Barksfield notched up four-years at Brand Fuel, where he worked with brands including Google, YouTube and BMI. Before this he worked as a production manager at special effects company Time Slice Films.
In his new role he will oversee existing client activity with a focus on new technologies and operational growth.
Paul Saville, client services director at Ignite, said Barksfield will help drive the agency forward as it continues to invest in the latest innovations and technologies.
"Ru has a wide range of experience and has worked with world class brands. With almost seven years of experiential, event marketing and project management expertise, Ru combines creativity with a keen business mind, making him a perfect fit for Ignite."
Barksfield added: "Ignite is the fastest moving, most adept and well-equipped experiential agency in Europe. All the agency’s work is world class and the sheer scale and quality that the team consistently outputs is phenomenal. Ignite’s ambition to be the best experiential agency on the market delivering consistently excellent results, tells me that this is the ideal home for me."
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