Work with one of the education sector’s leading consultancies
Job and contract opportunities
We’re a small and mighty team. From time to time we have openings for new colleagues to join us. And outside of that we also have opportunities for freelancers and associates to join us on contract or project based agreements too. This page shows the opportunities that we currently have available.
Permanent or contract roles (on payroll)
We don’t have any open opportunities at the moment, but please follow us on LinkedIn for any future role announcements
Become a trusted Pickle Jar freelance associate (off payroll)
We are also actively expanding our network of trusted associate freelancers now too. These are ad hoc roles often aligned to specific projects that allow us to expand our capacity at peak times and draw on specific skills offered by others. Typically freelancers are paid an hourly or daily rate and they invoice us for their time.
Our mission
Our commitments
Our values
To lead with compassion,
curiosity and creativity
To be bold, brave and brilliant
Our mission is to help education organisations create consistent engagement experiences that are in integrity with their strategy, brand and values so as to generate growth and discovery for individuals and communities around the world.
We do this by discovering the stops and opportunities, creating the vision, developing the experiences, and challenging the structures and mindsets that get in the way of making outstanding experiences a lived reality.
A values-led, empowering organisation
Compassion is the guiding value of how we run our business. We believe that health - including mental health - and wellbeing always come first, and we manage our company to support that.
We are family-friendly, and deeply committed to diversity, equality and inclusion. We don’t always get it right, and so we are committed to constantly taking a look at what we’re missing and growing from there.
Trust is given as a default, not viewed as something that you have to earn. Our management style is to coach and empower, not to control and tell. We value questions and curiosity above knowing and always having the answers.
A commitment to quality
We strive to work to the highest standards. We are sector leaders, often setting the direction for experience design and content strategy in the education sector. People look to us for leadership, creativity and innovation.
This means that working with us isn’t always “easy”. We will challenge you. We will question you. We will at times push you out of your comfort zone. But we do so in full support and belief in you, and in service of your and our growth.
We expect and welcome failure. As long as you fail-forwards and commit to constantly look and learn, you will be very welcome in our brilliant team.
“Pickle Jar Communications is a great place to work. It’s a team of experts who love working together and sharing their knowledge with each other. It can be hard work, but incredibly rewarding - every client is different, and every project is different… so everything we do is unusual and interesting. We get to experiment with new approaches, tackle some of those big content challenges, and really push for a better way to relate to other people in the world. Because that’s what it’s all about, really - having that chance to learn about what people want and need out of education, and to help them get those things.”
Join our team
Pickle Jar Communications is a sector leading consultancy, with a focus on the highest of standards in supporting our clients to create effective content and experiences for their audiences. When you join our team you also typically get to work across all three of our brands, including ContentEd and Utterly Content. When we’re recruiting to a new role within the team, you’ll see them advertised here.
Please note: we don’t tend to hold speculative CVs or applications on file ready for the right role to come up. If you’re interested in working with us, sign-up to our newsletter at the bottom of this page to receive our latest news and job opportunities. Or, if you’re a freelancer, submit your details to join our network of associates below.
Join our network of freelancers and associates
We are always interested in hearing from experienced and high-quality freelancers to work as associates or partners of Pickle Jar Communications. We are especially interested in people with experience of working in and with the education sector, with skills such as:
Content strategy
Content design
Audience research and user testing
Web design
Web development (front and back end development)
Digital accessibility
Brand strategy
Experience and campaign design
Content creation (especially copywriting)
Event design and management
Community and social media management
Digital marketing, including SEO and PPC campaigns