Name: Raincity Studios, Inc.
Also know as RCS, Raincity, Raincity China and/or Shanghai, Bryght, Bryght Northern Research,

Founded: December 2003, Incorporated May 2005

Principals:
Robert Scales, Business Strategist, Co-founder
Erik Hermans, Technical Strategist, Co-founder
Kris Krug, Social Media Strategist, Bryght Co-Founder
Mariska Richetrs, Operation Strategist
Jeff Traynor, Marketing Strategist

Recent/Noteworthy Clients

Gear 6, My Name is Mom, Namaste Publishing, Sony BMG, SPIN Magazine, New Media BC, The Government of Canada, Warner Bros. Records, BCIT, University of British Columbia, China Access 2008, Grateful Dead, The Beijigner, China Access 2008, and AskANinja.com.

What does Raincity Studios do?

Complete web community publishing services from strategy to design to promotion to hosting including communication platform development, social networking application creation and media-rich broadcasting sites.

Briefly

Raincity Studios is a full service innovation agency, strategically creating and hosting online communities for businesses, organizations and publishers.

With a full crew of specialists, Raincity's extensive list of competencies includes: Drupal content management system deployments, graphic design for on and off-line applications, strategic consultation about concept, traffic-building and monetization, information architecture design, custom code development, ecommerce implementations, plus a retinue of new and traditional marketing tactics to encourage participation in your community including SEO, blogging and podcasting.

Beyond site development, Raincity Studios offers turn-key shared or enterprise-ready dedicated hosting solutions with redundant server farms to maximize uptime and performance. Additionally, Raincity offers comprehensive website support and maintenance agreements, custom training and documentation creation.

Clients include: Sony/BMG artists, Warner Brothers Records, Harlequin books, SPIN Magazine, Mozilla Foundation, COPE, Daily Vancouver, Urban Vancouver, New Media BC, The Government of Canada, British Columbia Institute of Technology, University of British Columbia, The Grateful Dead, and over a hundred other projects.

Enthusiastic advocates of open source software, Raincity Studios actively participates in the Drupal content management system development community and the RCS team regularly participate in events about open source software, international entrepreneurship, and technology growth trends including Gnomedex, E3, SxSW, Game Dev Conference, and many Demo camps, Drupal camps and Bar camp "un" conferences around the world.

Awards

• 2006 Canadian New Media Awards - Best Graduate of the Year Award, Robert Scales
• New Media Slam 2005 - Zed's People Choice Awards (Team Award)
• New Media Slam 2005 - Best Interactive Project (Team Award)
• Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship's (ACE) Awards 2004 - Nominated Best Student Entrepreneur of the Year, Robert Scales

Events and Conferences we work(ed) with

• Barcamps "un" conferences in Vancouver, Amsterdam, Beijing, Shanghai, South Africa, New York and many more
• DemoCamp unconferences in Shanghai and Vancouver
• DrupalCons - Vancouver, Brussels, SF, Barcelona, Boston ...
• OSCMS Portland 2005, Vancouver, 2006 and beyond
• Northern Voice - Vancouver Blogging conference 2005, 06, 07, 08
• BAD Camp (Bay Area Drupal) 2007
• Drupal Camp Seattle
• China Access 2008, Beijing
• Podcast Hotel - Portland, San Francisco
• SXSW Interactive and Music 2006, 2007, 2008, Austin, Texas
• E3 in Los Angeles 2005-2006
• the list goes on and on.. email us if you need details on where we've been...

Education and Knowledge Sharing

• Robert Scales teach at Vancouver Film School
• Mark Yuasa teaches at BCIT

Brand

Raincity Studios is written as "Raincity Studios" - NOT "Rain City Studios" - "Raincitystudios" or "Raincity" by itself. http://Raincitystudios.com is the url.

Raincity Studios colours

PANTONE 284 PANTONE 285

Logos

Web and Print logos in a variety of formats are attached for your convenience provided the logos are linked to http://raincitystudios.com and used with permission.

Contact

For media requests only, please contact:

• Robert Scales; robert (at) raincitystudios (dot) com - 604.618.4997