Atomic Public Relations Wins BeenVerified PR Review

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atomic Public Relations (www.atomicpr.com) today announced it has been selected as PR agency of record for BeenVerified, a first-of-its-kind online background checking service for businesses and individuals. Atomic will provide communications strategy, PR services in print, broadcast, and online media—plus related SEO, SEM, and digital video production. The account will be co-headed by Atomic’s New York and Los Angeles offices.

“After meeting Atomic, it was clear that we had found our agency partner,” said Josh Levy, CEO of BeenVerified. “Atomic’s strong background in identity protection and fraud management, their great track record with Internet brands and their reputation for generating a lot of impact on reasonable budgets made them an easy choice for our business.”

“BeenVerified falls directly into our agency’s wheelhouse,” explains Rachel Rogers, Vice President and Managing Director of Atomic PR’s Los Angeles office. “We get how to successfully launch a client in this space, and their appreciation of Atomic’s mix of traditional PR and new media thinking makes BeenVerified a welcome addition to our client roster.”

BeenVerified has created a new, cost effective way for companies of all sizes to efficiently conduct background verifications on their job candidates. Differing from other traditional background verification services that are designed primarily for big business due to their high cost and complex reports, BeenVerified has updated the background verification model with a simple, fast and affordable service that gives employers the information they need, and employees control over their information for the first time. The service has been in beta testing and announced their formal launch on October 21^st of this year.

Atomic has a long history working with companies in the identity management, privacy and information security spaces; one of the agency’s co-founders is a privacy and information security expert and alumnus of the Electronic Security Command of the US Air Force. A sampling of current and recent related clients include Trusted ID, Vontu, Ratheon Oakley Systems, Teros, Tumbleweed Communications, IronKey, Acendi, MI5 Networks, Guidance Software, CyberSource, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Anti-Phishing Working Group.

About Atomic Public Relations

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Atomic Public Relations has deep experience with top brands in technology, consumer tech and digital entertainment; classical PR skills and relationships in broadcast, print media and the blogosphere; and leading edge capabilities in new media, digital video, SEO and SEM.

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Atomic’s clients span public companies like Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Echelon (NASDAQ: ELON); fast growing mid-stage companies such as RealtyTrac and Ingres; and exciting start-ups like Mint.com and Smule.

Atomic has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York, along with strong network partnerships across Europe, Asia and Pacific. For more information, please visit www.atomicpr.com.

About BeenVerified

Founded in New York City in 2007, BeenVerified is a web 2.0 employment candidate background verification service geared towards small to medium sized businesses and individuals. By offering a uniquely simple, fast and affordable verification process, BeenVerified aims to give employers the information they need, and employees, the ability to have true control over their information. BeenVerified also works as an Open API, enabling partner websites to use its service. Please visit http://www.beenverified.com for more information.