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End of Year Review

Advertising and marketing agency Worktank has had an extraordinary year of awards, client recognition and team expansion. Over the past year, they have received regional and national accolades for creativity, business excellence and growth and over the last three years have reported sales growth of 458% with revenues exceeding $10 million.

“We are proud of our accomplishments, which we earned by delivering best-in-class creative for our clients,” said Melinda Partin, co-founder of Worktank. “We are excited to see what new milestones 2009 will bring for Worktank."

Following is a snapshot of Worktank’s accomplishments during the past year:

- Recognition for Successful Company Management

- Ranked No. 772 nationally and No. 24 in Washington state in Inc. Magazine’s “Inc. 5000” ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States.

- Won the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility.

- Ranked 5th, as well as earning a ranking as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies and Top 25 Advertising Agencies by the Puget Sound Business Journal.

Recognition for Their Work

- Awarded a Bronze Telly for "Roof Top Rendezvous," a T-Mobile smartphone training video.

- Awarded a Bronze Telly for "Pop Up Office", a nationally televised AT&T smartphone commercial.

- “The Brain”, a branding icon created for the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference, was heralded as an innovative idea by Microsoft and helped support the best Professional Developers Conference in many years.

- Awarded a "Best in Industry" award by the 2007 Interactive Advertising Competition for Holiday-O-Matic, a digital holiday greeting card.

- Secured multiple awards for the Microsoft See Windows Vista Web site including Gold in the 2007 Northwest Regional Emmys Advanced Media/Interactivity category. Ability to Attract Talent

- Recruited Scott Russell as Vice President of Client Services. Scot has over 20 years of agency account experience spanning business-to-business, retail and consumer accounts in dynamic industries such as telecommunications, technology, finance and healthcare.

- Recruited Collin Daley as Vice President of Sales and Marketing Collin also has over 20 years of experience in business development, client services, and creative roles across several industries including high technology, financial services, healthcare, and consumer products.

About Worktank

Worktank is a full-service advertising agency located in Seattle, Washington. They provide interactive marketing, brand development, strategy, and film and video production to customers in the technology, consumer electronics and telecom industries. Under the leadership of CEO Melinda Partin, Worktank has grown to a $10 million organization in seven years. Since 2001, Worktank has built its reputation on collaboration, innovation and transparent communication. Building and sustaining relationships between clients and their customers is the cornerstone of Worktank’s business. Worktank employs a strategic mix of services as the foundation for success. Solid results come from Worktank’s unique approach to brand storytelling and its knack for telling the right story, in the right place, at the right time.

Since 2001, Worktank has built its reputation on collaboration, innovation and transparent communication. Building and sustaining relationships between clients and their customers is the cornerstone of Worktank’s business. Worktank employs a strategic mix of services as the foundation for success. Solid results come from Worktank’s unique approach to brand storytelling and its knack for telling the right story, in the right place, at the right time.