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Picsart Opens New Corporate Headquarters in Miami, Adds Offices in London, Berlin, and Bucharest
MIAMI, FL – Picsart, the world’s largest digital creation platform and a top 20 most downloaded app worldwide, today announced the opening of a new U.S. headquarters in Miami, Florida.
As an East Coast city, Miami provides a U.S. hub that’s more central for Picsart’s 1000+ globally distributed employees. With international proximity and a burgeoning tech scene, it represents a forward-thinking and global mentality, ensuring accessibility, diversity and innovation remain at the forefront of the company’s operations.
“We’re excited to join a rapidly growing innovation hub, building Picsart’s presence in a vibrant city with a booming tech scene,” said Hovhannes Avoyan, Picsart founder and CEO. “As a globally minded and operated company, we’re committed to the collaboration between our international teams and a Miami headquarters helps support this. It’s accessible to our teams across Europe and the U.S.”
In addition to its U.S. headquarters in Miami, Picsart opened offices in Bucharest and London earlier this year, and plans to open a Berlin office in March. The company continues to provide employees with the freedom of hybrid and remote work in multiple locations across the United States, Europe and Asia, and maintains a presence in Silicon Valley. In 2021, Picsart opened offices in New York, Bangalore, Toronto, and Glasgow.
In addition to hiring for these new locations, Picsart is actively hiring in other locations, including remote-based positions. For more information on current open roles, prospective applicants can visit https://picsart.com/jobs.
This news comes just after Picsart announced the launch of an API program, bringing its world-class creative tools to businesses of all sizes and offering a new way to support the creator economy. With eight initial partners, Picsart for Developers spans creative companies in digital advertising, website building, and customer merchandising, with more partners to be added in coming months. Picsart also launched its first national brand marketing campaign last month.
About Picsart
Picsart is the world’s largest digital creation platform and has remained a top 20 most downloaded app worldwide for the last three years. Every month, the Picsart community creates, remixes, and shares billions of visual stories using the company’s powerful and easy-to-use editing tools. Picsart has amassed one of the largest open-source content collections in the world, including free-to-edit photos, stickers, backgrounds, templates, and more. Picsart is available in 30 languages for free and as a subscription on iOS, Android, and Windows devices. Headquartered in Miami, with offices around the world, Picsart is backed by SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, DCM Ventures, Insight Partners, and others. Download the app or visit picsart.com for more information.
Arsine Kaloustian Appointed Armenian Council of America’s Communication Director
WASHINGTON, DC — The Armenian Council of America (ACA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Arsine Kaloustian, a veteran community engagement, marketing, and communications specialist, as ACA’s Communications Director. In this role, Kaloustian will oversee all communications and public relations efforts for ACA.
“We are very excited to welcome Arsine aboard as she leads our national communications team” remarked ACA Chairman Sevak Khatchadorian. “Her extensive experience not only with Armenian-related issues but with journalism and communication in a professional capacity will be a great asset to our organization.”
Arsine Kaloustian is the Editor in Chief of both Palm Beach Social Diary and Sojourn Hamptons magazines, covering the arts, food, design, culture, music, and fashion that exemplify the affluent lifestyle. She has spent over 15 years working in marketing, and has a wealth of experience writing for both C-level executives and publications.Arsine has been an integral leader in the Armenian community over the last two decades.
She is the Co-Founder of FLArmenians.com, the largest Armenian American media outlet in the Southeast U.S. She previously served as the Florida Chair of the Armenian Assembly of America, as Global Social Media Director of the Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief, and as the Chair of ‘Return to Asbury’ Kef Weekend in Asbury Park, NJ.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to continue advancing ACA’s mission during this important time in Armenian history,” Kaloustian said. “As ACA works to promote the civic and civil rights interests of the Armenian American community, I look forward to helping the Armenian Council achieve our common goals of championing the causes and concerns of the American American community to both government entities and the media.”
As a grassroots organization, ACA is dedicated to working with all political leaders, offering Armenian related news, analysis and resources for policymakers, media, students and activists, advocating issues important to Armenian Americans. The ACA also aims to strengthen U.S. – Armenia and U.S. – Artsakh ties, the development of programs promoting sustainable economic growth and good governance in Armenia, while promoting the values and responsibilities of global citizenship.
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