360i News

Let’s be honest – we’re digital strategists, not interior designers. But that doesn’t mean we can’t try our hand at other crafts, or harness the creativity and innovation of our employees in the name of more artistic pursuits. Perhaps as a result of watching a little too much Design Star, our Atlanta team recently held an office-wide competition – Cubes2Cribz – which challenged employees to transform their work areas into posh living spaces.

Here’s how it worked: We divided into ten teams based on workspace location and the big bosses gave each team a $200 American Express gift card, which we could use to make our design dreams a reality. In addition to going all out to transform our cubes to cribs, we were also asked to concoct a custom drink to go with our themes.

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Time Out magazine recently published its “Best Jobs” list, which spotlights the coolest places to work in New York City. Though the special does feature some pretty sweet digs (and some substantial new media/tech representation from places like Tumblr and Gawker), we think we have comparable perks in our own offices across the country.

In the spirit of #findajobfriday, we’ve put together a list of some reasons why we love working at 360i – these of course in addition to serving as strategic advisors to our growing roster of big brand clients.

1. Drinking on the job (Calm yourselves and keep reading…). Okay, so our world famous Tweeting Bar doesn’t actually open for business until 5 p.m. – BUT, there is something to be said for the seamless work day-Happy Hour transition that such technological innovation affords. Can you imagine being notified of a near-empty keg via Twitter back in your college days? Revolutionary.

2. Ping pong. When it comes to ping pong, our Atlanta team isn’t messing around. In between brainstorm sessions and strategy meetings, you can find ATL 360i-ers blowing off some steam at the office table – which you can check in to on Foursquare. (P.S. You can pong in NYC too, but you’ve gotta do so via the office Wii.)

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As is true at most agencies, we tend to keep ourselves pretty busy around here. And when we’re not crafting social media strategies, executing large-scale search marketing campaigns, designing enterprise websites and… well, you get the idea, we can be found testing out the newest tech toys, winning divisional softball championships (congrats to our 2010 squad), volunteering in the community, grabbing drinks at the Tweeting Bar and – dancing.

Yes, dancing. Over the past few months 360i employees have been going head-to-head in a fierce Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) competition, which culminated late last week. As a departure from our usual collaborative spirit, the contest featured some seriously epic battles – and none was more drama-filled than the final matchup between Eric Bacolas, VP of HR, and Senior Motion Designer Jesse Shaver.

Eric Bacolas (left) and Jesse Shaver

The finals featured two men of very different talents: Eric with his penchant for attracting and retaining some of the industry’s top talent, inspiring collaboration across offices and practice groups and making 360i an amazing place to work; and Jesse, with his crazy impressive design chops that generate rich experiences via websites, display ads and other online destinations.

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Each week we share some of our latest career opportunities on Twitter as part of #findajobfriday. This week, we’re taking things up a notch by running down 16 positions at three 360i offices across the country. See something you like? Learn a bit more about us and apply today.

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Marvel’s Create Your Own Comic microsite recently picked up a Best in Class Award in the Entertainment category at the Interactive Media Awards (IMA) competition. The IMAs honor excellence in web design and development.

The Best in Class Award is the highest honor granted by the IMAs, with winners representing “the very best in planning, execution and overall professionalism.” The Create Your Own Comic microsite earned 492 points out of a possible 500, making it eligible for inclusion in the IMA’s Top 10 Websites of the Year list.

Marvel Entertainment partnered with 360i’s Creative & Technology group to create a fully interactive destination within the Marvel.com family, fostering creativity and imagination among kids and parents. The action-packed microsite allows visitors to fully customize their own comic strip or book from start to finish, empowering them to create their own layout/design, choose backgrounds and settings – and even add fully editable characters from Marvel’s Superhero Squad.

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The Red Roof Inn website was recently named a Best in Class winner in the Hotel & Resort category in the Interactive Media Awards (IMA) competition, which honors excellence in web design and development. Red Roof Inn partnered with 360i on the extensive site redesign earlier this year, which aimed to refresh the creative, usability and functionality of the brand’s online hub.

360i approached the redesign project with Red Roof Inn’s long-term strategic goals top of mind. In order to more fully understand the brand vision – and the persona of their customer base – we worked closely with the internal Red Roof Inn staff and utilized market research to ensure an optimal customer experience on the new site.

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We’re proud to announce that 360i and Universal Studios Home Entertainment have been honored with two Awards of Distinction at the 16th Annual Communicator Awards.

In the Public Relations category, 360i and Universal Studios Home Entertainment won an award for a Digital Word of Mouth campaign to drive awareness of its “Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas” DVD among a new generation of children – and inspire parents to relive their own childhood memories with the classic character.

To cut through the noise of the busy holiday season, Universal Studies Home Entertainment partnered with 360i’s digital publicity team on a high-impact DWOM effort that provided busy moms with digital assets (like exclusive trailers) and Curious George “Monkey Madness” packs that allowed them to host special viewing parties for their children and their friends.

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