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

Founded: December 2003 by Robert Scales

Principals:
Robert Scales, CEO
Erik Hermans, Project Director

Recent/Noteworthy Clients

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.

We also build products under our "community identity" bryght - community collaborators and a Drupal hosted products company since 2004.

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.

Significant Milestones

Shanghai Office Opens

In Nov. 2007, Raincity Studios opened a second office in Shanghai, China continuing the vision Raincity Studios' CEO Robert Scales and Ambassador Kris Krug nurtured while traveling and participating in business outreach activities during several trips to China since 2005 including participation in China Access 2008 conferences.

The Shanghai office will complement the Vancouver HQ with the trans-Pacific teams working in close concert with their peers to create web communities for companies and organizations within China and around the world.

Further, by setting up shop in China, Scales plans to grow a talent base of Drupalists by knowledge sharing at workshops, and outreaching to developers. This initiative was started in advance of the opening the office when he and other folks organized Bar Camp "un"confernces in Beijing and Shanghai.

More on this topic: Raincity Studios and Bryght on Drupal-tour China

Bryght Acquisition

In Nov. 2007, Raincity Studios acquired longtime partner and Drupal hosting pioneer, Bryght. All Bryght staff were retained and former Bryght President Kris Krug was appointed Ambassador of Raincity Studios.

With the deal, the two teams have melded to create the world's first full service - from consulting to hosting - open source web agency and plan to build on the past successes of both enterprises and continue to expanding the global client list.

The Bryght name will live on as a brand of specialized hosting products - from "turn-key" hosted sites to enterprise-class mass-hosting solutions - as well as other offerings developed by Transition Manager (and Bryght founder) Boris Mann.

More on this topic: Raincity Studios' Forecast is Bryght

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

• RCS CEO Robert Scales and Ambassador Kris Krug teach at Vancouver Film School
• RCS Creative Lead 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.