McGarrah Jessee
Welcome to McJ, a FULL-SERVICE CREATIVE SHOP in Austin, USA.
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“Building an inclusive, empowered and equitable environment for every employee requires a level of admission and vulnerability uncommon at work. And that’s the point. There’s a lot we need to tear down and build back up, in all of us.”
Britton Upham
CEO
“This work is personal first; it takes time. Imagine eating a juicy, tender pulled pork barbecue sandwich with extra sauce and a mound of coleslaw. That first bite is messy, but damn, it’s good, so you keep eating, until you are satisfied. McJ, let’s keep eating on this journey to belonging, and I promise it will be the most delicious, uncomfortable experience you will ever have!”
Krischanna Roberson
Director of Diversity & Culture
We are dedicated to an organizational culture that embraces everyone for who they are: racially, culturally, religiously, sexually, linguistically, fashionably.
Our Journey
WHERE WE’VE BEEN
WHERE
WE’VE
BEEN
For over a decade, we’ve been involved in E4 Youth, an organization that opens up career pathways for underserved youth. It’s been our desire to introduce more diverse talent to the many creative pursuits available as prosperous livelihoods.
Internally, we’ve been scrutinizing our own access and perspectives. We overhauled our internship program, created an unbound hiring practice which openly seeks diverse talent anywhere, instituted companywide unconscious bias training, created an educational program around significant annual holidays and celebrations, offered employees 8 hours per month in paid time to volunteer, rolled out free independent professional coaching and personal wellness therapy for all employees, and hired a dedicated Director of Diversity & Culture to keep us uncomfortably challenged (thanks, Krischanna).
Internally, we’ve been scrutinizing our own access and perspectives. We overhauled our internship program, created an unbound hiring practice which openly seeks diverse talent anywhere, instituted companywide unconscious bias training, created an educational program around significant annual holidays and celebrations, offered employees 8 hours per month in paid time to volunteer, rolled out free independent professional coaching and personal wellness therapy for all employees, and hired a dedicated Director of Diversity & Culture to keep us uncomfortably challenged (thanks, Krischanna).
WHERE WE ARE
WHERE
WE
ARE
We are on our journey personally and collectively, working on our 10,000 hours and evolving our organization. We’re running monthly all-agency (un)learning seminars, regular breakout lunch and discuss sessions, new hire diversity onboarding, monthly DEIB leadership coaching, quarterly moderated leadership alignment meetings and ongoing client education and conflict management where needed. We have a detailed road map, and we’re doing the messy work.
WHERE WE’RE HEADED
WHERE
WE’RE
HEADED
This journey is actionable. Candid, confident relationships create change faster than anything. We seek more diverse talent and clients in an empowered and rewarding culture. We seek culture adds, not fits. We’re being intentional with our data collection and analysis around hiring, retention, sentiment, agency makeup. And we’re using that data via regular climate surveys, support systems, one-on-ones and mentor sessions to trample bias wherever it lives and trial new behaviors to experience real change.
Wanna know more? Feel free to reach out about our DEIB Journey at
belonging@mcj.coBy the Numbers
Data is an inarguable reality check that tells us how to challenge our behaviors and gives us a better chance of truly being a diverse workforce.
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Current Opportunities
Brand Director
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Content Creator - Look Squirrel
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Director of Business Affairs
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Performance Marketing Manager
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Senior Designer
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Future Opening: Be top of mind
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Want to be on top of our minds?
If you’re interested in us, but don’t see an open position that fits perfectly, send us your info at careers@mcj.co and we’ll keep you in mind for any future opportunities afoot.