Make Your Mark Highlights – 2019
How We’ve Recently Made Our Mark
Making your mark begins with a purpose. Working with Blast, you’re challenged to embrace Shakespeare’s philosophy and seek moments to “Make Your Mark” — on your company, your customers, your teammates, your industry, and your communities. Here are some highlights of how we made an impact.
Industry
March 26, 2019
Brad Shares His Knowledge at Adobe Summit
Senior Analytics Strategist, Brad Millett presented at the 2019 Adobe Summit in Las Vegas.
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September 2019
Blast Partners Up for Cheers for Charity Event
Blast partnered with Tealium and Quantum Metric to host a charity networking event in Santa Monica at The Bungalow that raised over $3,000.
September 2019
Blast Continues Support for Women in Analytics
Blast had the honor to be involved in an amazing summer camp (Data Science for Women Summer Camp) for future women leaders.
September 2019
Aimee Presents at Validate and DAA One Conference
Aimee Bos selected as a speaker at ObservePoint’s Validate Conference and the DAA’s One Conference.
June 01, 2019
Mai Talks Mobile App Analytics
Mai Alowaish spoke at the Women in Analytics 2019 conference
May 2019
Josh and Naveen Represents Blast at Adobe Summit EMEA
Senior Analytics Implementation Consultants Josh & Naveen at Adobe Summit in London.
March 2019
Halee Volunteers in DAA Mentoring Program
Senior Analytics Consultant Halee volunteers as a mentor in the DAA Mentoring Program.
October 2019
Blast wins DAA Quanties Award for Top Small Agency
The Quanties Awards (formerly the Awards for Excellence) are our industry’s way of recognizing the best and brightest individuals in the analytics industry. It is also our thanks to the exceptional groups and technologies that make our work easier and more impactful every day.
Company
Great Place to Work
We’re deeply proud to announce that by making the teammate experience a priority every day, Blast Analytics & Marketing has earned designation as a Great Place to Work-Certified™ Company in 2019!
I worked at Blast for over two years…
And to be honest it was filled with some of the friendliest people I’ve ever met. People there are driven, and they are extremely willing to help. There is also a genuine desire to be the best agency they can be.
Great Culture, Remote Support, Crazy Smart People
Blast offers great support for a heavily remote workforce. People are always willing to hop on a call or answer a slack messaged question. Great combo of technical and analytic backgrounds, and ridiculously smart people. They do really live the values, and I appreciate the incredible support of personal and volunteer activities. By far the best consulting company I have worked with.
Great Place to Work!
Work-life balance. Honest and direct working environment. Leadership that cares about people, not just numbers. Individuals can make a big impact.
Community
2019
Over 40 Volunteers
1,000 Volunteer Hours
20+ Causes
November 2019
Placer Land Trust
Blast donated and sponsored the annual fundraiser to support Placer Land Trust’s mission of protecting natural and agricultural lands for future generations.
November 2019
Girls+Data
Lara Fisher, based in Massachusetts, volunteers with Girls+Data, helping local young gals learn to love data.
September 2019
Placer Food Bank
Blast help sorts over 6,800 pounds of donations and boxed over 180 agency food boxes at Placer Food Bank.
September 2019
Neve’s Gift – Benefiting Parents of Infant Loss
Joe and Jia Christopher hosted a Rib Cook Off fundraiser in honor of their baby, Neve. Enough funds were gathered for 2 Caring Cradles! These cradles provide the gift of time to grieving families.
June 2019
Amor Family Camp 2019
Our Director, Strategic Marketing & Communications and two of his older kids (Joey and Emma) joined a group of 100+ volunteers who built three homes, conducted a vision clinic, and taught vacation bible school in a highly impoverished area of Mexico.
April 2019
20th Anniversary Garden Cleanup
The team volunteers at “Hearts Landing Ranch” in celebration of our 20th year in business.
March 2019
Careless Barracudas 2019
Teammates participate in the 3 Strands Global annual Break Free run that aims to end human trafficking.
Blast Supporting Communities
Blast has donated more than $45,000 to 20+ worthwhile charitable organizations such as:
Client
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Case Study
Improving the Customer Experience (CX) Increases Booking & Revenue for National Railroad Company
A top five transportation enterprise¹ partnered with Blast with the…
“Working with Blast is always a pleasure. They bring experience and knowledge to the table, but also embed within our team in a way that most other consulting companies do not. They are super responsive, understand our platform and current toolset, and can work within the development team to build and launch features much more quickly than our internal developers. Blast is viewed and trusted by the team as subject matter experts for analytics and measurement. I appreciate them treating Wrangler and Lee with the same level of attention as other larger brands.”
“I’ve worked with a few other companies and continuously find myself comparing them and holding them to the same standards Blast delivers. None of them come close to comparing. Blast has set the expectation for customer service, professionalism, genuine passion for data and analytics, quality and innovative problem solving, and just for having exceptionally smart and caring people on the team. With three separate teams, I have yet to meet someone I don’t enjoy working with. And they always treat me with respect and dignity.”
Teammates
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Training & Certification Accomplishments
At Blast, teammates are encouraged to EVOLVE and test their limits by continuing to explore, learn, and develop both professionally and personally. Below are many of the industry and partner certifications our various teammates achieved in 2019:
- Looker
- Lytics
- ObservePoint
- Quantum Metric – Strategy & Implementation Specialization
- Tealium AudienceStream
Ready to Make Your Mark?
There has never been a better time to think big about the kind of impact you can have, as the nature of business has changed.
Today, making your mark is less about “climbing the career ladder” and more about ambition, opportunity, entrepreneurship, risk taking, results, and relationships. No matter your place in the organization, you can take your shot, and that’s exciting.
Ultimately, it means making a contribution — again, to your company, customers, co-workers, industry, community, even world — by applying your ideas and talents, with support from others.
View opportunities to join our team or request more information about our services to help you EVOLVE your organization.
If you have questions or you’re ready to discuss how Blast can help you EVOLVE your organization, talk to an Analytics Consultant today.
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