In late 2010, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh announced he’d be moving company headquarters from Henderson to a dilapidated downtown Las Vegas. To begin familiarizing and aiding employees with this transition from suburbia, in April 2012, ZEN Editor-in-Chief Loren Becker jumped on the opportunity and fired up a Microsoft Publisher file, gathered content, and designed a 10-page Zappos Employee Newsletter. Over the next several months, Loren and Zappos’ Downtown Team would take on additional newsletter responsibilities, transforming this paper pamphlet into a full-color, copy and image-heavy booklet.
Throughout 2013 and transitioning into 2014, the Zappos Employee Newsletter would turn over a new leaf by adding key contributors and making incredible strides in content, photography, and design while simultaneously building and rebranding the publication as the Downtown ZEN. It’s now been two years since we dropped onto the scene, so it’s only natural to dedicate this as our anniversary issue!
