HIVELAB CO., LTD

HIVELAB is a South Korean digital agency founded in 2012, with its head office in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, and branch offices in Hanoi and Tokyo. It describes itself as a digital communication agency focused on AX and AI solutions and platforms, combining digital marketing, UX design and system development for enterprise clients in Korea and overseas.

The company is organized into a Digital Marketing Group and a Digital Platform Group. The marketing side covers AI creative, integrated campaigns, brand consulting, performance and social media marketing, ad design, brand films and motion graphics. The platform side covers generative AI platforms, agentic AI development, UX strategy, UI and GUI design, front-end and back-end development, and ongoing operation and maintenance. HIVELAB also operates Keystone Marketing Company, a marketing agency with offices in Seoul, Bangkok, Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur that supports Korean companies expanding abroad and foreign companies entering Korea.

• Digital transformation: AX (AI transformation) consulting and digital transformation strategy
• UX design: user-centered UX, UI and GUI design for web platforms
• Digital marketing: AI creative, performance marketing, social campaigns and brand movies
• System development: front-end and back-end development, IT outsourcing and maintenance
• Adobe Experience Manager: enterprise content management on Adobe Experience Manager and Adobe Marketing Cloud
• AWS cloud solutions: migration, optimization, cost reduction, security and enterprise data analysis
• AI products: the AVIKO generative AI platform and AI chatbots
• Offshoring: delivery through HIVELAB VINA, a subsidiary established in Hanoi in August 2018

Clients named on its website include Samsung, Samsung SDS, Samsung SDI, Naver, Kakao, Nexon, SKT, CJ ENM, Netmarble, Krafton, Blizzard, EA, PUBG, Singapore Airlines and Dunamu. Recent projects on its news page include content renewal and an annual UI design and front-end partnership for the Hyundai Motor Group HTWO website, marketing ad creatives for the game Lineage M, and an integrated reservation platform for Seolhaewon.

According to its website, HIVELAB has more than 590 members, has served over 320 global clients and has delivered more than 1,900 projects. Its awards page lists a Web Award grand prize for the Battleground official website, further Web Award prizes for Naver Labs, the Naver Whale browser site and the Skechers GOwalk 4 Pro campaign, and iF Design Awards for Naver projects. It also reports a Gyeonggi Province HRDK certification as an excellent HRD organization.