Commercial Associate, Urban Jungle | B Corp

As an engineer here, you are able to gain responsibility and learn fast. We're a constantly growing and adapting team and there are always new challenges that we pull together on. I have so much fun working in this environment where I'm encouraged to shape my own journey while still being supported every step of the way.

My colleagues have such a broad range of expertise and perspectives. At each stage of a project, we dream big and then strategise to make sure we have the best outcome by distilling down the best ideas to the best solution.

This is a learning environment. Not only are we encouraged to ask and learn from others but we are encouraged to teach and share our own knowledge. This creates an environment where everyone is learning all the time.

The Urban Jungle Team is full of really smart people who are always eager to keep learning more and challenge each other. I'm definitely developing more and thinking about things in new ways because of my colleagues!

My work at Urban Jungle is always challenging, giving me plenty of opportunity to learn, develop, and get great things done.

My manager is very encouraging and supportive. They are very generous with advice and their top tips as well as challenging me to think about things differently! The entire management team here is very transparent and really recognises the human side of work!

The projects we work on at Urban Jungle are always challenging and impactful, making them hugely rewarding. We're always given the support we need along the way as well.

At Urban Jungle, we often tackle brand new problems or challenges, which means we have to learn non-stop. It's really great as it's hard to imagine a point where we will stop learning. We also have a great leadership team to help us out along the way.

The Urban Jungle team genuinely is amazing! You'll meet some super friendly people who also happen to be really smart and interesting.

There is a lot of autonomy from the get-go, but there is also always support and guidance if you need it - making for a great balance of challenging but not scary! At Urban Jungle learning is also constant. Whether it's on the job, through personal development goals or catchups with your mentor, to quote one of our values 'Expect to Learn'.

Whilst we were all working from home the leadership team were constantly trying new things to make sure everyone was still kept in the loop. Our CEO introduced open 1-2-1s, where anyone in the company could listen in on alternate 1-2-1 between himself and the rest of leadership, to replace the chats that used to happen openly in the office.

Voicing your opinion is always encouraged at Urban Jungle, especially when you've just joined and are able to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective!

Opportunities to learn about every part of the business through initiates like workmate Wednesday where once a month time is dedicated to learning about someone else's role and what they're working on at the moment. You'll also likely be part of business wide projects learning about every role. Urban Jungle gives you a budget to spend on books every year to further your knowledge.

It's great to be surrounded by so many smart people who go by the motto of 'there is no stupid question' to allow you to get up to speed quickly. Urban Jungle also puts emphasis on hiring really smart but also nice people so it's very refreshing!

Urban Jungle have launched loads of stuff while being in lockdown. From weekly yoga classes to running club when we're in the office. Urban Jungle also provide coaching sessions with a company called Sanctus to chat about your mental health & wellbeing. Managers regularly check in on you and genuinely care, rather than a tick box. They also send through treats every now again, whether that's brownies, beers, wine, coffee!

It's always much more fun working with a bunch of smart people who are dedicated to coming up with solutions to hard problems together. It helps that they're also all really nice as well!

The ability to take real ownership of your work, and make autonomous decisions within strong frameworks of context is super important to me. That's something I think comes over strongly when you work for Urban Jungle.

At Urban Jungle, openness is truly valued. All our numbers are out there for everyone to see, and we have lots of conversations that in most businesses might be behind closed doors in public settings - including throughout the pandemic.