{"id":4251296,"date":"2020-02-13T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/insight\/dept-celebrates-partnerships-with-the-digital-city-festival\/"},"modified":"2020-02-13T11:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T11:33:00","slug":"dept-celebrates-partnerships-with-the-digital-city-festival","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-uki\/insight\/dept-celebrates-partnerships-with-the-digital-city-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"DEPT\u00ae partners with Manchester’s Digital City Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\tDEPT\u00ae is gearing up for a city take over a campaign aiming to drive widespread brand awareness across Manchester. With the message \u2018Accelerate Your Digital Reality\u2019, DEPT\u00ae is provoking Mancunians to step up their game in design and technology. The message is communicated in a creative way, captivating peers in the industry and enabling them to experience the many dimensions of DEPT\u00ae.\t<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\tBrian Robinson, Managing Director of DEPT\u00ae UK, said: \u201cManchester is establishing itself as a global hub for tech innovation. It\u2019s an exceptional city to accelerate business and DEPT\u00ae is committed to driving the industry forward, through laying the foundation for future growth. We\u2019re proud to be part of\u00a0Digital City Festival<\/a>; it combines creativity, technology and data seamlessly, similarly to the approach DEPT\u00ae leads as an integrated digital agency.\u201d

The core of DEPT\u00ae\u2019s campaign is centered around the agency\u2019s involvement in the Digital City Festival with various activities planned between March 9th and 13th of this year. 2020 marks the first year of the festival, combining three flagships events into one with ambitions of becoming the top UK\u2019s industry showcase.

In a\u00a0Prolific North article<\/a>\u00a0published about the event, DEPT\u00ae was referred to as the Digital City Champions for the agency\u2019s mass involvement.\u00a0

\u201cDigital City Festival provides a platform for DEPT\u00ae to give back to the industry by sharing knowledge in our talks and events, as well as connect skills and resources on a local level. DEPT\u00ae is stepping forward in a big way that showcases our global brand philosophy of encouraging people to enjoy what they do, work hard and celebrate success, said Jake Welsh, Creative Director of DEPT\u00ae in the UK.

Throughout the festival, DEPT\u00ae is exhibiting in the eCommerce Zone at Digital City Expo with an experience-led stand that\u2019s sure to be a crowd-pleaser. And also within the expo venue, DEPT\u00ae is sponsoring the central bar, a 360-degree meeting point which will feature a DJ all day on both days. Here, DEPT\u00ae will also host the official exhibitors\u2019 drinks at the end of the expo\u2019s first day. Later that evening, DEPT\u00ae has organised a free afterparty \u2013\u00a0Cross The Line\u00a0\u2013 at Manchester\u2019s coolest new venue, Viadux, just a couple of minutes\u2019 walk from the Convention centre with delicious food from the True Reds BBQ truck to enjoy alongside some bevvies and sounds of the Kultura Collective DJ sets.

As the Digital City Champions, DEPT\u00ae is running two fringe events. The first is \u2018Architecting the modern digital experience\u2019, held on March 10th at DEPT\u00ae\u2019s office in Manchester, and covers how headless will be the foundation of modern digital experiences. The second, hosted on March 13th, is the official\u00a0Coffee4Craig brand launch.\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t