Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Campaign Global Agency of the Year Awards

Recognition at a Global Scale

VMLY&R has proudly been awarded Best Place to Work: Network and Best Global Diversity and Inclusion Initiative by Campaign’s Global Agency of the Year awards.

VMLY&R was commended for more than doubling the size of its EI&B practice and nurturing a happier, healthier, and more motivated workforce that supports the multifaceted identities of employees.

Dear Black Talent.

VMLY&R is proud to partner with the 4A's Foundation on Dear Black Talent, a commitment to empowering the next generation of Black advertising leaders. Dear Black Talent promotes the inclusion and advancement of Black professionals by providing the resources necessary to pursue a career in advertising. Going beyond traditional recruitment strategies, Dear Black Talent drives discovery about agency life and provides educational resources and networking opportunities. Dear Black Talent will contribute to more diverse hiring practices, leading to an increased presence of Black advertising professionals and a workforce that represents our Global community.

Helping clients bring about sustainable cultural change.

The Inclusion Experience practice at VMLY&R is a strategic consultancy and executing partner that works with clients to bring about sustainable cultural change within their organizations. Inclusion Experience is a critical step towards creating connected brands and companies that are culturally sensitive, diverse, equitable and inclusive.

Every day brings a teachable moment.

The Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (EI&B) team at VMLY&R guides, celebrates, and promotes cultural literacy; increases employee engagement; recruits and retains a diverse workforce; and builds internal opportunities for people to learn and grow.

LEADERSHIP

Tasha Gilroy, Chief EI&B Officer, and Subashini Nadarajah, Global Executive Director of Equity, Inclusion & Belonging and Head of Multicultural Creative Center of Excellence, lead VMLY&R’s global EI&B strategy. Together, they focus on introducing new programs and partnerships that build on the agency’s inclusive culture and diverse workforce. Additionally, they work to drive continued cultural literacy, awareness, and acceptance across the organization.

Tasha leads talent and partnership initiatives that build VMLY&R’s pipeline of top talent across all of our global offices. She guides the vision and execution for an equitable talent recruitment and retention strategy across the network. She manages and grows the agency’s many existing relationships with partner organizations such as 4A’s MAIP, ColorComm, AAF Mosaic Center for Multiculturalism, One Club for Creativity and 3% Conference.

Subashini leads the development and implementation of internal strategies that nurture a vibrant, inclusive, and equitable global culture. She cultivates independent employee networks and programs and wider industry support systems in collaboration with organizations such as NAAAP, HRC and Luminary just to name a few. She is also the head of VMLY&R's Multicultural Creative Center of Excellence (MCCCOE), a resource to help encourage diversity in creative creation, design execution, and practice to strengthen and expand the relevance of creativity in all areas of the brand and society.

People are looking for ways to stay positive while also standing up for what they believe in. Women Around the World is a podcast series hosted by Beth Wade, global chief marketing officer, that features open and honest discussions with women throughout our global network. Powered by VMLY&R Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the goal of this series is to share, educate, and inspire one another. Listen here.

Women@VMLY&R Powered by DE&I hosts Coffee Connection where participants are paired with three different contacts, an introduction is made by email and they then find 30 minutes to discuss different topics in person or over the phone. Organizers provide guidance on topics to choose from, but the participants schedule meetings their own. The program connects and empowers women while providing professional and personal development through testimonials and experiences.