As work-from-home mandates become a new normal for many professionals across the globe, staying connected while self-isolating has become a new challenge
UTA employees join a Zoom call to chat about video games; inset: Ophir Lupu, head of games at UTA
"We were brainstorming internally about coming up with these virtual clubs and with the help of our colleagues ended up launching a number of [them]. One was gaming focused," Ophir Lupu, partner and head of games at UTA, tellsLupu and his colleagues launched an official Slack channel for UTA employees — appropriately titled Game On — and it quickly became a popular hangout across the agency's various offices and divisions.
"We sent out a survey and voted on a game we can all reasonably play in a two-week span and then talk about it. Just to show you we’re not just shills for our own clients, we picked a timely one in"When I started this Slack channel with Ophir and Alex Don in UTA’s Esports department, I knew we could make gaming a more meaningful, communal experience.
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