Sylvia Ng Joins 500px as VP, Growth & Analytics
500px Community Grows to 8 Million Users and 80 Million Photos Uploaded
(firmenpresse) - SAN FRANCISCO, CA and TORONTO, ON -- (Marketwired) -- 06/21/16 -- 500px, a global online photography community for sharing, discovering and licensing amazing photos, today announces the appointment of Sylvia Ng as VP, growth & analytics.
The company also announces today that 8 million photographers have joined the 500px community and have uploaded over 80 million photos to the platform to date and that the company has rolled out several improvements to its search functionality, including improved keywording and support for Mandarin and German searches on the 500px Marketplace.
"500px is focused on expanding our global creative community, so bringing on top-tier talent like Sylvia to lead our growth and data initiatives is awesome," said Andy Yang, CEO of 500px. "Sylvia is an amazing addition to the team and shares our vision of enabling and rewarding the visual creativity of the 500px community."
In this newly created position, Sylvia will oversee the company''s data and user acquisition initiatives: cultivating a data-driven culture inside of 500px, developing products based on data, and creating and optimizing the company''s growth model.
Prior to joining 500px, Sylvia was VP of growth and analytics at ScribbleLive. At ScribbleLive, Sylvia headed the company''s growth and marketing department, in charge with driving leads, product innovation and thought leadership. Before joining ScribbleLive, she was product marketing manager, analytics, at Alphabet (formerly Google Inc). There she led a cross-functional team of marketers, data scientists, and developers on Google''s SMB global online marketing center of excellence. She also held positions at Oanda and eBay.
"500px is aiming to disrupt the photo licensing market by leveraging ''big data,''" said Sylvia Ng. "We are working closely with marketers and creatives to start using data to guide design choices to maximize on both conversions and brand appeal."
Sylvia earned her Master''s Degree in Predictive Analytics from Northwestern University and a B.S. in Applied Science, HCo, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo.
Launched in 2009, 500px is a global online photography community for sharing, discovering and licensing amazing photos. Images on 500px represent the work of over 8 million professional and hobbyist photographers. Through its marketplace, 500px works with thousands of agency and brand creatives who use 500px images in their campaigns.
500px is venture backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Visual China Group and ff Venture Capital and headquartered in Toronto, Canada with US offices in San Francisco. For more information on 500px, go to .
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