About Evolved Search
Who We Are
Evolved (operating as Evolved Digital Marketing Ltd, Company No. 09161250) was founded in 2014 with the mission to create and drive an agency that is genuinely different and acts as a positive force for our people, clients, and industry. We're a performance marketing agency based at Lower Steenbergs Yard, Walker Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2DF, and we're a certified Great Place to Work for a reason.
We place equal importance on the quality of work we deliver and the quality of life enjoyed by every team member. Our founders and senior leadership team all spent many years in other agencies, and when building Evolved they made a deliberate choice to run an agency differently. We're proud to be recognised as Great Place to Work Certified, on the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing list, and as a UK Best Workplace 2023.
What We Do
We deliver integrated performance marketing across the full digital stack:
- Organic Search — Technical SEO, On-site Content, Digital PR
- Paid Marketing — Paid Search, Paid Social
- CRO & UX — Conversion Rate Optimisation, User Experience design
- Website Design & Development — Campaign, Display & UX Design; Website Development
- Performance & Growth Strategy
We partner with exciting brands and businesses on integrated marketing strategies — and our community of clients and the close-knit team behind them are what make Evolved what it is.
Our values
Six values shape work at Evolved, verbatim from our culture page:
- Transparency — Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.
- Pride — With pride comes purpose. We champion each other to strive for better.
- Ambition — We're on an exciting journey with big goals and have a clear path ahead.
- Exceeding Expectations — We consistently strive for excellence, leaving our comfort zones behind.
- Trust — We are all accountable and rely on each other to work autonomously and collectively.
- Community — We recognise that we're all very different and celebrate that.
32-hour, four-day work week
Verbatim from our culture page: "Wellbeing is at the forefront of our people strategy so our team work a 32-hour, four-day week, with no loss to pay, holidays, or benefits. The idea is to ensure our team returns to work each week following a three-day weekend well rested and raring to go."
Benefits
It's all about the benefits at Evolved — and we mean specifics, not platitudes:
- 4-Day Week & Flexitime — 32-hour, four-day week with no loss to pay, holidays, or benefits
- Paid Learning & Development — An individual annual training budget for informal or formal courses to develop your skill set; over the past year, 100% of employees have been part of an employee development program
- Clear Progression Routes — Tri-annual appraisals and monthly 1-2-1s for CPD planning; "The Evolved Way" provides 4-6 weeks of structured induction
- Premium Private Health Insurance — Physical and mental health insurance with real-time GP service, covering pre-existing and new conditions
- Family-Friendly Benefits — Enhanced policy covering Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, surrogacy, same-sex couples, and IVF
- Hybrid City-Centre Offices — Social hub, free parking, break-out spaces, free snacks, soft drinks; hassle-free plug-and-go hot desks with office booking system
- Enhanced Holiday Package — 36 days' leave per year, encouraging blocks-of-weeks holiday for proper switch-off
- Mental Health First Aid training, mental health advocacy, and accreditations through relevant third parties
- Regular Socials — Run by our social committee, the "Involved Team"; broad range of activities so there's something for everyone, plus big Summer and Christmas parties
- Charity Activities — A bank of personal hours each year for fundraising, bake sales, or digital marketing support for charitable organisations
EDI and team development
We're committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our team, and eliminating unlawful discrimination at all costs. We aspire to have a diverse physical and virtual workforce because diversity enables better business outcomes. From application and interview to onboarding and employment, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do.
A note on fraud
Verbatim from our careers page: "Unauthorised individuals have been falsely claiming to represent Evolved Search and our UpShift brand, contacting people via WhatsApp with fake 'task-based' or crypto-related job offers. These messages and websites are not from us." All genuine applications go via our careers page or directly via the email/contact channels on evolvedsearch.com.