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SmartBug Media Awarded in Best CEOs for Diversity, Leadership Teams and CEOs for Women

SmartBug Media is a leading Intelligent Inbound marketing agency that assists B2B businesses, B2C organizations and D2C e-commerce businesses. It grows revenue by generating leads, scaling revenue operations and building market awareness through inbound marketing, digital strategy, design, marketing automation, revenue operations, public relations, paid media and web development. This earned the company three more Comparably awards last quarter. The company ranked No. 15 on the “Best Leadership Team” list, while SmartBug’s CEO Jen Spencer ranked No. 31 and No. 71, respectively, on the “Best CEOs for Women” and “Best CEOs for Diversity” lists.

SmartBug Media® earned three Comparably awards for Q2 2022. The company ranked No. 15 on the “Best Leadership Team” list, while SmartBug’s® CEO Jen Spencer ranked No. 31 and No. 71, respectively, on the “Best CEOs for Women'' and “Best CEOs for Diversity” lists.

In earning these prestigious awards, which are based on employee sentiment, SmartBug joins some of the world’s largest companies and most recognizable names. They join names such as IBM, ADP, Uber, Elsevier, Adobe, HubSpot, RingCentral and Farmers Insurance. These new recognitions bring SmartBug’s total to 31 Comparably awards earned since 2018.

SmartBug’s Goals

Since its founding in 2008, SmartBug has operated as a fully remote agency. It experienced sustained growth, expanding to more than 180 full-time employees across 35 states and in five countries. Enabling an environment that supports work-life balance is at the foundation of the company’s values. In 2021, SmartBug added a seventh core value, Build Belonging. They actively reviewed its recruiting process for ways to get career opportunities in front of a more diverse audience.

“Diversity and equity have been key areas of focus for us over the past few years, and, while there is still much work to be done, we have made progress and this recognition reflects that,” SmartBug CEO Jen Spencer said. “Build Belonging means we’re our real, whole selves every day, and we celebrate that our differences make us better.” 

Comparably Awards are based on sentiment ratings provided by current employees who anonymously rated their employers on Comparably.com within the past 12 months. The feedback helped to determine the winners. They measured how both female employees and employees of color rate their CEO and their company executives.

“Great companies are driven by strong leaders who bring out the best in their teams,” said Comparably CEO Jason Nazar. “SmartBug’s multiple wins are a testament to how its leaders truly lead by example. Employees consistently applaud the leadership team’s focus on transparency, empathy, and workplace culture excellence.”

Visit Comparably’s blog to see the full list of award-winning companies!

About Comparably

Comparably is a leading workplace culture and compensation monitoring site. Comparably provides the most comprehensive and accurate representation of what it’s like to work at companies. Employees can anonymously rate their employers in 20 different workplace culture categories. This provides the public a transparent and in-depth look at workers’ experiences based on gender, ethnicity, age, department, experience, location, education and company size. Since launching in 2016, Comparably has accumulated 10 million ratings across 60,000 U.S. companies. The platform has become one of the fastest-growing SaaS solutions for employer branding. It quickly became a trusted third-party site for workplace and salary data, including its annual “Best Places to Work” series.

About SmartBug Media

SmartBug Media is a globally recognized Intelligent Inbound marketing agency. It assists B2B businesses, B2C organizations and D2C e-commerce businesses in growing revenue by generating leads, scaling revenue operations and building market awareness through inbound marketing, digital strategy, design, marketing automation, revenue operations, public relations, paid media and web development. As HubSpot’s 2021 North America Partner of the Year, SmartBug is one of its top-performing, elite global solutions partners as well as a Master Elite partner of Klaviyo.

Founded in 2008 as one of the few fully remote agencies, SmartBug is an innovator and trusted authority on creating life-work harmony for its 180-plus employees spread across 35 states and five countries. The company that implemented quarterly Certification Days to foster continuous learning and career development has won two Great Place to Work and 26 Comparably awards. SmartBug is on the Inc 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list for five consecutive years. They were on the Adweek Fastest Growing Agencies list three years in a row. With hundreds of awards for client work, and a team with a combined 1,000-plus marketing certifications, SmartBug is dedicated to delivering client success and an unparalleled agency experience. Its services include inbound marketing, digital strategy, design, marketing automation, revenue operations, public relations, paid media and web development. For more information about SmartBug Media, visit smartbugmedia.com.

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