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About working at Platypus

We want Platypus Digital to be a great place to work.

We work with charities because we genuinely want to make a difference in the world. We need happy and motivated team to do that.

Our culture includes:

•  flexible working from home, part-time, flexitime and job-sharing available
• the chance to work with lots of different people at great charities
• believing in the expertise of our team, letting them lead projects
• the chance to try new things when you want to, without submitting long proposals in triplicate
• the chance to showcase your work at our events, on webinars and on our blog
• actively encouraging union membership for legal advice/representation, and access to a wide range of benefits

Our benefits

We’re really proud of what we offer employees at Platypus:

•  35 days holiday (pro-rata) plus bank holidays in England and Wales
• a paid five-week-long sabbatical after five years of service, and every five years after that
• enhanced parental leave
• pension contributions matched up to 5% through NEST
•  annual profit share scheme
•  annual learning and development budget per team member
• 10% of your billable hours to use pro bono for a charity of your choice
•  access to message-based therapy and 24/7 phone support
• access to health, optical and dental care through Benenden Health

The team you’d be working with

Our team are a friendly bunch who really care about making the world a better place.

They care about the environment, collective activism, football, the outdoors, even starting their own charities. 

Find out all about our team. 

What we believe in 

• Making a positive difference in the world. We do this by only working for charities. It’s also one of our organisational values, probably the most important one.
• Work-life balance – we reject the agency life of working till 2am every night. Our digital project manager assigns hours to prevent our team being overloaded. Balancing client demand with team hours is tough. We don’t always get it right, and we take action when it does happen.
• Anti-racism –  we believe that Black lives matter and we’re working to be a genuinely anti-racist employer. We’re trying to be public about our progress and limitations. We have an EDI working group to try to do more. 
• Equality – we have a culture of being a super inclusive employer and have a diverse team. We have working groups pushing us to do more. Give us a shout if you want to see our equality policy for a summary of what we believe.
• Fair recruitment – we believe in a fair recruitment process that minimises bias at all stages. Here is our anonymous recruitment process. 

Movements we’re a part of

• B Corporation – we’ve been certified as a B Corp since 2022 with a score of 108. We have an organisational goal to be in the 10% globally for workers score, a measure of how well we treat our employees.
• Conscious Advertising Network – we’re part of this global group trying to improve the ethics of the advertising industry and are working hard to improve how we work using their frameworks
• Agencies for Good – we’re part of this global community of agencies who believe in making a positive difference in the world 
• Muslim Employment Charter – we signed this charter to create an environment where Muslim professionals can thrive in their careers without compromising their religious duties.
• Change the Race Ratio – we’ve signed up to the campaign that empowers business leaders to make progress in race equity in business leadership.