Jobs

Current vacancies

Our current vacancies are:

Freelance digital marketing specialists (rolling recruitment)

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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
quarterly profit share scheme
annual £2,000 learning and development budget per team member
10% of your billable hours to use pro bono for a charity of your choice
access to health, optical and dental care through Benenden Health not-for-profit mutual society
access to an independent financial advisor through Bippit
access to message-based therapy through Spill
a yearly £1,000 donation to a charity of your choice
a matching regular donation of up to £20 per month
a monthly wellbeing budget

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.

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

What our team saying about working at Platypus

Here’s what a few of our team say about working at Platypus.

Ruman Hasan, PPC marketing manager (paid social):
“I like working at Platypus because of the flexibility. They support me to build my skills while making a positive difference. The above average salary and employee perks don’t hurt either!”

Charlotte Cox, senior paid search executive:
“There’s meaning in our work at Platypus and we make a real difference. They invest in their staff. Whether through well-being allowances, profit shares or training opportunities , we always feel valued. There’s no better place to be.

Will Cardy, client services director:
“I like working at Platypus because we get to work with a great mix of clients across important local, national and global issues.”

John Moody, digital marketing assistant:
“The career development support and progression to grow are beyond your expectations. You’d be working for a company that cares about you. One that cares about the environment and the world we live in. I love it here.”
Read John’s blog post about working at Platypus.