FEATURE
Welcome to the We Are Middlesbrough campaign
Home – the Big Bite offices in Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough is a place where opportunity and creativity collide . We are down to earth and proud . We are good laughers , hard grafters and fine crafters .
We are creators and entrepreneurs , key workers and volunteers .
We are artists and musicians , designers and engineers , teachers and cleaners , shop assistants and office workers . We are family and friends , community , and we are a place to call home .
The campaign will showcase some of the amazing people who live and work in our town and who help make Middlesbrough the special place it is .
Further stories and a huge wealth of information about what ’ s on , places to go and venues to eat , drink and shop in can be found at wearemiddlesbrough . com . Instagram : wearembro Facebook : We Are Middlesbrough
more than 40 per cent of the web , WordPress will be part of your daily online routine without you even realising .
Firmly cementing its place in the market , Big Bite is one of only 14 WordPress Gold Partners in the world and the only one in the UK .
“ In layman ’ s terms , WordPress VIP exists to satisfy the needs of huge enterpriselevel organisations , sites that are super high traffic or which have incredibly high needs in terms of security or functionality , offering solutions for sites with hundreds , or even thousands , of internal users or publishers .
“ Companies such as the New York Post or Wall Street Journal have thousands of journalists spread across various locations who need to get into the system every minute of the day to publish stories as they break .
“ WordPress offers a really robust solution for that kind of high demand world , and our Gold status lets everyone know that WordPress trusts us to build some of the most complex , yet most innovative solutions on the platform .”
Aside from its work with News Corp , Big Bite also lists Amnesty International among its prestigious and influential clients , along with Gumtree , financial services and energy giant Octopus and a certain international banking institution that the team can ’ t actually speak about other than to say it has four letters and a red logo !
“ The knowledge across our team is absolutely phenomenal ,” said Phil .
“ We take WordPress and we customise it , extend it , reshape it and push it to the limits for global brands which some companies can only dream to work with .”
Pioneering , innovative , hardworking and Middlesbrough to the core , Big Bite is fiercely proud of its connection to the wider digital cluster in the town centre . It ’ s also playing its part in raising aspirations and creating well-paid , ambitious jobs in the heart of TS1 .
Working with the High Tide Foundation , Big Bite has offered digital work experience so local students can cut their teeth in a competitive industry . In addition , they independently launched a six-month training academy in 2020 for those wanting to get started in the world of development .
“ We ’ ve been pushing the message that you don ’ t have to move to a big city to get an exciting and rewarding job in tech ,” said Phil . “ In between eating PieJackers and going to Off The Ground for our coffee fix , we ’ re building some really exciting stuff right here !
“ We ’ re not alone in this though . Just upstairs in 16-26 Albert Road and down the road in the Boho buildings there are extremely talented people working on globally utilised software and household name video games that kids from around the world are obsessed with .”
The future of Middlesbrough is important to Big Bite and their fellow tech firms leading the digital boom . More modern office space , a wider choice of town centre living and better connectivity to London , as well as further afield to the world ’ s tech cities , are vital , as is hiring
the right people . “ Middlesbrough is the people , that ’ s what makes it great ,” said Phil .
“ We ’ d like to grow the team by another 10 to 15 people in the next few years , but we love being an organisation where everyone knows each other and we don ’ t want to lose that . The key to us growing is Middlesbrough growing so that we can attract talent .
“ That talent is going to want somewhere to buy a decent sandwich or have a nice coffee shop to work from . They ’ re going to want a really nice apartment close to town . They want nice offices with all the modern amenities .”
Big Bite ’ s success is in no small part down to the character and camaraderie of its team , which Phil believes represents the very best of Middlesbrough .
“ We are one of the few VIP Gold agencies who aren ’ t dispersed and if it wasn ’ t for Covid we ’ d still all be in one office . I just don ’ t think you can beat that interaction with your colleagues .
“ We ’ re honest and open , we care about the work we do and we just say exactly how it is and that ’ s definitely a Boro thing .”
It ’ s that common goal for excellence , it seems fair to assume , that will continue prompting the biggest organisations from all corners of the earth to roll out the red carpet for the world-class Big Bite .
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