AvVenta Expansion
Will Add 1.500 More Jobs
in Costa Rica
AvVenta Worldwide, the
global leader in digital
production and
interactive services,
will be offering 1.500
jobs in Costa Rica.
Based in Plaza Bratsi,
in Heredia, AvVenta is
going ahead with its
expansion in Costa Rica
after getting a cash
infusion of us$20
million dollars from TZP
Group, in its
acquisition of a
minority state in
AvVenta.
TZP now owns between 30%
and 50% of AvVenta,
according to managing
partner Sam Katz.
AvVenta outsources
digital marketing for
companies like Yahoo
Inc., Oreo, Blackberry,
Dell Inc., Apple Inc.
and Capri Sun. Katz said
the company programs
things like the car ads
on Yahoo or
3-dimensional views of
trucks on General Motor
Corp.'s Web site. It can
save companies 50% to
70% on the cost of
in-house advertising, he
said.
Charleston, S.C.- based
avVenta had about $20
million in revenue last
year, and is doubling
each year, according to
Katz. The company has
around 550 employees.
Katz touted the
strengths of Costa Rica
as a place to do
business, saying it has
a "phenomenal" education
system. The company
works closely with the
government to train
students for very
specialized programming
processes, and plans to
hire around 300 to 500
new employees this year,
adding around 20 per
month.
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