Posts Tagged ‘Communication’

The Road to 1 Trillion Impressions!

November 19th, 2010

Vanessa Rottet

988,000,000,000…989,000,000,000… and closer and closer to 1 trillion impressions! Yes, 1 trillion impressions! 1-trillion_3-300x1501

Everyone at the Rubicon Project is so excited to hit 1 trillion impressions – and it is obvious throughout the Rubicon building. Big numbers of 5, 4, and 3 have been falling off the walls as the team counts down until the presumed day that we will hit 1 trillion “imps” – Monday, November 22nd!
A survey with an amazing prize was created by Solomon Ko of the Demand Support team. The survey is to guess the exact date and time when our ticker will hit 1 trillion – in Pacific time. But don’t worry, the Pacific time does not throw off our team members from overseas and 3,000 miles away in NYC. Everyone is still battling for the $200 VISA card prize and also for the bragging voice to say, “I chose the exact day and time that Rubicon hit 1 trillion impressions!” The survey concludes at 5pm today – good luck everyone! 1-trillion_52-300x2252

With all of this excitement, we at the Rubicon Project, still act like a family – continuing to conquer the market and work hard at focusing on what is going on in current time. But that doesn’t mean that we aren’t having a little fun in the office as well. Steve Lundby, the manager of the account managers, tried to keep “hush-hush” about his secret in how to find the winning date and time, but of course, it started a little stir in the office. Members of the team, including Casey Smith and Brian Buttray were interested to find out what his plan was… 1-trillion_4-300x2251

The expected date to hit 1 trillion impressions is Monday, November 22nd. But everyone will have to wait until Sunday or Monday or Tuesday to tell what the exact date and time is. And until then, we will all keep counting…  994,000,000,000… 995,000,000,000… 1-trillion_1-300x2252

Coast-to-coast Communication: RubiCast

April 30th, 2009

Karen Leano

We take every possible measure to facilitate active communication within our company. When we moved down the street to our spacious L.A. headquarters last year, we didn’t shut our team members up in the many office rooms or put up cubicles between people. We grouped our desks together, removing any physical barriers between team members which created an ease of communication that fed into the culture we are trying to create.

But when we opened an office in New York, we realized that taking down the walls between the teams on the two coasts wasn’t a feasible solution to our communication challenge. So in January, we launched RubiCast, a coded program that shares information from both coasts in real time by displaying updates and information on the flat-panel screens mounted in each office. Our whole team was already well-versed with Yammer, a micro-messaging service, so we integrated it into our system. Now, whenever a team member in New York lands another premium publisher, the crew in L.A. will be notified as soon as Yammer is updated and the great news is flashed on the screens hovering over our desks.

Our daily annoucements on Rubi Cast

Our daily annoucements on Rubi Cast


The screens rotate through different information as a way to remind us of all we have accomplished and all that we are working towards. The Adometer is constantly running, reporting the number of ads served, revenue generated, live sites, and live networks. The screens also display:
• Goal tracking
• Quantcast ranking
• New customers and logos
• Daily announcements
• Department updates
• Bell announcements
• Rubi Rewards
• Cultural Values
One of our twelve cultural values that rotate through Rubicast

One of our twelve cultural values that rotate through Rubicast