Our 2023 Equity Report is here

We've collected data from our inaugural 2022 Survey for Creatives and compiled it into our first report. This report aims to share data that can help us foster more equitable and inclusive workplaces where we all thrive.

Participate in the 2023 Survey for Creatives

INCLUDE YOUR VOICE

SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED. Thanks to all who participated!

WHY PARTICIPATE?

Completing our surveys help:

Inspire Action

Fuel us to fight for safer, more inclusive environments where we all thrive.

Only 7% of creatives feel safe working on-site in an office.*

Inform Programming

Help inform and craft programming centered around the needs of creative professionals.

31% of creatives are concerned about a tense or dismissive situation when asking for a raise.*

Build Understanding

Help us better understand the current state of diversity, equity and inclusion in the Portland metro region.

38% Feel they need to change the way they talk or act to fit in.*

Identify Needs

Continue to inform the content of our Resource Hubs for Creatives and Agencies.

Only 30% Feel supported by their company’s DEI efforts.*

*Data source: The Transparency Initiative’s 2023 Equity Report

Thanks to the agencies that participated in 2022

We identified over 90 creative, marketing, and advertising agencies in the Portland Metro region. As such, we did not feel that the 11 survey responses we received was enough participation to accurately report on the state of the creative agency industry at this time.

We will be issuing another Survey for Agencies in 2024 and hope to have enough participation to report that data back out to the community.

Can we count you in for 2024?

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About the Initiative

The Transparency Initiative seeks to foster transparency around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in Portland’s creative industry through surveys, Resource Hubs, programming, and more.

A look at the facts:

In a recent Deloitte Development survey of over 1300 employees, 80% of respondents said inclusion is an important factor for them when choosing an employer.

Increasing diversity does not, by itself, increase effectiveness; what matters is how an organization harnesses diversity, and whether it’s willing to reshape its power structure.

Harvard Business Review, 2020

...roughly 80% of companies are just going through the motions and not holding themselves accountable.

Forbes, 2020

Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having that voice be heard.

Kadia Tubman
Managing Editor, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Insider, Inc.