{"id":4251394,"date":"2019-05-01T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/insight\/dept-expands-senior-team-in-manchester-with-double-appointment\/"},"modified":"2019-05-01T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T13:02:00","slug":"dept-expands-senior-team-in-manchester-with-double-appointment","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-uki\/insight\/dept-expands-senior-team-in-manchester-with-double-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"DEPT\u00ae expands senior team in Manchester with double appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tBack to all articles\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n<\/button>\n\t\tDEPT\u00ae expands senior team in Manchester with double appointment\t<\/h1>
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\tDEPT\u00ae is expanding its senior team in Manchester with the appointment of Farooq Ansari as Business Development Director and Phil Williams as Senior UX Designer.\t<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\tAnsari has more than 13 years\u2019 experience in the digital sector and before joining DEPT\u00ae was the CEO of Reason Digital for three years prior to moving into a Commercial Director role at Manchester\u2019s Space 48.
Williams has more than 12 years\u2019 experience in digital design and user experience and was most recently the Head of UX and Optimisation at PRWD.

DEPT\u00ae\u2019s UK team has doubled its workforce in the past six months through the\u00a0acquisition of Manchester digital agency e3creative<\/a>, alongside organic growth.

Key clients include PlayStation, O2, Triumph Motorcycles, Formula E, Bourne Leisure, Karen Millen, Ann Summers and Johnson Matthey.

Jasper van de Luijtgaarden, Managing Director of DEPT\u00ae UK & US, said: \u201c In an industry that is so reliant on talent, we are extremely fortunate to have secured Farooq and Phil. The pair enter DEPT\u00ae with extensive knowledge in the digital sector that will be fundamental in propelling the business forward.\u201d

Ansari said: \u201cIt\u2019s a great time to join DEPT\u00ae with the agency thriving and going from strength to strength. DEPT\u00ae has been on my radar since the agency\u2019s inception; I\u2019ve always admired their varied projects from web and app development to digital marketing campaigns and enterprise-level software.

\u201cThere is so much to mention when speaking about DEPT\u00ae, I won\u2019t be short for words with their integrated proposition, which makes my new position very interesting.\u201d

Williams added: \u201cThe bar is set high when you join an international agency, especially when you\u2019ll be working within a multi-award winning creative team, but I\u2019m very excited for the challenge ahead.\u201d\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t