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  • How to foster inclusivity in a remote environment

    How to foster inclusivity in a remote environment

    As Human Made COO and author of ‘A Life Lived Remotely‘, Siobhan McKeown knows more than most about the challenges, opportunities and strategies of how to get the most out of a remote working environment, including what it takes to foster inclusivity and ensure every team member feels equally valued. Here she shares her strategies…

  • 8 ways agencies help WordPress move forward

    8 ways agencies help WordPress move forward

    WordPress is famously open source and designed to be accessible to all, which is a large part of the reason so many software development agencies (like us!) choose WordPress as their platform of choice. But what role do agencies play role in the evolution and adoption of the WordPress platform? Let’s take a look at…

  • Join us as an Account Director in the Americas region!

    Join us as an Account Director in the Americas region!

    We’re looking for an experienced Account Director to help us lead our Client Experience Program in the Americas. This is a fully-remote role and you can be located anywhere geographically within North, Central and South America, but you will need to make regular visits to clients in North America. You should be fluent in both…

  • Celebrating our incredible project managers

    Celebrating our incredible project managers

    November 3rd is International Project Management Day, and we want to shine the spotlight on some of the amazing people who help us deliver the best value for our clients and the best experience for our teammates. They’re the unsung, behind-the-scenes heroes who keep the wheels of a project turning. Where would the world be…

  • Being part of the Digital Project Manager community

    Being part of the Digital Project Manager community

    I’m a senior project manager at Human Made. As a technology partner to enterprise companies, we have a leaning toward WordPress and agile practices, and we are a fully remote company. For those reasons, the Digital Project Manager family and community are of real value to us. If I was to cook it down to…

  • Cultural intelligence: how to work with people everywhere

    Cultural intelligence: how to work with people everywhere

    Petya Raykovska is Human Made’s Director of Agency Operations and long-time WordPress Polyglots contributor. Petya will be diving deeper into all things cultural intelligence at this year’s WordCamp US in San Diego during her session Developing Cultural Intelligence. We all speak English. Why don’t we understand each other? The world has gone remote, and today…

  • Everyone is a marketer

    Everyone is a marketer

    Recently I was lucky enough to experience my first Human Made/Altis company retreat. We went to Athens for a week, and it was great. The main highlight was undoubtedly getting to meet everyone face to face, many for the first time, and generally hanging out and spending time with people. I realise now how essential…

  • Implementing global payroll giving in a remote company

    Implementing global payroll giving in a remote company

    Over the past month, we’ve been watching the devastation that the Russian army has been wreaking on the people of Ukraine. It has left me and other humans heartbroken and feeling powerless. Many of our people are in Eastern Europe, many of us have friends and family in Ukraine, and we will all be dealing…

  • Human Made in 2021

    Human Made in 2021

    At the beginning of last year, I shared how 2020 was a year marked by adaptation. Against the backdrop of considerable challenges globally, 2021 has been a big year for Human Made, our clients & customers, and for our partners too. It has been our most successful year since we began all the way back…

  • Mental health and remote work at Human Made

    Mental health and remote work at Human Made

    Just under 6 months ago in October 2020 Human Made celebrated World Mental Health Day which was arguably the most important one yet with the global COVID-19 pandemic changing our lives and daily routines and bringing with it a set of new challenges. Although we found strength in our remote-first structure & culture, it has…

  • Happy International Women’s Day

    Happy International Women’s Day

    Today is International Women’s Day, a day that calls on us all to step back, recognise and celebrate the achievement of women worldwide, raise awareness of the bias and barriers that impact women globally, and take action for equality in whatever ways we each can. To the amazing women at Human Made, thank you! You…

  • How Human Made’s values guide our approach to remote work

    How Human Made’s values guide our approach to remote work

    Human Made has always had a culture which values openness, transparency, accountability, and a can-fix-it attitude. This was true when we were just a few people hacking together websites and it remains true now as we create digital experiences with our platform, Altis DXP. As we’ve grown up as a company, though, and as more…