Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Here's how we're taking action.

Building the foundation:

• Formed Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Council with representatives from across the company and created international councils in Australia and Europe.
• Developed ongoing audit of the full recruitment life cycle.
• Expanded demographic data collection and reporting in line with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidelines, measuring progress on an ongoing basis.
• Produced annual Salary Guide with salaries for more than 100 roles related to marketing, creative, and design. It also includes salaries based on geography and gender to help companies address pay parity.

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Attracting and Recruiting Talent:

• Automated posting of open jobs to affinity career sites through TalentAlly, formerly PDN, including Asian Career Network, Black Career Network, iHispano, Military 2 Career, LGBTQ+ Career Network, Ability Careers, and Women's Career Channel.
• Increased recruiting presence at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs), and diverse professional organizations.
• Launched Diversity+, a comprehensive diversity recruiting solution for clients.
• Instituted recruiting best practices, including gender-neutral job descriptions, pay transparency, anonymized resumes, and structured interview strategies.

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Empowering & Developing Employees:

• Invested in our employees' growth through training programs on allyship, inclusiveness, mitigating bias, and ethics.
• Developed company-wide education materials, training, and discussions around underrepresented groups, racial injustice, and its historical significance.
• Hosted speakers series as well as book and film clubs centered on diversity and inclusion themes, sparking insightful conversations among colleagues.

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Fostering a Culture of Belonging:

• Formed nine active Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) in addition to peer groups and clubs that support employees, as well as their allies, across a wide range of identities and life stages.
• Launched company-wide Allyship ERG to build allies, support, and community for all employees.
• Shared talent art from creators of color or that celebrated diversity and inclusion across our social media platforms company-wide.

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Community Engagement & Impact:

• Raised more than $210,000 in contributions to social justice and humanitarian organizations, including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, CARE, Solar Sisters, Solar Cookers International, and Trickle Up.
• Awarded $135,000 in Designing for Good grants to help bring creative ideas to life for nonprofits.
• Created policy offering employees time off to vote in local, state, and federal elections.
• Developed Aquent Talent Check Salary™ tool, which provides free salary data to the public.
• Hosted LinkedIn Live events focused on inclusive design, pay equity, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Named a Corporate Plus member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, achieved by 1% of certified Minority-Owned Businesses.