We are

Turnitin

We are a diverse, passionate group of people who have served the global education community since 1998. Our technology promotes honesty, consistency and fairness across all areas of education and academic research.

Turnitin Leadership

Turnitin Careers

Our mission

To ensure the integrity of global education and research.

What we stand for

Customer Centric

Our mission is focused on improving learning outcomes; we do this by putting educators and learners at the centre of everything we do.

Passion for Learning

We are committed to our own learning and growth internally. And we support education and learning around the world.

Integrity

Integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitin—it is the core of our products, the way we treat each other and how we work with our customers and vendors.

Action & Ownership

We have a bias toward action and empower teammates to make decisions.

One Team

We strive to break down silos, collaborate effectively and celebrate each others' successes.

Global Mindset

We respect local cultures and embrace diversity. We think globally in all that we do to maximise our impact on education.

A legacy of serving the education community through innovation

2023

Turnitin launches AI writing detection capabilities in Turnitin Feedback Studio (TFS), TFS with Originality, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity, Simcheck, Originality Check and Originality Check+.

2021

Turnitin acquires ProctorExam, a global leader in proctoring technology; Gradehub, adding to our growing assessment capabilities; and Ouriginal, to help institutions promote academic integrity globally.

2020

Turnitin acquires ExamSoft, expanding its portfolio to include a robust assessment platform serving education, certification, and licensure programs.

2019

Turnitin joins the Advance family of companies, a long-term home for enhancing our core products and investing in emerging technologies.

2018

Turnitin acquires Gradescope, broadening its offerings to deliver high-quality, consistent assessment across all assignment types and subject areas.

2016

Feedback Studio launches. This tool combines best-in-class similarity checking with formative feedback and grading tools to support student writing.

2014

Turnitin invests in machine intelligence technology, and with the acquisition of Lightside Labs expands its time-saving features to include direct-to-student feedback.

2010

Responding to the educational community’s need for streamlined tools, Turnitin designs similarity checking, online grading, and peer review into a single service.

2007

CrossRef begins an exclusive partnership with Turnitin to develop its unparalleled scholarly content database for similarity checking.

2000

Turnitin.com introduces and launches similarity checking, leveraging database pattern-matching technology developed from the Berkeley students’ doctoral research.

Our commitment to a diverse & inclusive workplace

Turnitin promotes an inclusive workplace, bringing talented people together to thrive as their authentic selves. We work to build equitable, diverse teams around the world. Here is our progress in this journey so far.

See our global commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging

Gender
Global Employees as of Q4 2023

Asia Pacific

Female

47.0%

Male

53.0%

Europe, Middle East, Africa

Female

44.2%

Male

55.8%

Latin America

Female

47.5%

Male

50.0%

Non-binary

2.5%

North America

Female

43.9%

Male

55.7%

Non-binary

0.5%

Total

Female

44.7%

Male

55.0%

Non-binary

0.3%

Gender
Global Director + as of Q4 2023

Female

47.1%

Male

52.9%

Non-binary

Ethnicity
US only Employees as of Q4 2023

Asian

12.9%

Black or African American

10.3%

Hispanic or Latino

10.6%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

0.5%

Two or More Races

4.7%

White

60.3%

Ethnicity
US only Director + as of Q4 2023

Asian

12.7%

Black or African American

11.1%

Hispanic or Latino

6.4%

Two or More Races

3.2%

White

65.1%

Our Progress

In Q3 2020, we committed to diversifying our workforce. Since then:

+11.1PP

Black or African American in leadership representation (US)

Q3 2020: 0.0%
Q4 2023: 11.1%

+3.4PP

Hispanic or Latino in leadership representation (US)

Q3 2020: 3.0%
Q4 2023: 6.4%

+2.6PP

Hispanic or Latino representation (US)

Q3 2020: 8.0%
Q4 2023: 10.6%

+2.3PP

Black or African American representation (US)

Q3 2020: 8.0%
Q4 2023: 10.3%

+7.4PP

Women-identifying representation on our Senior Leadership Team (SLT)

Q3 2020: 39.0%
Q4 2023: 46.4%

(PP = Percentage point) The data in this report is collected based on employee voluntary self-identification and is rounded. We collect race and gender data to help us measure progress on our diversity efforts and to comply with our government record keeping obligations. Diversity data is collected and used in accordance with all applicable international data protection legislation.