For International Women's Day we held a global round table discussion. We took stock of what’s happening in our industry for women in the workplace, and reflected on where we sit at YS.
77% of the design industry workforce in the UK identify as male*
- We're proud that at YS 59% of the YS global team are female.
17% of women hold design leadership roles**
- At YS 53% of Senior Roles (Design Director equivalent or senior) are held by women, including Creative Director, Managing Director and Digital Experience Director positions.
Women apply for 20% fewer jobs than men***
- At YS we use a gender bias decoder to detect any unintentional gender bias in our job-wording. Our job ads are ranked strongly feminine - ensuring universal appeal.
You're 5 times more likely to be promoted with a mentor, yet 63% of women have never been formally mentored****
- Many of our team are actively involved in mentorship programmes such as Kerning The Gap, and outreach programmes to champion change from within.
85% of women leave the UK workforce within 3 years of having a child*****
- We offer hybrid working as standard, part-time roles and have overhauled our family policy; we’re passionate about supporting our team to have fulsome careers alongside parenthood.
What do you think our industry needs to change in order to reach a point of gender equity? We'd love to hear your thoughts.
It seems appropriate to highlight typefaces designed by female creative talent too. Typesets and their designers are credited below:
* Design Council - Design Economy People, Places and Economic Value 2022 ** Design Council, The Design Economy 2018 *** LinkedIn Gender Insights Report **** The Mentor Method / Pew Research Centre ***** That Works For Me - Careers After Babies
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International Women's Day
Extracts from our studio wide round table on IWD
For International Women's Day we held a global round table discussion. We took stock of what’s happening in our industry for women in the workplace, and reflected on where we sit at YS.
77% of the design industry workforce in the UK identify as male*
- We're proud that at YS 59% of the YS global team are female.
17% of women hold design leadership roles**
- At YS 53% of Senior Roles (Design Director equivalent or senior) are held by women, including Creative Director, Managing Director and Digital Experience Director positions.
Women apply for 20% fewer jobs than men***
- At YS we use a gender bias decoder to detect any unintentional gender bias in our job-wording. Our job ads are ranked strongly feminine - ensuring universal appeal.
You're 5 times more likely to be promoted with a mentor, yet 63% of women have never been formally mentored****
- Many of our team are actively involved in mentorship programmes such as Kerning The Gap, and outreach programmes to champion change from within.
85% of women leave the UK workforce within 3 years of having a child*****
- We offer hybrid working as standard, part-time roles and have overhauled our family policy; we’re passionate about supporting our team to have fulsome careers alongside parenthood.
What do you think our industry needs to change in order to reach a point of gender equity? We'd love to hear your thoughts.
It seems appropriate to highlight typefaces designed by female creative talent too. Typesets and their designers are credited below:
Typeset in ALT MariaClara by Alli Cunanan
Typeset in Iki Mono by Beatrice D'Agostino
Typeset in Gallique by Emma Marichal
* Design Council - Design Economy People, Places and Economic Value 2022
** Design Council, The Design Economy 2018
*** LinkedIn Gender Insights Report
**** The Mentor Method / Pew Research Centre
***** That Works For Me - Careers After Babies