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Nationwide to expand innovation space and add new jobs in Columbus


COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- To continue meeting the evolving needs of its members, Nationwide will open a new 31,000-square-foot innovation center in the Arena District next year. The company plans to renovate space within the building at 175 W. Nationwide Blvd., owned by Nationwide Realty Investors and its partner, Capital Square Ltd. The company is also planning to add several dozen jobs to support its innovation programs.

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"Nationwide's heritage as a mutual insurance company is driving our approach to innovation," said Terrance Williams, Nationwide's chief marketing officer and president of emerging businesses. "The expansion of our innovation facilities reflects our commitment to developing new ways to help members protect what's most important and plan for a secure future. By repurposing a space we already own, we will cost effectively meet our growing business needs. It's a win-win for both Nationwide and the Arena District."

Furthering Nationwide's commitment to Columbus, the innovation center's location in the middle of the Arena District will create additional opportunities for collaboration with companies and organizations throughout the city.

Nationwide continues to ramp up its innovation programs, and it expects to run out of space in its existing innovation center, Refinery 191, by the end of this year. Nationwide will eventually move all the work from Refinery 191 to the highly collaborative new innovation center, which is scheduled to open in 2019.

A space to enable customer-focused innovation
Nationwide is focused on establishing a repeatable approach to create a pipeline of innovation now and for years to come. A critical part of that structure is the physical space in which the team operates.

"Nationwide has nearly a century of experience thinking about our members and identifying innovative ways to solve their needs," said Scott Sanchez, Nationwide's chief innovation officer. "Expanding our space will ensure that associates have the right environment and resources they need to support collaboration and create new opportunities to delight our members in ways they can't even imagine."

Last August, Nationwide announced its commitment to drive more innovation that helps members:

"Innovation is a team sport, and we need spaces that enable our associates to do the rigorous and collaborative work they need to do; that's exactly what the new innovation center will provide," said Sanchez.

Building the innovation team
Along with the space expansion, Nationwide plans to hire several dozen highly skilled workers for innovation roles in Columbus over the next year.

Nationwide will also move its user-experience (UX) team to the new center. Co-locating the UX team, which has been focused on creating user-centered customer solutions for over a decade, with the innovation team allows for greater collaboration to help round out the team sport of innovation, Sanchez said. The move also establishes one unified space for user-centered design activities to create efficiencies for Nationwide and an optimal workspace for all user-centered designers within the organization.

In addition to housing these workers, the new center will help Nationwide attract talent.

"Bringing together diverse perspectives is critical to any team's success," said Sanchez. "This new space will be another great selling point as we continue to recruit top talent from right here in Columbus and from other innovation hubs across the country."

Nationwide is also investing more than $100M of venture capital in startups. Nationwide has already made investments in startups like blooom, Nexar, Sure, Matic and Betterview?all of which focus on evolving the insurance and financial planning process for members. And Nationwide continues to look for partnerships with big and small companies, where it can collaborate across organization boundaries and drive innovation together. This center will further support this mission.

About Nationwide
Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the U.S. and is rated A+ by both A.M. Best and Standard & Poor's. The company provides a full range of insurance and financial services, including auto, commercial, homeowners, farm and life insurance; public and private sector retirement plans, annuities and mutual funds; banking and mortgages; pet, motorcycle and boat insurance. For more information, visit www.nationwide.com.

Nationwide, Nationwide is on your side and the Nationwide N and Eagle are service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. © 2018 Nationwide.

Contact:
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