About Us

We are a full service digital agency specialising in crafting fully bespoke websites and marketing brands online.

Headquartered in Ancoats, Manchester, we’re a vibrant mix of experienced and enthusiastic people and together we offer a high quality in-house service for our nationwide clients of all shapes and sizes.

We provide the best web design Manchester has to offer, a level of customer service that means consistently exceeding expectations, and an ethos of doing the highest quality work we possibly can.

Pixel Kicks team

Meet The Team

Chris has over 25 years of web design & development experience and is a well respected name in the Manchester digital agency scene. Chris leads and shapes the vision for Pixel Kicks to continually deliver exceptional results for clients.

Chris Buckley

Founder, MD

Turhan has been working in the tech industry since 2003. Collaborating closely with Chris and helping to drive our business strategy, he also oversees the web team and manages our larger projects.

Turhan

Operations Director

Jamie has a wealth of experience in the ecommerce website industry, and brings a wide range of skills to the team. Jamie can help guide you through the whole website process from idea to reality.

Jamie Bray

Commercial Lead

Emma is our longest serving team member, joining us in 2012. She drives our flagship SEO campaigns forward, and collaborates with other team members on data-driven content plans to improve keyword rankings.

Emma Clure

SEO Lead

Faye joined our team in 2021, and she devises, plans and executes social media strategies for our clients. She also specialises in food and product photography, and can create scroll-stopping content to match your strategies.

Faye Valentine

Social Media & Photography Lead

Luke has a career grounded in branding and graphic design. This, and a strong appreciation for website UI and UX means his creative output is perfect for the modern, digital world.

Luke Ratcliffe

Lead Designer

Justyna joined the team in 2023 in the UX capacity. She has an appreciation for anything creative and digital, keeping an eye on the latest trends.

Justyna Kowalska

UI/UX Designer

Rob's expertise in website and application design has helped organisations and small businesses achieve commercial and non-commercial wins for many, many years.

Rob Hufton

CRO & UX Lead

Manan is a web developer passionate about the latest technologies. A super clean-coder, he's always keen to learn new technologies. His hobbies are travelling, music and gaming... he loves to play Counter Strike with office colleagues.

Manan Vyas

Senior Developer

Matt is one of our resident web developers, and is passionate about creating readable, scalable, beautiful code to a high standard. He's always on the lookout for new and emerging technology to stay up-to-date.

Matt Hamer

Developer

Joe joined our growing team in 2022. He loves writing clean, optimised code using the latest technologies and is excited to help make our pixel perfect website designs a reality.

Joe Tynan

Developer

Joining our development team in 2024, James has good experience in a variety of different CMS and languages from working in multiple agencies over the country.

James Knowles

Developer

Fred has been with Pixel Kicks since 2019, originally working as a digital marketing executive before transitioning over to the web development team, where he now helps to oversee projects from start to finish.

Fred Burrow

Project Manager

Jordan is a dedicated member of our projects team, bringing a high level of organisation. Currently pursuing PRINCE2 and Scrum Master certifications, he is committed to expanding his expertise. On weekends, he also embraces sailing and embarks on exciting adventures.

Jordan Porter

Project Coordinator

It takes an experienced technical mind and a degree in Astrophysics to manage the nuts and bolts of our servers, and luckily Dominic has both. Dom is known for his IT expertise and building the Pixel Kicks server network as we know it.

Dominic

DevOps Manager

Helen possesses a well-rounded knowledge of the full digital marketing spectrum, but specialises in working on SEO and PPC campaigns. With a real talent for writing, she brings a professional attitude and high quality output to the team.

Helen Goodyear

Digital Marketing Executive

Joining our marketing team in 2023, Molly has experience working on SEO, PPC and social media projects. She also has a strong creative skillset, and regularly contributes to our content shoots. Molly's a keen office darts player, and outside of work likes a good kickabout.

Molly Barton

Digital Marketing Executive

Joining our digital marketing team in 2024, Eve has a keen creative eye for social media, and works on campaigns across our key digital marketing services. Outside of work, she enjoys taking her Hungarian Vizsla, Fergus, out for walks.

Eve Gilbert

Digital Marketing Executive

Curtis joined Pixel Kicks in 2024, bringing valuable expertise in development and digital marketing. A key member of the Digital Marketing team, he drives our core services. Outside of work, Curtis loves live gigs and is a loyal—if often tested—fan of Middlesbrough FC.

Curtis Munkley

Digital Marketing Executive

Our Achievements

Digital Agency of the Year 2021, Finalist 2020, Finalist 2019

Northern Marketing Awards

Finalist 2021

Northern Digital Awards

Finalist Best Ecommerce Website 2019

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Winners of Best Website 2018

What our clients say

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