The people
A team of experienced creative comms experts from predominantly working class backgrounds.
CHANGE
WHO WE ARE
OUR BEST IN CLASS TEAM
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At Work & Class we hire the best creative and comms professionals from working class backgrounds at all levels. Even as we grow, we commit to never having less than 80% of our people who identify as working class.
Our team has decades of experience delivering multi-channel comms campaigns for some of the world’s biggest brands, change-driving organisations, and inspirational start-ups spanning multiple industries.
We invest in training and development to keep our people at the top of their game. And because you can’t be what you can’t see, we champion our people, helping them tell their own stories to inspire the next generation of working class talent.
Our team has decades of experience delivering multi-channel comms campaigns for some of the world’s biggest brands, change-driving organisations, and inspirational start-ups spanning multiple industries.
We invest in training and development to keep our people at the top of their game. And because you can’t be what you can’t see, we champion our people, helping them tell their own stories to inspire the next generation of working class talent.
Agency founder
meet laura burch
I grew up on a council estate with parents who were on benefits for most of my childhood. When they weren’t on benefits, my mum was a cleaner and my dad sold newspapers at White City station. I didn’t go to university because I couldn’t afford to live away from home.
When I somehow found myself working in PR, no one I met spoke like me, grew up like me, or lived a life like I had. So, I quickly learned to change the way I spoke and presented myself to fit in, to be taken seriously and to progress.
Over 20 years I built a successful career in PR and comms, working my way up to managing director for an integrated creative agency. But I am still an anomaly in this world. While there has been an increased (and much-needed) focus on DE&I across the industry, class is rarely part of the conversation, yet it intersects with every aspect of diversity.
When I somehow found myself working in PR, no one I met spoke like me, grew up like me, or lived a life like I had. So, I quickly learned to change the way I spoke and presented myself to fit in, to be taken seriously and to progress.
Over 20 years I built a successful career in PR and comms, working my way up to managing director for an integrated creative agency. But I am still an anomaly in this world. While there has been an increased (and much-needed) focus on DE&I across the industry, class is rarely part of the conversation, yet it intersects with every aspect of diversity.
The idea of Work & Class was born out of a desire to change all that. To put class firmly on the agenda, and to help working class people feel seen, heard and valued.
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