Role-Based Team Onboarding Workflow
For agencies and studios hiring across multiple roles. Create onboarding templates by role (Designer, Developer, PM, Account Manager), assign them when a new team member joins, and let the new hire track their own checklist on their dashboard without daily check-ins.
How it works
- 1Build role templates in SettingsGo to Settings → Smart Onboarding → New Template. Add steps with names, descriptions, due days, and required/optional flags.
- 2Assign when someone joinsWhen adding a new employee, assign their role onboarding template. Checklist appears on their dashboard immediately.
- 3Let the new hire track themselvesNew hires check off steps as they complete them. No daily check-in meeting needed.
- 4Monitor progress from the manager viewSee all active onboardings in one place — who is on track, who needs help, who finished early.
What's included
Role-based templates: different checklists for different job functions
Step-level config: name, description, due days, required/optional
New hire self-tracking on their personal dashboard
Manager view: progress across all active onboardings
System templates from Melororium as starting points
Due dates calculated from each hire's actual start date
What is a role-based onboarding workflow?
A role-based onboarding workflow is an onboarding checklist tailored to the specific tools, processes, and expectations of a particular job function. A Designer's onboarding covers design tool access, brand guidelines, revision process, and file naming conventions. A Developer's covers repo access, local environment setup, deployment workflow, and code review process.
Most agencies use a single generic checklist for everyone. When a Developer joins and sees "Learn the invoicing process" on day one, they stop reading. A checklist that isn't relevant gets abandoned.
Smart Onboarding in Melororium lets you build separate templates per role, assign the right one when a new hire joins, and track completion without daily check-in calls.
Building onboarding templates
Each onboarding template is a series of steps. Every step has:
- **Name**: the task the new hire completes
- **Description**: what specifically to do and where to find it
- **Due days**: how many days after joining to complete this step
- **Required**: whether this step must be done before moving forward
Example step for a Designer: "Access Figma workspace" / "Go to figma.com/team-invite and use the link in your onboarding email to join our team workspace" / due day 1 / required.
Templates are built once and reused for every new hire in that role. Melororium also provides system templates, pre-built onboarding flows for common roles, as starting points.
What new hires see
New hires see their assigned onboarding checklist on their main dashboard from day one. They check off steps as they complete them. Due dates are shown relative to their start date, so "due day 3" converts to an actual date based on when they joined.
Steps marked as required have a visual indicator. Completing required steps first is the suggested path. Optional steps appear for context without creating pressure.
What managers see
The manager view shows every active onboarding in one place. Who's on step 4 of 12. Who completed all required steps in 2 days (smooth onboarding). Who is 3 days past their due date on step 2 (potential blocker worth checking on).
This replaces the daily "how's onboarding going?" message. The dashboard answers that question without a conversation.
Why this matters for remote teams
Remote onboarding fails when it's unstructured. In an office, a new hire can tap someone on the shoulder when stuck. Remotely, they either interrupt a Slack channel or silently fall behind.
A structured checklist with due dates and a manager visibility layer gives remote new hires a path forward and gives managers a signal when someone needs help, without micromanaging.
Which plan includes Smart Onboarding?
Studio plan at $119/mo for teams of up to 25 users.
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Studio plan at $119/mo for teams of up to 25 users. Not available in Starter or Agency.
Unlimited. Build one for every role in your team: Designer, Developer, PM, Account Manager, and any others.
Yes. Changes to the template apply to future assignments. People currently on the template see the version they were assigned.
Pre-built onboarding flows for common roles: Designer, Developer, PM, and Account Manager. Use them as-is or as a starting point to build your own.
Start from a template
Pick a template, invite the team, start today.
Every template runs inside the same workspace: tasks, timers, CRM and invoices for up to 15 people at $59 a month. Add a hire, the price stays.
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