RedBubble Takes Up Residence in the Bay Area, Opens First U.S. Office

Original art and creative products purveyor expands to support a growing community of international artists and buyers

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept.16, 2011, /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- RedBubble, the world's premium online marketplace for high-quality original artwork and creative products on demand, today announced the opening of its first U.S. office in downtown Palo Alto, California. Joining the company's international headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, RedBubble's newest office provides a U.S. home base to help service growth in the business.

"RedBubble's U.S. contributions - including thousands of featured artists, members of our board and key executives - have been instrumental our growth, and we're excited to continue that success with the opening of our official U.S. home," said RedBubble CEO Martin Hosking. "As we expand, this office will provide us with increased resources to support our artists and continue our development in the North American market."

RedBubble, which sells to over 140 countries worldwide, plans to use the Bay Area office to stay closely connected with the company's multiple U.S. production partners and provide artists with more support including local meet-ups, events and a presence at key conferences. RedBubble's U.S. team will make its conference debut at New York Comic-Con next month, and are also expected at 2012 events including South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin in March, and Comic-Con in San Diego next summer.

Executive members from RedBubble's marketing and operations teams will be based out of the new office, and the company is actively hiring across several areas to grow its U.S.-based team. For job opportunities and more information, please visit www.redbubble.com.

About RedBubble:

RedBubble is the world's premium online marketplace for high-quality original artwork and unique products. Sourcing original work by artists from around the world, RedBubble makes the highest quality products available on demand including t-shirts, stickers and wall art. Founded in 2006 in Melbourne, Australia, RedBubble.com draws over 4 million unique visitors monthly, ships to over 140 countries and plays host to more than 150,000 contributing artists who have uploaded over 6.5 million inspired items of original work to the site.  Find your originality on RedBubble www.redbubble.com.

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