Inclusive Keywords Studios

As a multicultural business, we thrive on diversity and collaborate as a team across our global studios.

Keywords Studios is a group with studios across Europe, Americas and Asia Pacific, diversity is an integral part of how we provide the best service for our clients and a great place to work for our colleagues. Our diversity strengthens us, and by being actively inclusive we are better colleagues, a more dynamic and resilient company, and deliver better services for our partners.

This is where the Keywords Studios commitment begins, to shape our own organisation, and our industry. One of our five core leadership principles is Embrace an Open World. We are on a purposeful diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) journey at Keywords Studios. Through this we aim to embed DEIB principles and practices across our business and create a workplace where Keywords colleagues experience connection and purpose.

We invite you to follow our journey, explore our activities, get to know us, and see how we are shaping the industry with our partners.

Shared Direction

We are setting a shared direction together by prioritising diversity and inclusive behaviours across divisions, service lines, and studios. We support this through our Environmental, Social, and Governance Committee, Regional Collaborators Networks, and DEIB Global Council and Chapters.

Visibility & Awareness

Awareness and understanding are key to inclusion. We build this through our inclusion calendar events (Women's Summit/Global Accessibility Week/Neurodiversity Celebration Week/Pride/Black History Month) and our communities like the Neurodiveristy Network, Women @ Keywords, Women in Games Ambassadors.

Learning and Skills

As we progress in our journey we want to ensure everyone has the skills they need for an inclusive Keywords culture. To do this our learning programme covers topics from foundational concepts to inclusive leadership for senior managers.

Get to know us

Here are some of the highlights from our from our studios so far. Read more below.

A group of employees from Keywords Studios posing together and holding Pride flags.

LGBTQI+ Inclusion at Keywords Mexico

Connected at Electric Square and Lively

Neuroinclusion at Keywords Australia

Partnerships

We believe in the power of partnerships to achieve our diversity and inclusion goals. Meet the organisations that we are proud to partner with.

Women in Games

Women in Games Ambassador Programme is powered by Keywords Studios.

Established in 2016 the Women in Games Individual Ambassador Programme consists of a worldwide network of individuals engaged with Women in Games mission to support, empower and celebrate talented women in the games industry and esports. This programme exists to empower individuals to take action through collaborative, connected, diverse networks.

We continue to collaborate on this important work, helping the Individual Ambassador community which is now over 2,000-strong globally, including 55 only from Keywords Studios. In 2023, Keywords Studios supported Women in Games across a number of events, including the WIG Individual Ambassador event and the WIG Annual Conference.

Design Lab London

The Design Lab is a design-led Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) programme based on participative action on Anti-racism and the dynamics of change for companies, sectors, and the wider community of London. The Design Lab works with large businesses to tackle the underrepresentation of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups in London’s labour market. Keywords Studios is part of the 2024 Creative Sector cohort, and has launched the New Game+ project as part of this initiative.

The programme is being delivered by London Equity and Design (LEAD), a partnership between DK&A, a strategic design consultancy, and The Black Leadership Group (BLG), a not-for-profit Anti-racism training organisation.