

“Every piece of news brings about changes” in the financial sector, so delays in completing tasks quickly render the information outdated.

Production of materials for BCS Mir Investitsiy and BCS Ultima, each with different color schemes and brand guidelines. Repainting 3D icons for different business areas could take up to 8 hours of a designer’s time.

Challenges in maintaining consistency when creating visuals for other departments within the company.

Decision

One platform.
Endless possibilities.

The team at the BKS design studio began using Phygital+ to produce daily creative communications—from generating images for emails, push notifications, and Stories to key visuals and OV videos—which helped them meet deadlines despite an increasing workload and maintain a consistent level of quality. The team built a pipeline based on its 3D references to quickly produce content for different brand identities (including the premium brand) without compromising brand consistency. All tools are consolidated into a single workspace, and the results are reviewed by the design team to maintain visual standards.

Midjourney
NanoBanana
ElevenLabs
VEO/Kling

“It was very daunting to hand over control of the design to non-designers, but thanks to the handoff of projects within Phygital+, everything worked out, and now the analysts are able to create their own visuals quickly and independently—without help from the design department—while maintaining the brand’s style.”

Elena Ozerova, Head of the Design and Creative Communications Department, BKS

Result

After implementing Phygital+, the BKS design department accelerated production and scaled up content creation—including internal communications, standard emails, push notifications, and Stories, as well as external key visuals and video clips—all while maintaining quality control and adhering to brand standards. Increasing the number of completed tasks by 40% in a year without increasing the budget or staff size would have been impossible without integrating neural networks into the entire department’s workflow.

1. A unified workspace for designers. Ensure consistent branding through shared projects and standardized prompts. Instant content generation replaces the tedious task of designing materials for internal communications and the manual labor involved in using stock photos.
2. Preparing a set of 30 illustrations for an entertaining quiz. Using neural networks, the task took 2 days instead of the 2 months it would have taken to draw them by hand.
3. Creating a Style Guide for BKS Analytics. The BKS Design Department developed a unified visual style for the BKS Analytics division. The team then prepared a guide on how to use Phygital+, held an online meeting, and provided a test account for practice. After onboarding, the analysts began independently creating visuals in a consistent style, completing tasks efficiently, and all results are reviewed by designers for quality control.
4. For the rebranded BKS Ultima, the team created a video using a single pipeline to generate visuals, voiceovers, and music. This made it possible to quickly produce premium content with photorealistic images that meet the brand’s credibility requirements.

Learn more about how BKS uses neural networks.

"What have we achieved thanks to neural networks? We’ve significantly increased productivity without missing any deadlines. We’ve optimized most of our routine tasks and started working faster. This has freed up time for new, interesting, and effective features, such as creating video clips.”

Elena Ozerova, Head of the Design and Creative Communications Department, BKS

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