# Octily

> Octily is a global creative studio that customizes Cornerstone OnDemand for enterprise HR teams. 100% remote, founded 2016, certified Cornerstone partner.

## Company facts

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Legal entity:** Octily GmbH (Germany)
- **Setup:** 100% remote, team across 5 countries and 3 continents
- **Hiring:** Permanent full-time only — no freelancers, no staffing agencies
- **Status:** Long-time Certified Cornerstone Partner; only creative studio specialized in Cornerstone OnDemand customization
- **Track record:** 90+ enterprise clients, 250+ shipped projects, 20M+ end users
- **1% for the Planet** member

## What Octily does

Octily designs and builds branded digital experiences inside Cornerstone OnDemand. That covers learner homes, welcome pages, login screens, career sites, custom pages, onboarding flows, gamification mechanics, internal communications, and the creative assets (brand, illustration, video, photography) that surround them.

The studio also ships its own products that sit on top of Cornerstone: Octily Content Editor (page editing without dev work), Cornerstone MicroApps (embeddable widgets), LearnPods (compact learning units), Welcome Page Template, Career Site Template, and the Auto Mate Chatbot.

## Who Octily serves

Enterprise HR, L&D, and Talent teams running Cornerstone OnDemand across all product lines: Galaxy, Learn, EdCast, Saba Cloud, and CSX.

Featured clients include DHL Group, Generali, Henkel, Linde, McDonald's, Samsung, Electrolux, DKV Mobility, Bauer, Wienerberger, Helen, Helm, Haskoning, AAK, Miltenyi Biotec, OlyBet, Peek & Cloppenburg, Siltronic, Sobi, and Xella.

## Pricing model

Project-based pricing, scoped per engagement. Typical Cornerstone customization projects run 8–12 weeks from kickoff to launch. Smaller deliverables (single welcome page, login page, single template) ship in 2–4 weeks. Product licenses (OCE, Chatbot, LearnPods) are quoted separately based on user count and Cornerstone configuration.

## Sections

### Customization
- [Customization overview](https://octily.com/customization/): Index of all Cornerstone-specific work
- [Learner Home](https://octily.com/customization/learner-home/): Branded learner landing pages with personalized content blocks
- [Welcome Page](https://octily.com/customization/welcome-page/): Custom welcome pages for new logins
- [Login Page](https://octily.com/customization/login-page/): Branded Cornerstone login screens
- [Career Site](https://octily.com/customization/career-site/): Cornerstone-native talent sites with branded job search
- [Custom Pages](https://octily.com/customization/custom-pages/): Bespoke pages built inside Cornerstone
- [Standard Pages](https://octily.com/customization/standard-pages/): Branded versions of standard Cornerstone pages
- [Onboarding](https://octily.com/customization/onboarding/): End-to-end onboarding journeys
- [Gamification](https://octily.com/customization/gamification/): Points, badges, leaderboards in Cornerstone
- [Brand Identity](https://octily.com/customization/brand-identity/): Bringing client brand into the platform
- [Internal Communication](https://octily.com/customization/internal-communication/): Communication hubs in Cornerstone
- [Employee Engagement](https://octily.com/customization/employee-engagement/): Engagement-focused customization
- [Talent Acquisition](https://octily.com/customization/talent-acquisition/): Cornerstone Recruiting customization
- [Compliance](https://octily.com/customization/compliance/): Compliance and regulatory pages
- [Custom Forms](https://octily.com/customization/custom-forms/): Forms built inside Cornerstone
- [Email Templates](https://octily.com/customization/email-templates/): Branded transactional emails
- [Mobile Responsiveness](https://octily.com/customization/mobile-responsiveness/): Mobile-first customization
- [Analytics & Reporting](https://octily.com/customization/analytics-reporting/): Custom dashboards
- [Change Management](https://octily.com/customization/change-management/): Rollout and adoption work
- [Character Design](https://octily.com/customization/character-design/): Custom mascots and characters
- [User Feedback](https://octily.com/customization/user-feedback/): In-platform feedback loops
- [Learning Skills](https://octily.com/customization/learning-skills/): Skills gap visualization
- [Galaxy](https://octily.com/customization/galaxy/): Cornerstone Galaxy customization
- [EdCast](https://octily.com/customization/edcast/): EdCast customization
- [Saba Cloud](https://octily.com/customization/saba-cloud/): Saba Cloud customization
- [CSX](https://octily.com/customization/csx/): CSX customization

### Creative
- [Creative overview](https://octily.com/creative/): All creative services
- [Branding](https://octily.com/creative/branding/): Brand identity, logo, guidelines
- [Design](https://octily.com/creative/design/): Visual design across surfaces
- [Development](https://octily.com/creative/development/): Custom development
- [Video](https://octily.com/creative/video/): Video production
- [Photography](https://octily.com/creative/photography/): Real photography (no stock)
- [Internal Communication](https://octily.com/creative/internal-communication/): Employee comms campaigns
- [Employee Engagement](https://octily.com/creative/employee-engagement/): Engagement campaigns
- [Employee Experience](https://octily.com/creative/employee-experience/): EX design and strategy

### Products
- [Octily Content Editor (OCE)](https://octily.com/products/octily-content-editor/): WYSIWYG editor that lets HR teams update Cornerstone pages without developer involvement. Connects directly to the Cornerstone DOM.
- [OCE Alternative comparison](https://octily.com/products/octily-content-editor-alternative/): How OCE compares to Monolith Enterprise and other approaches
- [Cornerstone MicroApps](https://octily.com/products/cornerstone-microapps/): Stateless OAuth 2.0 widgets that embed in Cornerstone (org chart, employee directory, custom dashboards)
- [LearnPods](https://octily.com/products/learnpods/): 20-section compact learning format that runs inside Cornerstone
- [Career Site Template](https://octily.com/products/career-site-template/): Pre-built Cornerstone Recruiting career site
- [Welcome Page Template](https://octily.com/products/welcome-page-template/): Pre-built welcome page with localized pricing (USD, GBP, AUD, EUR)
- [Chatbot (Auto Mate)](https://octily.com/products/chatbot-studio/): AI chatbot trained on Cornerstone help content, 20-message session limit, cookie-gated

### Insights, case studies, opinions
- [Insights index](https://octily.com/insights/): All articles, 7 categories
- [Case studies](https://octily.com/insights/category/case-studies/): Detailed client work writeups
- [Octopinions](https://octily.com/insights/category/octopinions/): Opinion pieces on HR tech
- [Inspiration](https://octily.com/insights/category/inspiration/): Design inspiration
- [Creative](https://octily.com/insights/category/creative/): Creative-specific articles
- [Products](https://octily.com/insights/category/products/): Product announcements
- [Events](https://octily.com/insights/category/events/): Event coverage
- [Newsletter archive](https://octily.com/insights/category/newsletter/): Past newsletter issues

### Resources
- [Resources hub](https://octily.com/resources/): Index for partners, downloads, tools
- [Help center](https://octily.com/help/): 100+ FAQs covering Cornerstone customization, products, billing, support
- [Cornerstone status monitor](https://octily.com/tools/cornerstone-status/): Real-time uptime, 90-day history

### About & jobs
- [About](https://octily.com/about/): Team, history, remote setup, scrollytelling timeline
- [Jobs](https://octily.com/jobs/): Open roles. Permanent full-time only.

## Contact

- **Email:** octily@octily.com
- **Contact form:** https://octily.com/get-in-touch/
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/octily/
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/@octily/
- **Book a meeting:** Outlook calendar link in site footer