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Phenomblue launches OTC Halloween Fun Hey everyone.  Update on our latest work..

Today we launched a few Halloween experiences as part of Oriental Trading Company’s Halloween interactive marketing initiative.  Oriental Trading Company asked Phenomblue to come up with some great experiences to help promote their Halloween season online.  We created 2 experiences from scratch including “Trick-or-treat Your Friends” and “Tweet A Spell”.  We also revamped “Monster Mashup” with an all new look including skins, interface components, and animation.  All of the experiences can be enjoyed at http://www.orientaltrading.com/halloweenfun .

Trick-or-treat Your Friends – http://www.trickortreatyourfriends.com

Trick-or-treat Your Friends was created out of the idea of casting your friends from Facebook in custom Halloween productions.  We shot loads of green screen video and created a ton of custom 3D and animation to bring the productions to life.  We also created a scalable interactive platform that integrates with Twitter and Facebook to cast friends in videos (from Facebook photos) and share the custom creations with your network. Trick-or-Treat Your Friends provides a tangible brand experience for OTC enabling the community to experience the “fun” while sharing it with others building a stronger social marketing platform for the OTC brand. The site is currently being considered for an FWA award at http://www.thefwa.com/submissions/trick-or-treat-your-friends. 

Tweet A Spell – http://www.tweetaspell.com

Tweet A Spell integrates with Twitter to create custom spells from the most frequently used words in your friend’s tweets.  You can “cast a spell” on someone on Twitter and they will be notified with a link back to the spell on the website.  Tweet A Spell provides OTC a compelling and interactive way to integrate Twitter into their social marketing platform.

Man, we’ve been cranking out work lately and here’s a sample. More to come as there are literally tens of projects in the cue for promotion.

Working with our partners at Tribal, we just launched several Facebook experiences aimed at integrating the Facebook community with the Office Max brand around the Back-To-School push.  All together, the strategy yielded 4 experiences including badges, games, quizzes, and the almighty personality test.  Take a look at our book for more info on each project, or you can click through now to the Office Max Facebook page and experience all the work live.

http://www.facebook.com/officemax

If there is one single person near and dear to our hearts, it’s our Studio Manager.  Lisa has been with Phenomblue for a very long time and she’s nurtured all of us through the growth of this business from a visual effects start-up in a closet sized office you’d never find, to an industry leading digital agency.  While we wish Lisa a fond farewell on her journey to the West Coast, we’re now faced with replacing an icon.

Phenomblue is growing faster than anyone could have imagined and this hire comes at a key point in our story as we continue to build out the infrastructure to support our success. If you think you have what it takes to work day in and day out with one of the most talented teams in the business, filling the shoes as our new hero, we want to hear from you.

What we need:

• 2-3 years experience in an accounting role with significant exposure to GL management, hands on experience with accounting software, and a strong familiarity with other aspects of typical accounting practices
• High level energy; a prototypical overachiever
• High attention to detail and very good personal skills
• Ability to work independently
• Experience running an office environment including in house and virtual staff
• Willingness to bend over backwards in almost any capacity to fill the requests of the business on a day to day basis
  

• Administrative assistant duties to the Phenomblue team including the CEO, Business Development, and everyone else.
• Company bookkeeping including management of AR, AP, and collection efforts.
• Light facilities management (in conjunction with building mgmt)
• Nutritional management (keeping the fridge and cupboards stocked with energy for our teams)
• Managing incoming/outgoing mail and shipments
• Various other duties involved with keeping the Phenomblue machine running smoothly
  

• Flexible working schedule (Mandatory in office hours 9:00AM – 3:30PM), with outside accessibility via cell phone
• Extremely casual and fun working environment with very talented people
• Paid vacation, holidays, and various company retreats/outings
• Fully paid single health/dental/eye/LTD/STD/and life insurance
• Respect and gratitude of the entire team
  

To the haters, the players, and everyone else we love:

Since our doors opened in 2003 we haven’t stopped growing long enough to come up for air.  Keeping up with the volume of business we’ve been fortunate enough to win has been both exciting and challenging.  As our friends know, our company culture is the backbone of our success. You can experience it deeply rooted within each customer contact and every detail of our work.  We’ve been very diligent about growing our organization with passionate people that embody the kinds of talent, values, and work ethic our clients and partners are proud to be a part of.  For that we’ve won the admiration of the best of our peers, the most complimentary validation we can hope for.  It’s our intention to continue this tradition.

We’ve grown through 2 major development cycles at Phenomblue in the past 7 years and we’re about to start the third.  This time, in addition to recruiting in Omaha, we’re putting down roots 1200 miles away.

For the past several months we’ve been semi-secretly setting up shop in NYC. Tentative digs right now in Brooklyn with a long term location in the works.  We’re hoping to join many of our creative friends in DUMBO this fall.  It’s a been a lot of work setting up the business and each day is another challenge but we’re excited about the opportunity to join a flourishing creative market and the possibilities this move provides our current and future clients.  Having said that, Omaha will continue to be home base.

Our first draft pick in the NYC expansion draft is Sid Brown.  Sid Brown joins us with the focus of helping develop a presence in New York City, serve as an agency advocate, and to help develop compelling digital solutions for their brands. A 12 year veteran of the advertising industry, he brings with him experience in Account Management and Business Development, traditional and interactive communications, and agency-side experience ranging from start-ups to global networks.

Prior to joining Phenomblue, he held positions at McGarryBowen, Atmosphere BBDO, and Young & Rubicam. Sid’s category experience is quite diverse and includes brands such as Verizon, AT&T, Century 21, Kraft, CA, Ericsson and the US Census. 

Sid holds a BS in Marketing and Minor in Fine Arts from Cornell University. Originally hailing from Santa Barbara, CA, he now resides in Brooklyn with his girlfriend Kate and more comic books than he knows what do with.

Welcome to the crew Sid.  Is this where we say “I heart NY”?

Thanks.

Joe

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Phenomblue Jingle.mp3 (3461 KB)

What was once lost and forgotten was found this afternoon.  Here you go ladies and gents in all its glory: The Phenomblue Jingle.  This was created by some friends after the introduction from one of our partners @dustyd (we call him the Jingle Master).  Our only direction was to read the website (at the time), use auto-tune, and make sure some rap was included.  Hysterical..