Following a management buyout of Orange Digital, the team is relaunching as Hiveworks, a design agency which will focus on all aspects of digital marketing, including visual design, ideation, implementation and consultancy.

Led by ex-Orange Digital CEO Pierre Briffaut, the agency brings together experts from the fields of strategy, creativity and technology to solve digital-focused business problems for clients.

Hiveworks has secured its former owner Orange as its first key client, with confirmed briefs from other key clients tackling areas as diverse as business intelligence, big data and content migration.

“We are very excited by the launch of Hiveworks as a fully independent agency,” said Briffaut. “We are delighted that we have secured Orange as our founding client and we are already working together on a series of briefs. We believe the seamless way we mix our creative, technology and strategic disciplines will unlock powerful opportunities for our clients.”

“Orange Digital has been delivering highly reliable digital projects for our European operations and we are very supportive of the creation of Hiveworks following its successful growth,” said Gervais Pellissier, CEO delegate and executive director in change of Europe Operations (excluding France) for Orange. “We look forward to continuing this work with Pierre and his team. We trust their expertise will benefit great brands that need a very nimble and reliable partner to drive them where they need to be in the digital space.”

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