About Type A Media
What is Type A Media?
Type A Media is a London-based SEO and Digital PR agency specialising in established businesses that want fast implementation, fair pricing, and data-driven storytelling. Based at 20-22 Wenlock Road, N1 7GU, the agency is registered as a fully remote operation working with clients across the UK and internationally.
The case-study portfolio includes Brewdog, University of Cambridge, Casumo, Money.co.uk, Bower Collective, UNILAD, eBay, Funky Pigeon, Just Eat, OVO Network, Investment News, and Gerald Eve. The agency is recognised for data journalism and interactive content — work with Funky Pigeon (Parent Salary Calculator) and Global App Testing (Stack Overflow campaign) earned three European Search Awards 2020 shortlistings.
Live pricing transparency on the about page: "our average retainers cost £4k per month, per project. They are 12 month contracts with a 60 day cooling off period." A typical engagement begins with a 6-week strategy phase that produces a complete blueprint covering technical updates and content creation. The agency tells clients candidly: "small changes in traffic are observed within 12 weeks. Breakeven results take 6 months, champagne popping results take 18-24 months."
Where will I work?
Type A is a fully remote agency within the UK. There is no central office — the corporate address (20-22 Wenlock Road, N1 7GU) is for correspondence and registered business activity. Despite remote-by-default, the team makes a point of regular socials, both in-person and virtual, because (in their own words from the archived 2022 about page) "you collaborate best with people you've developed real relationships with."
What is the Type A team like?
The leadership team is Ross Tavendale (Managing Director), Michelle Vickerman (Marketing Director), and Raymond Olaibi (Technical Director). The team is composed of SEO and Digital PR specialists working on data-led campaigns. Ross has been a frequent voice on the agency-life and 4-day-week conversation, speaking on the Majestic, Semrush, and OMG Center podcasts about how Type A operates.
The 5 stated company values are: being upfront, growing together, balance, being invested, and making cool stuff. The "balance" value is the live-page acknowledgement of the operating model: a heavily project-managed schedule designed to deliver work without presenteeism.
Work-Life Balance
Type A has operated on a 4-day work week since at least January 2018 (when Ross Tavendale advertised SEO account manager roles on Twitter offering "a 4 day work week, get paid to meditate, gourmet coffee & the most important perk....an office dog"). The 2022 archived about page describes the model explicitly: "Type A is a fully remote, 4 day work week agency" with a "heavily project-managed four day work week so our working time is efficient."
The current live about page no longer states "4-day work week" verbatim but continues to list "balance" as a core company value and frames the operating philosophy as "simplify everything to its essential purpose and use elegant design to get things done."
Perks and Benefits
- 4-day work week, heavily project-managed — efficient and outcome-focused (not compressed five-day hours)
- Fully remote within the UK — no central office requirement
- Regular socials — in-person and virtual, to build the team trust the agency considers foundational
- Specialist team — SEO + Digital PR experts on award-shortlisted campaigns
Note: historic press and Ross Tavendale's 2018 tweets reference additional perks including "get paid to meditate" and an office dog. These are not currently re-confirmed on the live site.