Award-winning Agile digital agency Manifesto, known for its work with clients including Cancer Research UK, Marie Curie, The Children’s Society, The National Trust, Tata Steel and more, today announces its merger with creative and content agency Creative Cherry.

With a new focus on delivering engaging content and technology solutions and meaningful audience-centred digital experiences, the combined agency will continue under the Manifesto banner. Mark Ellis, Tom Chapman and Al Hutchison, founders of Creative Cherry, will take up positions of creative director, strategy director and motion content director respectively. The wider Creative Cherry team will continue in their current roles in the combined agency.

The merger with Creative Cherry gives Manifesto far wider capabilities and offerings to its clients, who are mainly from the charity sector. Manifesto will now offer a broader range of services across creative, user experience, content and content strategy services including in-house film, animation and editing.

Jim Bowes, CEO and co-founder of Manifesto, says, “We’re thrilled to welcome the Creative Cherry team to Manifesto. Cherry has proven skills in connecting big brands and their audiences through carefully thought out, creative and strategic content – we’re truly excited by the disruptive force that we can become together. With ever more marketing spend moving to digital, this is a great time for a team of creatives and technologists to create the next generation of agency. That’s what we’re going to do. We’re looking forward to integrating the Cherry team into the Manifesto family.”

Mark Ellis, Director at Creative Cherry, says, "We're very excited to be joining forces with Manifesto, a successful and highly regarded agency. They are a perfect match for Creative Cherry. Our combined goal is to create ground-breaking new opportunities for our clients, by bringing creativity and technology together."