Fingerpaint, a Saratoga-Springs-based marketing agency, announced a new partnership with Thrive Global aimed at educating employees through personal health and wellness content and empowering them with the tools they need to improve productivity and manage stress.
\nThe partnership will kick off the re-launch of Fingerpaint University, a comprehensive, agency-wide training program aimed at enhancing Fingerpaint\u2019s people first culture.
\nThrive Global will offer Fingerpaint a platform geared at finding new ways to engage employees, the company said in a news release. Fingerpaint will also have access to the Thrive app that allows them to interact with tailored health and wellness programming on a daily basis.
\nAdditionally, with Fingerpaint University, employees will be able to participate in peer-to-peer education, instructor-led trainings, eLearning, a speaker series, panel discussions, bootcamps and more, officials said.
\n\u201cOur Thriving Performance experience is built on the foundational principle that employee well-being fuels sustainable peak performance,\u201d said Joey Hubbard, chief training officer at Thrive Global. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked with the world\u2019s leading scientific institutions and experts to help individuals improve their well-being and resilience, while helping organizations reduce burnout and increase retention.\u201d
\n\u201cAn agency is only as good as its people and our priority at Fingerpaint has always been to nurture our talent by creating a healthy and empowering work environment,\u201d said Ed Mitzen, founder of Fingerpaint. \u201cThrive is leading the conversation in corporate well-being, and we\u2019re thrilled to bring their insights and technology to the Fingerpaint team.\u201d
\nWith company culture as one of Fingerpaint\u2019s core values, the agency is continually finding new ways to invest in its people, officials said. Along with Fingerpaint University and its partnership with Thrive, Fingerpaint also announced a new, flexible vacation policy and improved 401(k) matching policy rolling out in 2020.
\nFingerpaint also has offices in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Phoenix. It is committed to creating and executing meaningful brand experiences.
\nFingerpaint was named 2019 Agency of the Year by Med Ad News. Additionally, it won the 2018 Heart Award from Med Ad News for its commitment to philanthropy and social causes and has been on Inc. Magazine\u2019s list of the 5,000 Fastest-Growing Companies for the past seven years.
\nMitzen was honored as 2016\u2019s Industry Person of the Year by Med Ad News and as a 2017 Top Boss by Digiday.
\nThrive Global is a global behavior change tech company helping individuals and corporations unlock human potential, ultimately ending the stress and burnout epidemic. The company is headquartered in New York City and has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Athens, Mumbai and Melbourne. For more information, visit www.thriveglobal.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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