DO WHAT YOU LOVE
BE VALUED FOR WHO YOU ARE
Your skills are welcome here: even more than that, your whole self. Your opinion matters. Your creativity is encouraged. You get to be the best of you.
ROLES NOW AVAILABLE
WHEN YOU DO WHAT YOU LOVE, IT’S WORK, BUT IT’S NOT A JOB.
VALUES AND PILLARS:
WE LIVE THEM. YOU LIVE THEM.
The basis of our hiring process, team check-ins, reviews, the work we do, and life here at PF are the pillars and values. We live them, and live by them. We talk about them, pay attention to them, and notice where we’re not living up to them, and talk about it. We expect all team members to live by these values.
There are a lot of things I could say I love, but at the root of all those things is we live our values. We live them, we talk about them, we pay attention to them, we pay attention if we’re not living up to them. Values can be this elusive thing; people think they mean something but they mean different to everyone. But at PF the internal values were formed out of conversations we had about what those actual things meant. It looks different depending on factors for your own individual life, but when it comes back to it we do live them.
CHARACTER MATTERS:
THE PILLARS
The four foundations of life and work at PF support the kind of company we all want to be part of. They were identified many years ago, back when the company was young. They’ve served us well, and we continue to use them as foundational reminders of what we stand for.
GUIDING BEHAVIOURS:
THE VALUES
The internal values go into more detail, and describe the way we do the creative work. We use these values in daily conversations and in team meets. They help us decide how to word an email, how to help a hurting client, whether to take on a prospect or not. Or a new team member.
Other companies have marketing and a lot of words but they don’t have a culture. They don’t apply human behaviour. They sell it but they don’t have it. You are just a number, just an employee, which makes you a resource, not a person with aspirations. Even receiving new books to read makes me feel valued – because you’re giving me a resource to make me grow. It’s not about making great profits first; it’s about being human and caring about your people, because when we care about our people we will make great profit and great work for our clients.
HOW IT WORKS
7 STAGE HIRING PROCESS
The PF hiring process has been exclusively built for us, by us. The PF pillars and values are the driving force behind it, and those who become part of the team combine both skills and values. Yes, you’ll be skilled in doing the creative work: you’ll also show a pattern of living out the values in everything you do and say. The hiring process helps us decide if you’re the person for this place, and it helps you decide if we’re the place for you as a person.
MEET US
THE PF HUMANS
We are a team of creative, curious, transparent indiviuals who do what we do with passion and heart. We’re not all the same, and that’s ok. It’s good to be different. We all live and work by PF’s core values and that is what makes us the team we are.
The culture and the people are what I love. It’s part OF your life, not just a job you come in and work and go home and that’s not connected. We want to be friends and want to be part of their lives as opposed to only talking to each other because it’s about work. And it still is work. We are stretched to be creative all the time: and we have to push to keep that creativity flowing. We’re encouraged to rest, and to do that – creatively – in our own way.
HOW TO APPLY
SUBMIT A 3 MINUTE VIDEO
The first stage in the process is sending us a video, because we want to meet YOU, not a list of the work you’ve done and the jobs you’ve had. We’ll get to those later. Record a 3 minute video telling us (and showing us) who you are, as well as what role you want, why you want it, and why PF will help you do that work well.
READY TO APPLY?
We’d love to meet you!
Before you start, make sure you have:
GOT QUESTIONS? STILL CONSIDERING?
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
If you are still considering whether you’d be the right fit for PF, and whether we’ll be the right fit for you, then get all all your questions answered here! If we haven’t answered your question, get in touch with us on any of the socials.
I'm a freelancer and/or do outsourced work. Can I apply?
If you’re looking to move away from being a freelancer, and become a team member then yes, apply. However, we don’t hire freelancers or outsourcers. From our experience, we produce the best work for our clients when the whole team works together and are familiar with our clients. Hiring people to do a project and then they move on to something else entirely doesn’t work for us. Some of our exiting team members used to be freelancers who worked on their own and got tired of doing all the hard work to find clients, qualify clients, do invoicing, chase payments…. You won’t have to do any of that. You’ll get to do your best work with good peope who care about their businesses, their clients and their teams.
Why do you ask for a video first?
PF is a fully remote agency and so video is huge for us. Most meetings we have are on Zoom, with video on. Quick team chats on Slack are always with video. We need to stay connected, read body language, listen to tone of voice and really understand how people are feeling. All team members also regularly record videos for clients and for our own marketing. Asking for a video at the start helps you decide whether you’re truly keen enough to apply (it takes more effort to record a video than it does to click a few buttons and send an email), and it helps us get a sense of the kind of person you are. We get to know you better quicker and this helps both us and you decide whether PF is the right fit for you.
Your agency is worldwide and roles are remote, but some roles are specifically give a location. Does location matter?
Our client split is around 60% UK, 30% US and Canada, and the rest from “all other countries”. You do need to be available for client meetings, team meets and any urgent projects so depending on your role, this could lead to a time zone issue. When we include a location with our role, it most likely means we need someone in that location and time zone. However, we do consider applications on a “person first” philosophy so if you’re the right person, this is the work you love and are good at, and you’re willing to be flexible with time zones, then submit a video and share with us where you are in the world and how flexible you’re willing to be.