Orange Barrel Media operates digital billboards and large-format signage across top-tier US cities, paired with IKE—a smart city kiosk product launched in 2015. The tech stack reveals a split operation: design-heavy (Adobe Creative Cloud, 3D tools like Rhino and Twinmotion) for creative production, paired with ERP and BI tools (NetSuite, Dynamics 365, Power BI, Tableau) for inventory and campaign management. The hiring mix is sales-led (14 active roles) with small engineering and data teams, mirroring a capital-intensive, permit-gated business where commercial velocity depends more on relationship and regulatory execution than product iteration.
Notable leadership hires: Development Director
Orange Barrel Media operates iconic out-of-home media displays—evolving from static large-format signage to digital spectaculars—across major urban markets nationwide. The company also owns IKE Smart City, a separate team building interactive digital kiosks positioned at the intersection of advertising and municipal infrastructure. Revenue comes from selling media placements to advertisers while balancing public-facing content (art, community messaging, commercial) on its displays. The 51–200 person team is based in Columbus, OH and was founded in 2004.
Core tools include React and Ruby on Rails for web/kiosk development, Adobe Creative Cloud and 3D modeling (Rhino, Twinmotion, KeyShop) for design, and NetSuite, Dynamics 365, Power BI, and Tableau for ERP and business analytics.
Current projects center on expanding IKE kiosk deployment, increasing large-format sign installations, improving data ingestion workflows, optimizing permitting processes, and enhancing campaign reporting and audience analytics.
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