Arkadium Named “Best Place to Work”
Cover Story of Inc. Magazine’s June Issue Showcases Company’s Incredible History, Culture
New York – May 25, 2016 – Arkadium, the provider of interactive content including games, quizzes, video and more to the world’s biggest publishers and brands, today announced that it was recognized as a best place to work in the U.S. by Inc. Magazine. The list is Inc.’s inaugural 50 Best Workplaces, the first measurement of American companies with up to 500 employees that succeed in keeping their staff happy and productive.
With a culture that centers around the values of Fierce Drive, Positive Energy and Living a Full Life, Arkadium is focused on producing great content for its partners and an extraordinary workplace for its employees. When they co-founded Arkadium in 2001, husband and wife Kenny Rosenblatt and Jessica Rovello aimed to create “the next great company – our way” that meant creating an environment that celebrated successes big and small, valued ideas and feedback from all employees and provided a structure where people could excel in business without giving up their personal lives.
“We pride ourselves on being a close-knit team that balances our love of fun with an unrelenting drive to succeed,” said Rovello, CEO of Arkadium. “From day one, Kenny and I built Arkadium to not just a be competitive, sustainable and profitable business, but a place where people loved to come to work everyday. Being named by Inc as the Best Place to Work is a dream come true – 15 years in the making,.”
With a dedicated wall in the office for Post-It notes that feature “lil wins,” to a gamified rewards system and a rich professional development program an “employees-first” attitude is central to Arkadium’s history and culture. Both Arkadium offices, in New York City and Krasnodar, Russia, have a “joy team” of volunteer employees that meet weekly to plan events in and out of the office that reflect the company’s values. Twice annually, Arkadium pauses daily business to engage in “Jamkadium” a two-day event where employees split into teams to suggest improvements and new ideas for the company.
Inc.’s list is a magnifying glass on how innovative companies can raise the bar in hiring and keeping the best talent, produced in partnership with employee engagement and culture experts at Quantum Workplace. Core components of the scoring include company practices around management, employee recognition, performance communication, benefits, and other elements of the employee experience.
About Arkadium
For more than 15 years Arkadium has worked with the world’s biggest brands and publishers, including Microsoft, CNN, Comcast and The Washington Post, to improve audience attention, increase reader loyalty and drive new revenue. By offering readers interactive content including games, quizzes, polls and more, Arkadium increases the time users spend on websites by 15 minutes, on average. Reaching over 500 million users each month, the company produced more than 2 billion gameplays in 2015 across Windows, iOS, Android and web, and has developed some of the world’s most popular games, including Microsoft Solitaire Collection. Co-founded by husband and wife Kenny Rosenblatt and Jessica Rovello, Arkadium is headquartered in New York City with an additional office in Russia. For more information visit http://www.arkadium.com
