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WHO WE ARE
We are Born Social, a social-first creative agency that brings brand building into the social era. We have a track record for delivering transformation for brands like Guinness, Ford, and Barclays, led by our team of social natives and brand experts, underpinned by technology.
If you're here looking for a role working with some of the world's best brands in a place where you can create career-highlight-worthy work, you're in the right place.

INTERVIEWING WITH US
We’re all about making interviews as stress-free and enjoyable as possible - so we've put together this guide to help you prepare, feel confident, and show us the real you.
From nailing first impressions to acing the final round, our tips will help you navigate each stage of the process with ease.

OUR VALUES
Our culture is shaped by our five values; See Challenge As Opportunity, Say It Simply, Do What You Say, Make Each Other Better & Consciously Contribute.
It’s these principles that have created our ambitious, open, caring, dedicated, kind, tenacious, and talented team. You can read more about our values here.

B CORP
If you’re not familiar with B Corp - it’s the future of how all businesses will operate.
B Corp certifies companies meeting high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability, and the movement totally aligns with Born Social’s view of what success really means.
Read all about our certification here and check out our latest B Impact Report.

BORN READY
Our trainee scheme runs every summer for 12 weeks as a way for under-represented talent to get paid to get trained and kickstart a career in advertising.
Register your interest now and be the first to hear when applications open.
OUR PERKS
💎 Flexibility Hybrid working, core hours, and an allowance to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks each year
💎 Holiday 25 days holiday allowance per year plus a 3-day company switch off between Christmas & New Year
💎 Wellbeing £30 monthly wellbeing budget, a Cash Health Plan, access to Spill (virtual mental health support), a trained team of Mental Health First Aiders, an annual Recharge Day and a Bike2Work scheme
💎 Learning & Development Membership to the IPA, a Campus platform packed with internal & external learning and a department training budget for L&D and regular team sessions
💎 Contribute Give one day to the world each year through our volunteering scheme and make your own impact on social or environmental sustainability.
💎 Incentives Monthly team-voted prizes to celebrate individuals who Make Born Better and an Annual Profit Share Scheme so as the business grows, you'll be able to take a share of that growth home each financial year
💎 The Usual Suspects From pension scheme to enhanced parental leave to life assurance.
💎 Consciously Contribute Impact our sustainability goals and B Corp status by joining our Consciously Contribute Committee
💎 Born Socials We like hanging out together and love us some organised (and not so organised) fun
OUR PROGRESSIVE POLICIES
As a B Corp we are committed to creating a progressive workplace that is inclusive, ethical and positively impacts our planet. That means we’re consistently focussed on introducing policies that push us and our industry forward.
Flexible Working
Flexible working is part of our inclusion strategy, by providing a flexible approach to work we can attract and retain amazing, diverse talent from around the world
- Hybrid working: autonomously choose the three days you're in our office each week
- Work from anywhere: use an allowance of 20 days per year to work from anywhere in the world
- Core Hours: everyone's online between 10-4 but around that you can work the hours that suit your life
- Flexible working requests: you can request to change hours, location or even propose a job share
- Bereavement & compassionate leave: when life happens you can take up to two weeks of paid leave
- Carer’s leave: if you have caring responsibilities you're eligible for paid & unpaid leave to fulfil them
- Elective surgery: you can use your sick pay for elective surgery
- One day for the world: you'll get one day each year to use for volunteering
- Nationwide Working: through a flexible working request you could move outside of London
Inclusion
To build a diverse team, we must first build an inclusive place to work. These policies seek to create an inclusive culture that can attract & retain diversity to Born Social.
- Equal pay & benefits: we have a consistent, fair, transparent and equal approach to both
- Inclusive hiring: our hiring processes are designed with inclusivity in mind Inclusion & accessibility: our workplace is accessible, and our ways of working can be adjusted dependent on your needs
- Time off for religious festivals: you can repurpose your bank holiday days to celebrate the moments that matter to you
- Dress code & appearance: we want you to wear what you feel comfortable in
- Room of requirement: we have a dedicated room for prayer, breastfeeding or just a quiet moment
- Reasonable adjustment requests: if you're neurodivergent or disabled we'll work with you to find the right ways of working
- Diversity data: you can't improve what you don't measure so bi-annually we collect & report this to the business
- Inclusion check-ins: if you identify as under-represented we'll encourage you to opt-in for a chat with our people team to share your experience
- Microaggressions: we want to reduce the risk through education, feedback and conversation
- Trans inclusion: creating an environment where trans, gender expansive or intersex people are treated equally and with dignity
Wellbeing
We genuinely care about the wellbeing of our team but we also know that no one does their best work when they’re not feeling great. Beyond our benefits, we have a series of policies to look after everyone’s wellbeing.
- Mental health: we treat mental health as equal to physical health - so take sick days when you need them
- Physical wellbeing: our workplace is built to protect and support your physical health
- Financial wellbeing: we're committed to providing the right support for your needs
- Burnout prevention: through recharge days, leadership training and flexible working we want to prevent the risk of burnout
- Burnout management: if you ever did reach that point, our leaders are trained in how to manage your return to work
- Menstrual health & menopause: we want to reduce the stigma, and look after you during your cycle or menopause
Family Friendly
An inclusive environment is one that’s family friendly! So beyond the usual suspects, we have a series of policies to support you and help you balance family life with work life!
- Enhanced parental leave: if you become a parent or grow your family you can access a boosted package
- Shared parental leave: you've also got the option to share your leave with your co-parent
- Adoption leave: if you adopt, you can access a boosted package on top of statutory leave
- Pregnancy loss: we support through paid leave for anyone goes through this, or who's partner does
- Parental bereavement: we support through paid time-off if you were to lose a child whilst working with us
- Premature birth & neonatal care: if your baby is born early or needs extra care you'll get extra leave and statutory pay
- Breastfeeding support: we offer a private place for breastfeeding and refrigerators for milk storage
Sustainability
We take our responsibility to protect our planet and the environment seriously. As a proud B Corp it’s important to us that we have policies built to run the business sustainably.
- Reporting our carbon footprint: annually we report on carbon generated and work to offset this through team-chosen initiatives
- Sustainable travel: we aim to only travel when we absolutely need to, and offset all of our emissions
- Sustainable commuting: we encourage you to use environmentally-friendly transport to get to work
- Sustainable suppliers: we aim to use only local, minority-owned or environmentally-friendly suppliers - even better when they're all three!
- Work from home environmental policy: we're here to help you work in a more green way from home
- Green & sustainable pensions: your pension post is invested in a fully sustainable way
Ethics
Running our business in the right way is hugely important to us, and by right we mean ethically. Beyond the must-haves like data protection and anti-bribery, these progressive policies push us further.
- Whistleblowing: we encourage you to raise genuine concerns, or any suspicions concerning misconduct directly or anonymously with us
- Ethical Marketing: we commit to absolute honesty in our marketing for our own campaigns and for customers and partner driven projects
- New Business Qualification: we have an in-depth policy to guide which clients we partner with
Learning & Development
As a growing business, it’s so important that we’re investing in the development of our team. Beyond our benefits we want to do more with these progressive policies to help us all learn.
- Connected conversations: you'll get weeklies, monthlies & performance reviews with your People Leader to fuel your development
- Progression tracks: you'll use our framework to help guide your development & progression throughout your time at Born
- Promotion: our transparent & consistent approach to promoting anyone in the business
- Cross-skill learning: we want to give everyone the chance to learn from and teach other disciplines
- Career coaching: you'll get access to up to 2 hours of coaching with our senior leadership team to support your ambitions
- Farewell feedback: if you leave us, you've got the option to gain in-depth feedback to help make you better
JOIN OUR FREELANCE NETWORK
We're always on the hunt for social-first freelancers to join our network of digital professionals and work alongside our in-house team on exciting work for global brands. Discover a new way of working, offering freedom and flexibility to handpick jobs from anywhere around the world.
Not only will you be paid to do what you love, but you’ll also have access to our learning platform to develop your skillset on over 600 online digital courses, networking opportunities, and more.
Ready to start your application to become a Croudie? Get started with onboarding today!
RECRUITMENT SCAMS
We are aware that some individuals have been contacted with fake job offers or freelance work opportunities by a third party unlawfully impersonating Born Social through email, social media, or other channels or unofficial websites that mimic our branding.
Recruitment fraud is on the rise across the sector, and we would advise you to please be vigilant.
How to protect yourself
These two sites offer good, practical resources to help you spot scams in general:
- https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/phishing-scams/spot-scams
- https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-avoid-scam
For a detailed look into recruitment / job seeker scams this article linked below has a full breakdown of the scale of the problem
In addition please be aware of the following
Never pay for a job: Born Social will never ask for payment to secure a job or freelance opportunities
Be wary of unsolicited offers: If you have not applied for a position, be suspicious
Check the email address: Legitimate Born Social communications will come from official “@bornsocial.com” email addresses or "@croud.com" email addresses. Croud owns Born Group Ltd which owns Born Social Ltd.
Only apply through official channels: All legitimate work opportunities with Born Social are only advertised on our careers site, and applications to join our freelance network are only made via our website
Reporting
Please report any suspected fraudulent recruitment activity that looks like it may be connected to Born Social to us at report@bornsocial.com.
These sites and actors are not in any way related to Born Social. If you have been affected by this scam, we would advise you to raise it with your bank and / or local authorities.
Please understand we are not responsible for any such activity, however will continue to take action towards the prevention of such operations.
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