Colorifix – Client Case Study

Scaling teams and placing niche talent to drive sustainable innovation.

Disciplines: Science, Engineering, Commercial, Operations

Client Overview: Colorifix are developing a revolutionary dyeing process to help the textile industry dramatically reduce its environmental impact in a cost-effective manner. Using synthetic biology they produce, deposit and fix dyes biologically, avoiding harmful chemicals whilst reducing water, energy, and waste within the textile industry.

The Challenge

Colorifix needed an expert Biotechnology recruitment partner to provide a scalable model for growing their teams across Engineering, Commercial, Operations, Research, and Biology.

The challenge was to source highly specialised talent across multiple disciplines, ensuring alignment with Colorifix’s mission to transform the textile industry through sustainable innovation.

Our Approach / Solution

We partnered with Colorifix to deliver a tailored recruitment strategy that combined:

• Targeted headhunting and outreach – engaging candidates with niche expertise in biotechnology and synthetic biology.
• Leveraging our networks – to identify talent across science, engineering, and commercial functions.
• Close collaboration – maintaining alignment with Colorifix’s growth plans and timelines.

Our approach focused on quality and cultural fit, ensuring every candidate presented could contribute to Colorifix’s pioneering work.

The Outcome

Over the past three years, we’ve successfully placed a range of specialist roles, enabling Colorifix to scale and strengthen its scientific and operational capability.

Roles Filled

• Bioinformaticians
• Laboratory Automation Specialists
• GMO Specialists
• Business Development Managers
• Synthetic Biologists
• Quality Managers

ADLIB Team involved:

• ADLIB Science Recruitment team