Careers at AFI
We're a small team that does serious work for global clients. Here's what that actually looks and feels like every day.
The Culture
Although everyone says it, in our case it is genuinely true: the key to AFI's success lies in our team. Each of our people is exceptional in their own right, but it's their combined effort — and their shared commitment to doing excellent work for global clients — that makes AFI a genuinely rewarding place to build a career.
We are a small team. That means you get real ownership of your work from day one — not a sub-task on someone else's project, but meaningful responsibility for a client outcome. It also means you're never invisible. The contribution you make is visible to the whole team and directly valued by the clients you work with.
Our clients are demanding, in the best sense of the word. They're enterprises, UN agencies, international publishers, and NGOs who have high standards for the digital work they commission. Working at AFI means your baseline standard of quality is constantly being set by organizations that have seen a lot of digital work and know what excellence looks like.
We take the work seriously. We celebrate outcomes. We support each other through the difficult stretches that come with every ambitious project. And we genuinely enjoy what we do — which, when you're doing serious work for global organizations that matters, is not something to take for granted.
What We Value
We hire people who are genuinely good at their specific discipline — not people who are good at presenting as good. We value depth of practice over breadth of portfolio, and we create the conditions for people to go deep on the work that matters most.
At AFI, you own outcomes — not deliverables. The distinction matters. Owning an outcome means caring about whether the work achieved its purpose, not just whether it was delivered. We value people who hold that line even when it requires difficult conversations.
We value direct, clear communication — in client interactions, in peer feedback, and in how we raise concerns internally. We don't want people who manage up carefully; we want people who say clearly what they think needs to change and why, and who take the same candour from others without defensiveness.
The digital landscape shifts quickly. Our clients' needs evolve. We value people who are naturally curious about both their discipline and about the broader contexts their work lives in — and who bring that curiosity into how they approach every new problem.
We value people who genuinely care — about the quality of the work, about the experience of the people they work alongside, and about the organizations and causes their clients represent. Care is not soft. It's what makes the difference between adequate and excellent at every level.
International client work is demanding. Deadlines are real. Expectations are high. We value people who stay steady under that pressure — who communicate clearly when things are difficult, find solutions rather than escalate problems, and maintain the quality of their work even when the timeline is tight.
From the Team