Tempe, Ariz.— (December 13, 2007) bluemedia (www.bluemedia.com), the industry-leading large format and vehicle graphic company, today announced it has been named by the Phoenix Business Journal as one of the “Best Places to Work in the Valley” for 2007, in the small business category. bluemedia was ranked 15 out of the top 30 best places to work in the Valley. Don Henninger, Publisher of the Phoenix Business Journal, announced bluemedia’s ranking at a luncheon gathering of more than a thousand Arizona business and community leaders on Thursday December 13, 2007.

“A long time ago we realized in order to succeed in business we needed to offer deep incentives to our employees, including profit sharing to build their sense of ownership to let them in on how we build our business,” said Jared Smith, president, bluemedia. “At bluemedia, our corporate culture is surrounded in building better products, better systems, better people; better shortcuts better everything… and better than it was yesterday.”

Employees and customers have responded warmly to the company philosophy. Not only is bluemedia ranked as one of the best places to work, but the company is also establishing an industry-wide reputation for exceeding client and industry expectations. bluemedia was most recently ranked on the Inc Magazine’s Inc 5000 list, as one of the nation’s fastest growing companies and was named as the Greater Phoenix business of the year for Innovation and also was established as a top Arizona Company to watch by the Arizona Small Business Association.

Companies were ranked based on survey responses from management and employees who were questioned about factors key to employee satisfaction: communication within the company, the work environment, personal growth and development, people practices, compensation, benefits, promotions, recognition and how the company embraces innovation and ideas. Quantum Market Research is a Wichita-based company that conducts employment engagement studies and other research for such organizations as Raytheon, American Express, the United Nations and Honeywell Aerospace.

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