Time for an executive conversation

Executive Conversation partners with ChannelReady, digital media, social learning, and search

January 7th, 2011 – Executive Conversation offers global learning and consulting services which help companies successfully sell business value. They serve the needs of 11 of the top 100 Fortune 500 Companies.

As EVP of Executive Conversation, Eric Beckman says “ChannelReady has worked with Executive Conversation for many years, so it made sense to continue our strategic relationship. Spanning a wide-range of services, we look to ChannelReady for creative digital media solutions which impact our customers and get real results.”

“We recently developed a new Partner Portal to help expand our learning expertise into different markets. We were able to get our portal up quickly; we couldn’t achieve an accelerated design/build process without the modular approach, technology frameworks and deep experience offered by the team at ChannelReady.”

Learn about Executive Conversation online @ www.conversation.com

Touring a cutting-edge data center, virtually

South Hill Data Center, a high capacity green data center, Seattle, WA

January 14th, 2011 – South Hill Data Center is located 33 minutes from SeaTac International airport, offering many competitive advantages; clean power, low power cost and industry-leading energy efficiency.

ChannelReady conceptualized, designed, and built the South Hill website and associated marketing collateral, including a fully interactive virtual tour that highlights all the unique features of the facility.

“Our creative team did a great job developing a new look and sense of style for South Hill. We worked directly with Lisa Goodman Benaroya’s Marketing Director, the buildings’ owner, architect and engineering firms to accurately organize the new website content, requiring a lot of planning and attention to details. We managed onsite photography shoots and developed expanded content for a new interactive guided tour,” says Frank Chenn, one of ChannelReady’s Executive Producers.

Interested in learning more, view the South Hill website and Interactive Guided Tour online @ www.southhilldatacenter.com

Bringing sales training to life with motion graphics

RR Donnelly presents Pivot, an end-to-end solution for multi-channel delivery

January 21st, 2011 - PIVOT is an innovative solution set dedicated to the design, creation, management, tracking, and distribution of transactional communications for multi-channel presentment and delivery (www.rrdonnelley.com/bcs).

When RR Donnelly needed a rich media demo for Pivot, they turned to ChannelReady. We worked closely with them to create a series of compelling videos complete with 2D and 3D motion graphics, photography, custom charts and graphs, and a sparkling soundtrack. We then packaged these videos up in an intuitive interactive framework, allowing the viewer to choose their own path through the content, creating a unique viewing experience.

“The video tells the story in a way customers are familiar with” says Ted Evans, ChannelReady’s VP of Creative “the interface allows them to follow their interest interactively and stay engaged. It’s really the best of both worlds.”

The ChannelReady creative and design team used a wide variety of software to create the unique visual elements throughout the demo, including Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Photoshop. Our development team used Adobe Flash, MSFT .NET and jQuery to bring it all together.

Reaching retail customers through diverse marketing channels

Savers partners with ChannelReady, Digital Media Agency 2011

January 28th, 2011 – SAVERS | VALUE VILLAGE is a retail company with over 271 stores located in the United States, Canada, and Australia. As a leader and pioneer in the retail thrift industry, they also partner with over 140 nonprofit alliances which share their core values of giving back and providing opportunities for others.

As part of our growing relationship with Savers | Value Village, we were honored to become their digital media agency for 2011. We support increased growth across web, mobile, in-store, and emerging marketing channels.

“Out-of-the-box creative thinking, compelling design services, and an integrated technology approach is how we help Savers’ marketing strategy succeed” says Vicky Speake, ChannelReady’s VP of Technology.

See Savers online @ www.savers.com

Partnering to grow new business

Emerald City Graphics partners with ChannelReady, digital media, mobile, and emerging print publishing opportunities

February 4th, 2011 – Emerald City Graphics is a top regional Northwest printer providing the local community with print and packaging solutions. Emerald City is also part of the Consolidated Graphics family of companies, one of the North America’s leading printing companies.

ChannelReady and Emerald City Graphics agreed to a digital media partnership to explore emerging digital media, mobile, and print publishing opportunities.

“ChannelReady is one of the few companies with integrated cross-media experience, spanning emerging and traditional media. With our partnership, we offer a thoroughly integrated print to rich media experience, and an extensive suite of technologies developed over many years” said Mark Steiner, President of Emerald City Graphics. “We work with top-notch creative people every day, so we’re excited to explore new opportunities with ChannelReady.”

Find out more about Emerald City Graphics online @www.emeraldcg.com

Sprockit Studios Launch

ChannelReady launches Sprockit Studios, entertainment for a portable world

February 18th, 2011 – creates entertainment for a mobile world; developing games, interactive apps, widgets, social and digital media for multiple platforms including smart phones, tablets and the web. Sprockit is developing several projects for 2011 - 2012 release, including a themed casual game environment called Haunted Castle and Panopticon an episodic interactive murder mystery set in a multi-dimensional city.

“We’re excited about the opportunities for entertainment on mobile devices, but we also see untapped potential on the web and emerging pad/portable devices” says Frank Chenn, Sprockit’s CEO. “Our executive team lived and thrived through CD-ROM, the launch of the web, and mobile revolutions, so we really ‘get’ digital entertainment.”

“We have a sense of what consumers like and don’t like and what they’re willing to pay for,” says Ted Evans, Sprockit’s VP of Creative, “but we’re also listening to the market. There’s a lot of badly executed stuff out there and a glut of ‘me toos’. We want to develop really unique, creative content for an audience that appreciates quality story-telling, top-notch artwork, craftsmanship, and production value.”

Interested in learning more, watch for Sprockit online @ http://www.sprockitstudios.com

Savers | Value Village is no ordinary store and our team is extraordinary too!

Savers | Value Village works with ChannelReady, interactive career tour

February 25th, 2011 – SAVERS | VALUE VILLAGE is a retail company with over 271 stores located in the United States, Canada, and Australia. As a leader and pioneer in the retail thrift industry, they also partner with over 140 nonprofit alliances which share their core values of giving back and providing opportunities for others.

When you work at Savers | Value Village, you’re part of a progressive company that’s doing meaningful work for non-profits and having a lot of fun in the process. Whether you’re on the sales floor, the loading dock or behind the scenes, a career at Savers / Value Village offer a culture and a conscience you won’t find anywhere else.

“Encapsulating job opportunities is what the interactive Career Tour is all about,” says Renee Morin, Project Manager @ ChannelReady. “We wanted to expose the personalities of the people and provide a quick way to find the career you’re looking, it’s very simple and effective. “

See the interactive Career Tour online @ http://www.valuevillage.com/Savers-Career-Tour.aspx