avVenta Worldwide Supports The Inauguration of the Center for Technology and Visual Arts

NEW YORK – January 30, 2012 –The Costa Rican Government officially inaugurated the Center for Technology and Visual Arts (CTAV). The inauguration was performed during a formal ceremony, hosted by Luis Lieberman (Vice President of Costa Rica), Manuel Obregon (Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports) and Elena Madrazo (Ambassador of Spain in Costa Rica).

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with Electronic Arts

NEW YORK – January 2012 –avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, Electronic Arts.

avVenta Worldwide Delivers The Most Global Campaigns of Any Digital Agency

NEW YORK – December 29, 2011 –avVenta Worldwide, a global leader in interactive marketing and production, announces the successful delivery of over 50,000 global campaigns in more than 34 countries.

avVenta Worldwide Wins More Than 16 of the Worlds Top 200 Global Consumer Brands

NEW YORK – December 29, 2011 – Today avVenta Worldwide, an innovative interactive marketing and digital production agency, announced a record breaking year in 2011 by adding 16 new direct clients that are all included in the top 200 Global Consumer brands in the world.

avVenta Employees Are All About Giving Back To The People In Need

NEW YORK, NY – December 16, 2011 – As we approach the end of the year avVenta employees wanted to show their commitment to help fellow Costa Ricans in need by rallying together. avVenta employees collectively have chosen two charities they wanted to support during this holiday season.

avVenta Worldwide Named To Lead411 Technology 200 For 2011

NEW YORK – November 1, 2011 –avVenta Worldwide, today announced it has been named to the 2011 Lead411 Technology 200, representing one of the fastest-growing, technology companies in the United States. This marked the second year in a row for avVenta to earn a position on the Technology 200 list.

avVenta Worldwide Launches Global Employee Wellness Challenge

NEW YORK – October 26, 2011 –avVenta Worldwide has launched a challenge to all of its employees dedicated solely to health and wellness.  Each employee has the opportunity to participate in an eight week Fantasy Wellness Challenge.

avVenta Worldwide Delivers A Master App for the ANA

NEW YORK – October 20, 2011 –avVenta Worldwide in partnership with the Association of National Advertisers has developed a mobile application for the association's events.  The mobile application launched today at ANA's 2011 Annual Masters of Marketing Conference, held in Phoenix, AZ, October 20 – 23, 2011.

avVenta Worldwide Rocks the Entertainment Industry

NEW YORK – October 12, 2011 –avVenta Worldwide is rocking the entertainment industry. The innovative New York-based global digital production company is thrilled to announce a partnership with 0260, a new marketing agency launched by two veteran stars of the music and branding industries, brothers Rob and Sean Stevenson.

avVenta Worldwide Named One Of The Fastest-Growing Private Companies In America

NEW YORK – August 23, 2011 – avVenta Worldwide has what it takes. As an innovative leader in global digital production, avVenta made the 2011 Inc. 500|5000 fastest-growing companies list.

New Hires at avVenta Worldwide Will Lead New Strategies to Global Brands

NEW YORK – August 2, 2011 – avVenta recently hired Ciso Tauler as Chief Technology Officer and David Matt joins avVenta as Chief Creative Officer. In addition, the company has promoted Carmen Amici to Chief Financial Officer.

Scott Schroeder Joins avVenta as General Manager of Costa Rican Operations

NEW YORK – July 28, 2011 –Scott Schroeder joins avVenta Worldwide as General Manager of the company’s Costa Rican Operations.  Scott comes to avVenta from 360 Grados SA in Costa Rica, where his primary focus was on the strategic alignment, sales methodologies and regional multi-channel sales architectures for the hardware/software company.

Fortune Magazine Names San Jose as a Best New City For Business

NEW YORK – July 7, 2011 – avVenta's home of San Jose, Costa Rica was recognized as one of the top markets where businesses are opening shop according to the July issue of Fortune Magazine.

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with LEGO

NEW YORK – July, 2011 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, LEGO.

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with Prudential Financial

NEW YORK – July, 2011 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, Prudential Financial.

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with Mattel

NEW YORK – June, 2011 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, Mattel.

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with E*Trade

NEW YORK – May, 2011 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, E*Trade.

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with Hotels.com

NEW YORK – May, 2011 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, Hotels.com.  Hotels.com is a leading provider of hotel accommodations worldwide.

avVenta Worldwide Is One Of Charleston’s Fastest Growing Companies

NEW YORK – March 3, 2011 – Charleston Regional Business Journal released their Annual 2011 Roaring 20 list. This list represents the fastest-growing companies in the Charleston Region.

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with Heineken USA

NEW YORK – February, 2011 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, Heineken USA.

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with Best Buy

NEW YORK – January, 2011 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, Best Buy.

avVenta Worldwide Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary

CHARLESTON, SC – December 2, 2010 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, announced its 5 year anniversary today.

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with Epsilon

CHARLESTON, SC – December 2010 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, Epsilon.

avVenta Worldwide Names Liza Landsman as Chief Marketing Officer

CHARLESTON, SC – Date of Hire November 3, 2010 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive services agency, has named Liza Landsman to the position of Chief Marketing Officer.

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with MasterCard

CHARLESTON, SC – July 2010 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, MasterCard.

avVenta Worldwide Announces New Engagement with AB InBev

CHARLESTON, SC – May 2010 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, InBev, the world’s leading global brewer and one of the world’s top five consumer products companies.

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with Google

CHARLESTON, SC – March 2010 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, Google.

avVenta Worldwide Announces Starwood Hotels & Resorts as Newest Client

CHARLESTON, SC – March 2010 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, Starwood.

avVenta Worldwide Opens NYC Office as Global Headquarters

COO Jeff Saunders to Lead Expansion

CHARLESTON, SC – March, 2010 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive services agency, today announced the addition of a New York office as their Global Headquarters.

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with Yahoo!

CHARLESTON, SC – February 2010 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, Yahoo!.

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with Expedia

CHARLESTON, SC – January 2010 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, Expedia, the market leader for online travel services.

avVenta Worldwide Names Jeffrey Saunders as Chief Operating Officer

Saunders Chosen to Head New York Office

CHARLESTON, SC – Date of Hire October 12, 2009 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive services agency has named Jeffrey Saunders to the position of Chief Operating Officer.

avVenta Worldwide Signs Contract with Intel

CHARLESTON, SC – October 2009 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, Intel.

avVenta Worldwide Announces New Engagement with Citi

CHARLESTON, SC – February 2009 – avVenta Worldwide, a digital production and interactive marketing services agency, is pleased to announce the signing of its newest client, Citi, one of the largest financial services firms worldwide.

The Charleston Battery has a new jersey and a new sponsor, avVenta.

E-Mailed Press Release

New UMBRO Jersey — In 2009 the Charleston Battery will wear new UMBRO uniforms including a custom-designed new home jersey. The 2009 home jersey incorporates the traditional Charleston Battery colors, gold & black vertical stripes similarly striped sleeves. The jersey features UMBRO’s Climate Control fabric which is designed to wick moisture away from the players body and also to remain as light as possible during games.

avVenta Worldwide Named AlwaysOn OnMedia 100 Winner

Company Selected as Technology Innovator in the Technology Enablers Category for 2009

Charleston, January 22, 2009 – avVenta Worldwide today announced that it has been selected to the 2009 OnMedia 100 List. The OnMedia 100 Award is given to private, emerging technology companies in the advertising, publishing, marketing, branding and public relations spaces. avVenta was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on demonstration of growth, market opportunity, quality of innovation and customer traction.

Merger Market

By CHRIS MARR, Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Atlanta – "avVenta actively seeks buys with recent capital infusion, open to more advisor help", CEO says.

avVenta Worldwide, a digital media production company based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, "is looking at targets and could complete an acquisition this year", said CEO Jay Noce.

TZP Acquires Minority Stake In avVenta For $20M

Dow Jones LBO Wire by BEINA XU (January 15, 2009)
TZP Group LLC Managing Partner Sam Katz was in a car struggling to get cell phone reception in Costa Rica when he spoke to LBO Wire.

It wasn't vacation — far from it. He was near the production site of his firm's newest investment, avVenta Worldwide. After looking at 150 deals last year, TZP chose this one, taking a significant minority stake in the digital marketing company for $20 million in cash.

The Wall Street Journal

MARKETPLACE, MEDIA & MARKETING, Ad Notes…

Tuesday January 13, 2009 VOL. CCLIII NO.10 – avVenta lands $20 million investment from TZP Group. avVenta Worldwide, a company used by several Madison Avenue agencies to outsource digital–production work to Costa Rica, plans to announce Tuesday that the New York private–equity firm has become an investor.

avVenta Worldwide Announces $20 Million Investment By Private Equity Firm TZP Group LLC

Global Market Leader in Digital Production and Interactive Services Announces Strategic Funding for Global Expansion

Charleston, S.C. (January 13, 2009) – avVenta Worldwide, the global market leader in online advertising, digital production and interactive services, today announced the closing of an approximately $20 million strategic investment by an affiliate of TZP Group LLC, a New York–based private equity firm focused on investments in lower middle market business and consumer services companies. This investment will be used to continue avVenta ’s rapid growth and global expansion plans.

avVenta Worldwide Opens State of the Art Digital University, Training Over 1,000 New Students in 12 months

Milestone Demonstrates Company’s Explosive Growth in Digital Marketing and Commitment to Developing Global Digital Talent

Charleston, SC (November 24, 2008) – avVenta Worldwide, the global leader in digital production and interactive services, announced today that it is formally opening a dedicated digital university, named avVenta University, and is currently training over 1,000 students in 2009. The program, in partnership with several affiliated Costa Rican government agencies, has developed into a full scale digital university with a dedicated 15,000 square-foot facility, over 150 state of the art dedicated Mac and IBM workstations designed to recruit, train and develop digital production and interactive marketing experts. This facility was designed to meet avVenta 's growing global demand for digital production, marketing and advertising solutions.

avVenta Worldwide Launches Silverlight Training Program

Leading Digital Production and Interactive Services Company Forms Partnership with Microsoft to Train Employees in Silverlight Design

Mount Pleasant, SC (October 9, 2008) – avVenta Worldwide, a leading provider of digital production and interactive services, announces the formation of an extensive partnership with Microsoft® to train and continually update avVenta employees in Microsoft’s Silverlight™ design and their other latest digital technologies.

avVenta Worldwide Celebrates Official Opening of New, World–Class Facility in San Jose, Costa Rica

Costa Rican President Óscar Arias Sánchez Presides Over Ribbon–Cutting

Charleston, SC (July 24, 2008) – avVenta Worldwide ("avVenta"), a global leader in digital production and interactive services, today celebrated the recent opening of its new high–tech facility in San Jose, Costa Rica with an official ribbon cutting ceremony. Among those in attendance were Mr. Marco Vinicio Ruiz, Exterior Commerce Minister and President Oscar Arias who presided over the festivities with Jay Noce, Founder, Chairman and CEO of avVenta .

The Wall Street Journal

More Digital Ads Are Produced Offshore Marketers Ship Work To Costa Rica, Bulgaria; avVenta Reaps Rewards

By EMILY STEEL, May 22, 2008; Page B6
Outsourcing has hit Madison Avenue.

Until recently, Web ads were produced mostly by creative types in downtown lofts in places like New York City or San Francisco. But big marketers are now increasingly shipping off that work to little–known businesses in places like Costa Rica and Bulgaria.

avVenta Worldwide Launches avVenta University and signs long term Training Initiative with the Costa Rican Government and DITC

Leading Digital Production and Interactive Services Company Forms Partnership to Jointly invest and Train over 1000 Employees per year in Flash, Java, Web Dev and Other Cutting Edge Design Technologies

Charleston, SC (May 21, 2008) – avVenta Worldwide, a global leader in digital production and interactive services, announces the formation of a technology training partnership with affiliated government agencies in Costa Rica. Focused on the latest digital production technologies, and aimed at training and on–boarding new employees, this program will be incorporated into avVenta University, avVenta ’s in–house employee development program.