Agency embraces benefits of collaboration with move to permanent base

Events production agency, We Love This, has chosen Department Leeds Dock as its permanent base, moving from remote working to the tech, media, creative, and digital workplace destination.

The agency has crafted live experiences for some of the world’s biggest national and international brands over the last decade, including Puma, Unilever, Primark, and Pinterest, and has selected the space to enhance creativity and enable a greater collaborative experience.

The 475 sq ft suite will support the agency’s 17 strong workforce as it moves to a hybrid working set-up, after going fully remote during the pandemic.

We Love This will have at least 12 members of the team working from Department regularly.

Catherine Symonds, people, culture and operations director at the agency, said: “We needed a space where work and life can coexist with the wellness and social aspects of our daily lives, and Department ticked all those boxes.

“Moving our team from entirely remote to hybrid and in-person has allowed us to create an open and collaborative culture that technology alone was unable to provide.

“Given the collaborative, creative nature of our business, we massively value any opportunity to sit in an open room and brainstorm and bounce ideas off one another – discussing ideas and concepts across the table and over a coffee, or cocktail, can’t be paralleled through a screen.

“As a small team, we truly see the benefits of being back in a physical space and building personal connections. Department is such a lovely setting to do it in too.”

Anthony Powell, managing director of Department, said: “We Love This have made their suite home already and we’re really excited to have them here.

“The team are a valued part of our community and it’s great to have so many creative people amongst our founding members.

“We recognise that the way businesses work has changed, and Department Leeds Dock has been curated to foster creativity and collaboration between a team, when they meet in person.”