Show Notes
Is marketing as progressive, equitable and inclusive an industry as it claims to be?
Taking pay disparity as a meaningful measure, Marketing Week data proves the industry still has many issues to resolve.
With marketing’s gender pay gap now at a five-year high of 21.7%, the 2026 Career & Salary Survey data also reveals both the ethnicity and socio-economic pay gaps are at their highest levels since 2022 at 13.7% and 18.6%, respectively.
To discuss what needs to change, Marketing Week deputy managing editor and head of insight, Charlotte Rogers, is joined by founder of creative comms agency Work & Class Laura Burch, The Marketing Academy Foundation CEO and campaigning chair on WACL’s executive committee, Lianre Robinson and co-founder of workplace equality champion People Like Us, Darain Faraz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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