At Strafe Creative, we value and prioritise diversity in our team to ensure our ideas and perspectives are well-rounded and reflective of today's culture.
Rocket Book
One of our favourites is rather than providing paper and notebooks for all of our team, everything is done through a system which is called a Rocket Book. This is a recycled plastic book where everything can be wiped clean, meaning they only ever need one notebook when they work for us. Imagine a whiteboard style book and that's exactly what you get.
- Wipe-clean pages
- Recycled plastic
- Reusable design
- Eco-friendly
Electronic storage
We work hard to reduce our waste to minimise our contribution to landfill. We have all different types of recycling bins within the office. In the past, like most offices, we relied heavily on printed documentation. Now, we try not to print anything, and instead focus on electronic storage. Even down to having our contract signed, rather than print, sign and store we use electronic signature software to ensure we’re always reducing our paper trail.
- Paperless office
- Electronic signatures
- Minimize landfill
- Recycling bins
Electric cars
Our directors drive fully electric cars and we do all that we can to responsibly power the office. We unfortunately don't have solar panels (although we hope to in the future) but in the meantime, we pay extra to use a green energy firm to ensure that our office is powered 100% by renewable energy.
- Zero emissions
- Green energy
- Sustainable transport
- Environmental choice
Working hard to help out charities and giving back to our community.
Open Kitchens is a charity that was created right at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ross and Patrick, the two directors of Strafe Creative were two of the original founding members of Open Kitchens. Open Kitchens works with restaurants that have closed because of COVID-19 to get them back open and cooking meals for the vulnerable. Even though the restaurants can’t serve customers in-house, their valuable resource is used to feed the community in times of need.
Strafe Creative produced a website to introduce people to the charity and to give them the facility to donate money to their chosen restaurant. These donations would then go towards creating meals and the necessary logistics to deliver them to those in need. We partnered with multiple charities across the UK to be able to dispatch these free meals.
Charities Partnered
Supporting restaurants to cook meals for the vulnerable amid the pandemic.
20+Feeding Communities
Providing meals to vulnerable individuals through closed restaurants during COVID-19.
£450kRestaurants Supported
Developed website and tools for donation and meal logistics during the crisis.
50+
Community Compassion
Championing Academic Excellence: Nottingham College Awards Honouring Achievement and Innovation
Education is incredibly important to Strafe Creative; in the early days of the business, we had the opportunity to work with a number of agencies in placement positions and this has undoubtedly helped to shape the business today. These opportunities were so beneficial to us and we want to give something back. We have had many interns within our team to give them some first-hand experience alongside their studies.
But one of the main ways that we encourage the development of talent is through guest judging. We review work from an agency point of view, which provides a valuable alternative perspective to teacher’s evaluations, giving students some insight into studio life. We are involved every year in the Young Creative Awards for Nottingham, where we decide the winner of the best student for graphic design award.
We want Strafe to be an enjoyable place to work, where you can create and deliver amazing work that you can be proud of, in a flexible, social working environment.
Social responsibility to Nottingham
The Nottingham City Business Club, established as the UK’s oldest outside London, holds a special place for Ross and several team members, with Ross serving on its council. Through charity, networking, and sports events, we uphold our social responsibility to Nottingham, fostering local commerce and community engagement.
Prioritising Staff Wellbeing and Recognising Excellence: Our Commitment to Employee Care
Amazon wishlists
Our team members have a monthly bonus scheme which they can use to treat themselves! They have access to an Amazon wishlist to create a list of things they'd like and these can be purchased.
Mental wellbeing
There are additional apps, especially with mental wellbeing, that are so important now. Each staff member gets access to an app which is called at Headspace.
Commitment to Continuous Growth: Expanding Our Team's Skillset, Vital for Ongoing Success and Innovation
We will not always just have the top level staff teaching more junior members but some of the newer people who may have joined from another agency will have a really great way of approaching something that we may not have thought of before. We always encourage new ideas and by using this approach, we’re able to expand our repertoire and our overall skillset as a team, which is incredibly important here at Strafe.
Each month, every staff member at Strafe Creative participates in a comprehensive training program aimed at continuous improvement. These training sessions encompass a diverse range of methodologies and topics, ensuring a well-rounded educational experience that enhances our team’s skills and fosters ongoing innovation within our organization.