a digital agency founded in vancouver in 1999 by david gratton . clients have included bioware 1 arc teryx 2 turn 10 studios 3 mattel nbc viacom and bmw . the award winning 4 agency specializes in digital strategy web and app development customer engagement user experience design and technical problem solving . work at play employs over 15 people . work at play type private industry digital agency & services founded 1999 headquarters vancouver british columbia canada key people david gratton ceo ani phelan director of operations lorraine chisholm director of user experience christopher brandt director of technology products customer engagement web & app development audience mental models user research ux design ar vr franchise hubs consumer journeys number of employees 15 2016 slogan the art & science of customer engagement website www.workatplay.com work at play previously operated as donat group enterprises before a major re branding in early 2009 . recognition and awards edit 2016 game marketing award for best use of social media 5 2015 gold w3 award for user experience 6 2015 gold w3 award for television website 7 2015 gold communicator award for web applications 2015 silver w3 award for directory or search engine 8 2012 best commercial concept & vobile tvsync sponsor award at tv hackfest san francisco 9 2010 adcc gold award in interactive media for knowledge 2010 w3 silver award for knowledge 2010 2nd place at canary derby charity event 2010 honored at the graphex awards for knowledge tv channel website redesign 10 2010 named one of british columbia s top 5 digital tech & tech services companies to work for by bc business magazine 2010 ceo david gratton featured in vancouver sun article top 10 movers and shakers with cutting edge innovations 2010 rose to 13th fastest growing company in business in vancouver magazine s rankings 2010 named canada s 53rd fastest growing company in profit magazine s profit 100 rankings 11 2009 recognized as the 23rd fastest growing company by business by vancouver magazine references edit bioware dragon age keep case study . arc teryx shell finder case study . turn 10 studios forza hub case study . project ckp wins 2016 game marketing award . work at play wins 2016 game marketing award with eidos montreal and goldtooth creative . gold winner user experience . 2015 w awards . gold winner television website . 2015 w awards . silver winner directory or search engine . 2015 w awards . vobile tv hackfest competition work at play wins best utilized api . vobile . graphex 2010 canadian graphic design awards . http list.canadianbusiness.com rankings profit100 2010 displayprofile.aspx profile 53 external links edit official site work at play blog retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title work at play & oldid 727626072 categories companies based in vancouvercompanies established in 1999internet companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 june 2016 at 05 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view