Company Profile
The History Factory
Company Overview
The History Factory founded the field of Heritage Management in 1979. We have been working with leading global corporations, organizations and institutions to capture, preserve and use their unique history to meet today's business challenges ever since.
Heritage Management is how leaders recognize and use the collective memory of organizations—the stories told, the words used, and their commonly understood meanings—to help implement strategies and tactics that shape the future.
History is a comprehensive record of what happened, how, and who was involved. While history theoretically includes everything, heritage selects. It is what we choose to remember, what we tell and reinforce. Some of heritage is visible and conscious, such as rituals and traditions, founding stories, and oft-cited examples of innovation and success. Other heritage is below the surface, such as values and basic assumptions— the long-forgotten reasons we always do it this way.
Our organization believes that the world's most competitive enterprises share our appreciation for the past—and its value and relevance to their future. Over the past 30 years, The History Factory has attracted a staff of business people, communicators, archivists, historians, and designers—including a number of nationally recognized experts—who seek the challenge and satisfaction of a results- and substance-oriented organization.
Company History
The History Factory was founded in 1979 as Informative Design Group, Inc. The original business proposition was to marry solid historical research with distinctive graphic design to inform and educate a range of intended audiences.
IDG capitalized on the convergence of two revolutions-the introduction of the personal computer and the massive restructuring of corporate America-to position itself as a technology-savvy outsource alternative to highly competitive companies undergoing massive change. From the outset, the company's use-driven approach to archives—and leveraging of corporate history as an authentic and compelling communications resource—attracted an impressive client base that included recognizable names such as Boeing, Brooks Brothers, McCormick Spices, Mellon Bank and Sara Lee Corporation.
In 1989, the company relocated to a historic 12,500 square-foot-building in Washington, D.C., that provided the rationale for the new identity—"The History Factory"—as well as a physical manifestation of the company's open environment and creative culture. The History Factory's passionate client focus and regular addition of new services, combined with the long-term nature of archives maintenance, affords the company exceptional client loyalty and longevity. In 1995, the company again relocated to its current headquarters, a 37,000-square-foot archival storage and office facility in Chantilly, Virginia (19 miles from Washington, D.C., in the Dulles technology corridor).
The quality of products and client satisfaction have remained high throughout The History Factory's history. In 1999, the company was awarded the prestigious "Five Star Certification" by Goldman Sachs for exceptional client service. Today, The History Factory is widely referred to as the first choice of the Fortune 500 for archival services, corporate anniversary programming, corporate history books, and heritage-based marketing and communications initiatives.
Benefits
Full-time employees of The History Factory enjoy a range of benefits, including:
* Competitive salaries
* Casual work environment
* Collegial atmosphere
* Interesting work
* Full health, dental and vision plans
* Simple IRA savings plan
* Flexible spending
* Life insurance
* Location in the Dulles Corridor
* Team approach, client focus