A MICROCOSM OF
OUR WORLD AND THE WORLD WE WANT TO SEE.
At The Mix, we’ve consciously built a team that includes under-heard voices and experiences. If you want to learn something new, start talking to the people who aren’t listened to.
We’re diverse, divergent and open to learning more about the world as it is - not how we think it might be.
CALL IT
THE
COURAGE
OF
YOUR
CONVICTIONS
This is how we work:
1.Follow your nose.
2.Take the steps you need.
3.Get the proof and sell in.
Does this sound like you? Whether or not you’ve got a background in market research, strategy or creative and you like what you see, we’d love to hear from you.
DIVERSE VOICES TO THE TABLE.
London is a hub of advertising, design and marketing talent, but it’s hard to get started in the industry if you haven’t been to uni or your family hasn’t ever worked ‘in creative’.
We make it our business to nurture new talent, find underheard voices and meet brilliant people who don’t have opportunities laid out on a silver platter.
To do this, we partner with Brixton Finishing School and Creative Lives in Progress to open up the doors to new talent, keep learning what other agencies aren’t interested about and bring diverse voices to the table.
50%
of marketers are white males.
*Data & Marketing Industry Diversity Report - dma.org.uk
9%
of ethnic minority researchers believe they are treated fairly and have the same opportunities as other colleagues.
*MRS 2020 Progress Report - mrs.org.uk
36%
Companies in the top-quarter for diversity outperform those in the bottom fourth.
*Diversity wins: How inclusion matters - mckinsey.com
CURRENT OPENINGS
Our clients are global, cross-sector, innovative, courageous and willing to go out on a limb to make something properly brilliant. We’re scaling fast, and we love to hear from smart, open-minded and dynamic people.
If you love doing first and asking for forgiveness later, think tactically and love trying something that’s never been done before, drop us your CV, your LinkedIn and/or your portfolio. Let us know why you think The Mix is the place for you to grow your career, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
We know that imposter syndrome is real. Women and People of Colour can find it more challenging to apply for senior or leadership roles. If you’re looking at one of our vacancies and think you’re even half-way there skills or background-wise, apply.
OUR
PEOPLE
We’re a bunch of diverse, committed, enthusiastic and hardworking people who love taking risks, learning how mad every person is and finding something unexpected.
We want our people to feel supported and encouraged to grow. Not just in their careers but in all areas of life. We offer 1-2-1 workplace coaching to help everyone benefit from potentially life-changing chats. We work a four-day week and support the whole team with specialist training and a whole host of wellbeing perks because we know that brilliant results come from creative, rested teams.
Tash Walker
Partner and Founder
Tash Walker, Partner and Founder, previously worked at Futurebrand and BrandMe. Tash’s favourite pitch was asking a bunch of C-Suite marketeers to trust the team, blindfolding them and creating a tent around them in 30 seconds before asking them to climb under the table and pretend to be 5 years old. They won the pitch.
Usually Fridays are about quality time with her daughter, but when she has time and it’s January, Tash makes marmalade.
Maria Ferres
Partner and Head of Global Operations
Maria Ferres, Head of Global Ops, has lived and worked in Sāo Paulo, Amsterdam and London. She brings her language skills and backgrounds in psychology, research and strategy to The Mix. Maria knows that great work doesn’t need to come at the cost of mental health or fun - amazing things are achieved in 4 day weeks when we focus on efficiency, clarity and looking after our people.
On her Fridays, Maria enjoys some quiet - practising yoga, going to the cinema and lots of walking.
Gemma Mitchell
Partner and Managing Director
Gemma Mitchell, Partner and Managing Director, came to The Mix from a career in film production, cinematic events and graphic design. Getting people to sit up and listen to other peoples’ voices has been her bag for decades. Gemma’s seen that only brave marketeers really listen to their customers and allow their echo chamber to be challenged.
Swimming, visiting a gallery, a lunch-date with her partner, enjoying cinema or reading, Fridays are busy-quiet for Gemma.
Emily Chapman
Head of Consumer Closeness
Emily has a Product Design BSc and has spent over 10 years working as a researcher using her design background to deliver easily actionable strategy with clarity.
Emily is the kind of person who talks to strangers on the train and is passionate about creating immersive consumer connection experiences for clients.
Fridays are all about playing with her kids … baking, exploring and face painting!
Martyn Hill
Head of Business Development
Martyn started his insight journey as a respondent in a focus group, going on to become a qual researcher, and then to business development where he’s done everything from international expansion to methodology development, digital transformation and more.
When not getting under the skin of brand and business challenges that The Mix can answer, he is found in any body of water that’s safe to swim in or out at a gig or festival. He uses his Free Fridays to read, attempt to skateboard or learn Polish…or the guitar…not all at the same time.
Ellie Harrison
Lead Data Strategist
Ellie Harrison, Lead Data Strategist, loves using research to help clients get to the heart of consumer behaviour. Coming to us from System1/Brainjuicer, Ellie’s a master at driving into quant and qual to deliver beyond data and quotes to uncover what the client needs to know next.
On her free Fridays, Ellie runs, bakes cakes or paints.
Jocel Macaraeg
Creative
Jocel Macaraeg, Creative, values the sharing of information, open communication across the business and learning cross-discipline to sources and information she wouldn't have found before. Working on both digital and analogue projects, Jocel is enjoying seeing her ideas become reality.
On Fridays, you’ll normally find Jocel in the back of a cafe trying to scramble her brains around a crochet pattern, or searching for coffee and cake in a randomly chosen northern market town.
Monica Kolesnik
Lead Project Manager
Monica Kolesnik, Project Manager, has experience at ALL Creative Design Agency and Oxford House Community & Arts Centre. Learning about the cultural nuances of brand perception across a pan-African drinks campaign has highlighted that people are consistently surprising.
Looking for a dose of adrenaline and green spaces, Monica’s Fridays are about a long run around East London. When there’s energy left, she might head to a gallery for some inspiration and pause.
Megan Williams
Film & Motion Designer
Megan Williams, Film and Motion Designer with experience at the London Asian Film Festival, and came to us from Barbour. Filming and editing live events has allowed Megan to work first-hand with respondents, making her excited for more in-person events. She thinks that the ‘calculated-risk mindset’ of The Mix helps us to grow projects and alllows room for great things!
On Fridays, Megan continues her long love affairs with tennis and baking.
Meg Dobson
Junior Insight
Meg Dobson, Junior Insight, joined us as a fresh graduate. She’s learned to never assume, and how much credible insight you can gain from consumers. Her quick start in shadowing strategists and sitting in on client calls has given Meg a running start.
Meg’s Fridays start with a lie-in, before going on to the Barbican for an afternoon concert.
Bilal Zayn
Junior Insight
Bilal Zayn, Junior Insight, previously worked with Bulletproof. Learning strategy through the medium of market research helps Bilal to find creative solutions to complex questions. Learning how to find the powerful voice of the consumer, Bilal is combining his strategic and insight skills to deliver bold projects.
Bilal joins Jumu'ah at his local mosque on Fridays, before putting his interviewing or photography skills to practice, researching the arts, writing poetry, or continuing his study of Islam.
Amy Wolstenholme
Lead Strategist
Amy Wolstenholme, Strategist, joined us fresh from an internship at OMD UK. Starting with her APG training, Amy has worked on campaigns over EMEA and US/Asia, and loves meeting research participants, listening to their stories and bringing those passions to the client to inform their next steps.
Looking for more people who have amazing questions, Amy volunteers at Dulwich Picture Gallery on Fridays, talking about art with school children.
Emma Dugmore
Senior Project Manager
Emma Dugmore, Senior Project Manager, came to us from C Space. Emma enjoys owning the process of running projects, whether they’re luxury hospitality, food and drink or cars, and understanding what makes each project come alive and deliver beyond what the client imagined was possible.
On her Fridays, Emma enjoys long dog walks and lazy pub lunches with her mum.
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