NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE:SSTK), a leading global provider of commercial digital imagery and music, announced today that Peter Phelan has joined the company as Chief People Officer. Mr. Phelan will be responsible for leading continued development and implementation of Shutterstock's people strategy to support the company's goals.
Mr. Phelan joins Shutterstock with more than 20 years of people management experience, most recently serving as Chief People Officer of MediaMath. Earlier in his career, he held senior Human Resources positions at Bloomberg and business units within Publicis Groupe and WPP.
"As a fast-growing organization, we want to keep Shutterstock's core values strong, offering a rich performance culture for our employees," said Jon Oringer, Founder and CEO of Shutterstock. "Peter has an impressive track record, and he will be instrumental in further developing our employee experience as we continue to grow."
Mr. Phelan is a recognized thought leader among industry publications, including HR Magazine and The Washington Post, for his people management vision that brought success to the organizations where he previously worked. Mr. Phelan holds a Bachelors of Commerce and a Masters in Business Studies from University College Dublin.
About Shutterstock
Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), is a leading global provider of high-quality licensed photographs, vectors, illustrations, videos and music to businesses, marketing agencies and media organizations around the world. Working with its growing community of over 80,000 contributors, Shutterstock adds hundreds of thousands of images each week, and currently has more than 65 million images and 3 million video clips available.
Headquartered in New York City, with offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Paris, San Francisco and Silicon Valley, Shutterstock has customers in more than 150 countries. The company also owns Bigstock, a value-oriented stock media provider; Offset, a high-end image collection; PremiumBeat a curated royalty-free music library; Rex Features, a premier source of editorial images for the world's media; and WebDAM, a cloud-based digital asset management service for businesses.
For more information, please visit www.shutterstock.com and follow Shutterstock on Twitter and on Facebook.
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