When the MPA conducted its Diversity & Inclusion survey, one of the key reasons we don’t have enough diverse candidates looking to join our industry was identified as the fact that there are a distinct lack of visible role models within the sector. To combat this, the MPA are launching our ‘A Place for You’ campaign which aims to champion and celebrate the truly diverse array of role models who are currently flourishing in our sector. We want to spotlight how our enterprising City embraces and promotes diversity through role models of various ethnicities, genders, faiths, abilities, sexualities and social [...]

Ideas Foundation believes that the brightest ideas don’t come from one place or type of person, and have been on a mission to help move the creative, digital and media sector in a more diverse direction for just over a decade. Diverse new talent brings a new perspective to solve problems, energise creative work, and build an industry brimming with innovation. Government and industry led research data shows the challenges about representation: Advertising is the seventh worst industry in terms of make-up from different class origins 60% of those in our industry come from professional or managerial origins (vs. 30% [...]