Aquent : Work With Us

The demands of developing an efficient, cost-effective online marketing team or raising your interactive operations to the next level can present significant challenges for your organization. Keeping up with constant technology advancements, identifying talent experienced in emerging media, demonstrating ROI, and safeguarding your brand are all necessary to stay competitive.

Whatever your online marketing needs, Aquent can provide experts to support your organization; deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions; and improve your performance and bottom line.

Search Engine Marketing Specialists

Develop in-depth understanding of keyword advertising and direct marketing within the B2B industry.
Manage and execute operations across various media—search marketing, Yellow Pages, print, and outdoor/vehicular advertising.
Oversee team of advertising associates who manage day-to-day operations of search marketing—keyword bidding, copy, and optimization.
Develop and maintain relationships with advertising partners.
Prepare and monitor annual advertising budgets according to goals and objectives.
Propose new advertising ideas to encourage company growth and brand awareness.
Report on and analyze advertising performance each month.

Online Marketing Managers/Digital Buyers

Identify and evaluate new tactics and channels to drive traffic and grow brand awareness through blogs, social media sites, and other targeted venues.
Manage online advertising campaigns (beyond paid search) and find new marketing channels.
Test and evaluate the performance of online marketing efforts.
Develop and execute theme-based, targeted, high-profile marketing programs.

Email Marketing Specialists

Create and conduct email marketing campaigns.
Develop email content.
Maintain email in accordance to CAN-SPAM regulations.

Online Analytics

Track, report on, and forecast web marketing trends and patterns.

Areas of Focus

Online Marketing Management and Strategy
Search Engine Marketing/Paid Search
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Email Marketing
Online Public Relations and Content
Social Media and Affiliate Marketing
Web Analytics Consulting

Interactive Design

Interactive design is where the action is. What’s possible with new technologies changes literally every day—which is why you need a partner with global access to the talent leading the revolution. For 11 years and more than 3,000 organizations around the world, Aquent has provided the talent to create compelling, innovative interactive that is changing the face of marketing.

Get Highly Specialized Talent with Real-World Experience

Bring in the experts you need—front end developers, mobile designers and developers, flash designers and developers, project managers, content managers and developers, art directors and creative teams.
Build an experienced team or bring in an expert to augment your own—we screen for the right match so you can focus on your core business.
Synch up your interactive efforts—our interactive, online marketing and user experience practices can make it happen.
Rely on us to identify the right talent to help you achieve cost savings, increase ROI, and decrease downtime.

Launch a New Product or Service

Take your product or service online from concept to completion, right on time, with the industry’s best talent.
Let our experts develop and implement all the interactive tools you need for a successful launch: microsites, banners, landing pages, mobile websites—a comprehensive program.

Unify Branded Marketing Initiatives

Enhance performance of existing online initiatives with expert help for site redesigns, e-commerce integrations, email marketing and more.
Utilize our just-in-time specialists to engage your customers with rich media solutions that keep you on the cutting-edge of technology.

Jump Into Next-Gen Mobile Apps and Social Media

Gain global access to highly specialized talent who are pioneering the hottest new interactive technologies.
Move your site quickly and effectively to the mobile space, right where your customers and clients live and breathe—on their smart phones.
Let us help you determine what talent you need and how you can best save money.

Areas of Focus

Interactive Design & Front End Development
Interactive Project Management
Mobile Web Design & Development
Flash Design & Development
Content Development & Management

User Experience

Only one global staffing agency has a focused team of agents dedicated to user experience: Aquent. We know UX first-hand. We know how difficult it is to gain the hearts and minds of your users. We know about the constant balancing act between user needs, business goals, and what's feasible. And we definitely know how hard it is to transform complex technical issues into elegant solutions with just the right functionality, behavior and visual treatment. With all these challenges the last thing you need is a staffing agency that slows you down.

Partner with Someone Who Speaks Your Language

Work with a team of professional recruiters who are former UX managers and practitioners and can understand your unique needs.
See what a difference it makes when someone knows the difference between interaction design and information architecture without you having to explain it.

Get Highly Specialized Talent with Real-World Experience

Get the expert you need for the job. Aquent provides highly qualified talent across a range of UX disciplines: user research and testing, information architecture, interaction design, visual design, content and copywriting, prototyping and management.
Work with talent that has expertise in your industry, including retail and e-commerce, technology and software, consumer products and services, nonprofit and associations, finance, insurance and banking, marketing and communications, telecom and utilities, health and life sciences, education and government.
Gain access to the largest local and global pool of UX specialists available—one call can set you up with research in Boston, design in London, or testing in Tokyo.

Eliminate Sifting Through Unqualified Candidates

Rely on our industry expertise and a multi-faceted screening process designed to provide you with highly qualified candidates that fit your organization.
See for yourself why our customer satisfaction scores are the highest in the industry. If you’re unhappy with someone we place, we’ll refund 110% of your money.
Let us help you determine what talent you need and how you can create the optimal online experience for your users.

Areas of Focus

User Research and Testing
Information Architecture
Interaction Design
Visual Design
Content and Copywriting
Prototyping
Management

Marketing

You have a very specific marketing challenge that not just anyone can take on—you need someone with a specialized skill set, stat. Aquent has the solution. No matter the scope of your project, we can supply a contractor with the precise expertise and industry experience you need most, for as long—or as short—as you need them.

Get the Exact Specialist You Need For the Job

Bring in the right person with the right expertise for a wide range of marcom needs—account management, brand and product marketing, channel marketing, communications and PR, direct marketing and database marketing, events promotions, marketing research and marketing management.
Reduce stress on internal team members by bringing in short-term resources.

Get More Value From Your Marketing Budget

Maximize budgets and avoid creating permanent positions by adding marketing specialists as you require them.
Bring in an expert in-house to do the same work of a consulting firm more cost-effectively.

Pull a Proven Expert into Your Next Project To...

Create and execute branded marketing communications
Successfully launch a new product or service

>Rely on just one or two brand or product managers with proven backgrounds, instead of staffing up a full team for launch.
>Keep internal teams focused on existing business by bringing in resources to work on a launch.

Develop a comprehensive business review or marketing plan

>Do more with less—maximize your budget and staff resources by bringing in an experienced brand or product manager at review and planning time.
Develop a world-class RFP
>Bring in an experienced RFP project manager or writer to do the job short-term, rather
than stressing internal team members with incremental work.
>Take advantage of a contractor with RFP experience in a specific industry or
geographic area.
>Avoid hiring for a full-time position until you win the business.

Maximize organizational information with data analytics

>Let us help you determine what data is essential, what talent you need, and how you
can best save money.
>Gain insight into consumer data, market conditions, brand strengths and weaknesses,
competition vs. sales volume, market share, advertising, media effectiveness, incentive
spend and ROI.
>Bring in a knowledgeable director/strategist, manager or junior analyst to crunch data
cost-effectively and help maximize ROI.
>Get impartial data analysis that an agency or media firm may be unable to provide.

Areas of Focus

Account Management
Direct Marketing and Database Marketing
Brand and Product Marketing
Events Promotions
Channel Marketing
Marketing Management
Communications and PR
Marketing Research

Graphic Design

Web Analytics Data...Leaving you with more questions than answers?

Aquent’s Design Practice provides companies the best Strategy, Design, Writing, Production and Management Talent. With over 20 years in the creative space, we partner with the world’s best-known companies to help them execute their most critical marketing initiatives. We provide flexible, cost-saving, innovative solutions to 90 of the Fortune 100 and literally thousands of other companies of all industries and sizes. Let our talent become the brand experts you rely on to deliver extraordinary creative and exceptional returns.

Trust the Experts in Design, Management & Execution

Partner with the best in the business. The Design Practice has provided cost-saving, innovative solutions to 90 of the Fortune 100 and thousands of companies across all industries.
Put 20 years of experience to work for you. Providing design solutions is where our business began and where we continue to lead and innovate.

Get Highly Specialized Talent with Proven Results

Gain access to a massive pool of global talent.
Bring in the experts you need— graphic designers, creative and art directors, writers and editors, project and account managers, production artists and more.
Build an experienced team or expand your internal capabilities by bringing in focused expertise to support your team.

Get More Value From Your Marketing Budget

Maximize your budget by bringing work in-house with skilled talent that has proven experience.
Build an experienced creative team to function as your in-house agency.
Rely on us to help you save time and money by getting the right specialized talent from the start of your project or initiative.
Improve your departments efficiency with a single talent or an entire creative team.

Flex to Meet Your Changing Needs

Increase capacity during workload peaks by leveraging on-demand, scalable teams that fit your culture.
Take your product or service launch from concept to completion, on time and on budget, with the industries best talent.
Maintain productivity during medical and family leaves or vacations by adding interim resources you can rely on to deliver.
Grow your department without adding permanent headcount by utilizing specialists when you need them, for as long as you need them.

Areas of Focus

Creative Direction / Art Direction / Graphic Design / Illustration
Writing / Copywriting / Editing / Proofreading
Production / Presentation / Proposal / Photo Retouching
Account Management / Project Management / Account Services

Find an Agent

Work with one of our specialized agents to find specialized contract and contract-to-hire marketing and design professionals or your next great job opportunity.

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Practice Areas

Learn more about our specialized practice areas:

Online Marketing
Interactive Design
User Experience
Marketing
Graphic Design

FAQ's

Online Marketing

The challenges of building an online marketing team or raising your interactive operations to the next level are huge. To stay competitive, you need to keep up with technology, attract talent experienced in emerging media, demonstrate ROI and safeguard your brand—all at the same time. Aquent can help. Come to us for the experts you need to deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions and improve your bottom line.

Areas of Focus

: Val DeWitt - Effectiveness Through Communication, Inc.
Lisa from Aquent’s online marketing practice gets a lot of credit for making our team exceptional. She understands our work and our challenges, sending us candidates she knows will fit into our environment. Almost half of our creative services & marketing team came from Aquent through Lisa. Working with her is a great investment paid back by the quality of talent.

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Cheeky Video

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10 Steps to Make Your Content a Powerful Asset

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New eMarketer report on SEO and SEM Spending

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Google "Freshness" Factor May Mean Big Implications For Retailers

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Google Adwords Bid Simulator Reference Guide

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Is He Correct? Tell Us What You Think

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Quick SEO Trick with Facebook

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Are You Ready for June 15? Google Trademark Terms

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Bringing Online Marketing In-House

Presenter: Eric Waldinger, Online Marketing Practice Leader, Aquent

This recording will:

Provide an overview of Aquent and the AMA’s recent Hiring Trends Survey.
Detail the benefits of bringing your digital marketing department in-house.
Specify how this department should be structured and managed.
And explain how all of this will save your company time and money.

Lessons From the Web Front Lines: an Aquent | Monster Survey of Web Professionals

This is a presentation of the results of a series of nationwide online surveys conducted by Aquent and Monster including Web professionals, employers and recruiters who hire Web professionals. This give a look into a lone growth area of the talent market that could be the difference between survival and prosperity in this economy and the recovery—when it happens. Uncover insights into how to attract, keep and develop Web talent in an uncertain economy.

7 Steps to a Stellar Online Reputation

Presenter: Andy Beal, co-author of Radically Transparent and founder of the award-winning Marketing Pilgrim blog.

Companies spend millions building and promoting their brands online. Yet, all it takes is a single negative review to destroy your company's reputation. Who's managing yours?

Leveraging the Value of Email Marketing During a Recession

Presenter: Simms Jenkins, CEO of BrightWave Marketing

This recording will help you:

Define your program's purpose, goals, and benchmarks
Position email as a service to your organization
Track metrics and test concepts
Cut costs and deliver exceptional value to your subscribers

Social Media is About Socializing!

Presenter: Harry Gold, online marketing expert and founder and CEO of Overdrive Interactive

Interactive Marketing Specialists

Aquent provided the specialized talent a top North America retailer needed to remain competitive and drive its busy online promotional calendar during the critical holiday season.

16, Mar, 2010

DMA: Best Practices and Current Trends in Email Marketing

Experian CheetahMail is the leading Email Service Provider to the retail and direct marketing industry. At this informative session, you will get an inside look at the email marketing strategies, tactics and best practices employed by the world’s leading retailers and direct marketers.

Presented by Kevin Furlong, Client Partner and Tracy Kobzeff, Client Relationship Manager.

17, Mar, 2010

Aquent Webcast: Going Mobile: A Practical Guide

The iPhone, Blackberry, Google Android, Kindle, and now the iPad. Mobile is growing smarter, smaller, and increasingly ubiquitous. There are over 270 million mobile phone subscribers in the the U.S. A whopping 90% of the US population. It’s changing the way people live, enabling them to do more on the go. For marketers, this is the new frontier.

Done right, mobile is an extremely effective channel for reaching customers in constant motion. Are you ready to jumpstart your mobile strategy? Then don’t miss our upcoming complimentary webcast, “Going Mobile: A Practical Guide,” with Peter Barclay.

Peter is the co-founder of Vaya Mobile and has implemented mobile and online strategy for pioneering brands, including the Washington Post, Newsweek, Xerox, and FedEx.

Listen in as Peter gives practical advice on…

The mobile landscape

Mobile apps vs. mobile web

The key steps to mobile development

How to approach mobile strategy

Available on demand starting March 17 at noon EST

18, Mar, 2010

SoCal AMA events: Nature Networking Night

At the rustic Bigfoot Lodge, we will gather 'round the warm campfire to swap compelling marketing stories and business tales. We will enjoy their distinctive wilderness-themed drinks including the 'Toasted Marshmallow', 'Girl Scout Cookie', and 'Smokey's Moonshine'. And remember to bring your hunting gear: business cards and an elevator pitch. You never know who is lurking about...

25, Mar, 2010

Aquent/AMA Webcast: Demystifying Social Media Measurement

Speaker – John Lovett, Senior Partner at Web Analytics Demystified.

The social media frenzy is escalating as millions of consumers flock to sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr to find their social media fix. Now marketers seek out customers in these new channels with an estimated 86% that plan to increase their investments in social media activity this year. However, among these marketers, a staggering number are failing to measure the effects of their efforts. Yet, dollars are flowing from traditional marketing activities to social media methods. Now more than ever it’s imperative to measure the results of social media marketing.

Join the experts from Web Analytics Demystified as they strip away the hype of social media and apply proven measurement practices. In this session you’ll learn how to:

Identify the focal point for measuring social media activity

Align strategic measurement with business objectives

Create Key Performance Indicators for social media measurement

Recognize metrics that offer insight into your customers social activity

Use a framework for truly understanding social media marketing

John Lovett is a Senior Partner at Web Analytics Demystified, a consulting firm focused on digital measurement strategy. He has over a decade of experience analyzing and evaluating web technologies. Currently, Mr. Lovett is co-authoring a study on Social Marketing Analytics, where he will introduce a new framework for measuring social media. This research will provide social marketers with a pragmatic approach to measuring the success of the social media marketing initiatives.

22, Mar, 2010

Search Engine Strategies (SES) 2010

Approximately 5,000 marketers and search engine optimization professionals attend SES New York each year to network and learn about topics such as PPC management, keyword research, SEO, social media, local, mobile, link building, duplicate content, multiple site issues, video optimization, site optimization, usability and more.

SES New York will be packed with 70+ sessions, multiple keynotes, 100+ exhibitors, networking events and parties. Your customers, colleagues and competition will be in attendance — will you?

20, Apr, 2010

DMA webinar: Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Email Segmentation

This exciting one hour virtual seminar will introduce ten different best practices and ideas for email segmentation. Email marketers in either a B-to-B or a B-to-C setting can use email segmentation to:

* Create stronger, more relevant email messages

* Set a proper a mood, tone or expectation for a specific audience

* Understand behaviors of different prospects, customers, or constituents

Using examples, discussion, and cases we will help answer such questions as:

* Why should you use segmentation in you email campaigns, and what types of results should you expect to see?

* What are some easy ways to segment without drowning in excess data?

* How do you creatively segment an audience that seems to be the same on the surface?

* What results should be reviewed to understand if your segmentation strategies are successful?

* How do you expand you segmentation strategies over time to continually increase effectiveness?

19, Apr, 2010

ad:tech, the next evolution!

The world's biggest digital marketing and media show is getting better this year.

What's new?

1. The Marketing Masters series: Select industry thought leaders share actionable, strategic insights on social media, mobile, search and more.

2. Innovation Alley: Cutting edge companies show off the next generation of marketing and media tools.

3. App Exchange: Test drive the latest and greatest in mobile apps. Some available for free download.

22, Jun, 2010

DMA webinar: Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Email Opt-In Processes

This exciting one hour virtual seminar will examine ten important factors for effective email opt-in processes. Today, email marketers must be more mindful than ever to properly opt-in audiences in a compelling manner. If done so correctly, many benefits are gained:

Increased number and quality opt-in participants
More active audiences in email messages
Long-term success of email initiatives

Using examples, discussion, and cases we will help answer such questions as:

What are the must-haves in a good opt-in page, and what constitutes a legal opt-in?
What are some creative ideas for increasing quality opt-ins?
Should you be using double-opt-in processes?
Should you test opt-in pages and what should you be testing?
What data should you collect, and how much?
What should you do after someone opts-in? How to keep the momentum going

Find Work

Work with one of our specialized agents to find your next great job opportunity.

Find Talent

Connect with us to find the specialized contract and contract-to-hire marketing and design professionals.

Web Analytics Data...Leaving you with more questions than answers?

Latest Blog

Interactive Design

Areas of Focus

Interactive Design & Front End Development
Interactive Project Management
Mobile Web Design & Development
Flash Design & Development
Content Development & Management

: Karl Schultz , Manager UX Design - CBS Interactive
The staff at Aquent responded quickly with a selection of qualified User Experience candidates. We brought in a contractor and immediately her contribution to the team was appreciated. Aquent also provides tools that make it easy to review and approve timesheets. I recommend Aquent to all my colleagues.
: Eric Shafer , President - Click and Create, LLC
Search Engine Optimization is an art more than a science and is typically billed hourly, but Aquent designed an agreement to fit our fixed-rate pricing model. Kasey found excellent talent who also contributed to the development of our processes. It is welcome relief to find that Aquent can accommodate a small business' needs!
: Chuck White , Director, Design and User Experience - Comcast
Aquent does an excellent job of getting to know their client and building a strong relationship. So when we have a need we get the right number of resumes of really good candidates in a short amount of time. The talent we have hired through our Aquent Agent, Joe Rinaldi, are our best people.
: John Lindblom , Associate Creative Director - Team Detroit
During my career I have worked with Aquent’s Interactive team as both a talent and now a client. Mariam and her team found me the job that I am currently in, and now I get to liaise with her for hiring my own talent. She is extremely knowledgeable in the Interactive space and has helped me out by reacting quickly and with the right level of skill every time I make a request. I am highly complimentary about Aquent and the relationship I have developed with them over the years.

Aquent Talent DISCOUNT for FITC Toronto: April 24-27

We're excited to sponsor FITC Toronto again this year on April 24-27: http://www.fitc.ca/events/about/?event=102 And we're thrilled that FITC has generously offered a 15% DISCOUNT to Aquent Talent to attend. If you'd like more information, please contact Julie Robinson for the code: jhrobinson@aquent.com http://aquent.us/go/julierobinson Thanks, FITC! Hope to...

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Aquent 15% DISCOUNT: 360 | Flex Conference (March 2010)

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Flash Development

Aquent delivered the Flash expertise that an IT provider needed to develop an application enabling countries to track key performance indicators and thereby help drive economic development.

Web Content Development

Aquent helped a creator of global online learning programs to significantly scale its website content team- providing 47 developers- and to win an important new piece of business.

Web Standards – Today and Tomorrow

Presented by: Faruk Ates from the Web Standards Project and Susie Hall, Interactive Design Practice Leader, Aquent

Interactive teams today are faced with rapidly changing technology and a world where online content must stay fresh and relevant to compete. In this climate of change, design and development dollars are wasted as companies struggle without implementing Web standards. Faruk Ates of the Web Standards Project talks about current Web standards and explains their importance to the success of any Web project.

In this talk you will learn more about:

How using Web standards can save time and money
How employing standards can enable access to more customers
New and emerging technology and standards that may change the future of Web development

Digital Asset Management

Aquent bridged the internal communication gap for a global communications company by helping launch a new product while ensuring brand compliance and reducing costly errors.

Web Design for ROI: How Design Impacts the Bottom Line

Presenters: Lance Loveday, founder, CEO of Closed Loop Marketing Sandra Niehaus, VP user experience, creative director of Closed Loop Marketing

This live recording will help you to:

Design different types of Web pages
Increase Web sales/leads
Increase overall site effectiveness
Change your company's perceptions of Web design

Web Portal Development

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Successful Creative Briefs: Linking Business Objectives and Creative Strategies

Call them what you will—“creative briefs,” “design briefs,” “marketing briefs,” “communications briefs,”
or even “objectives and strategies statements”—the actual name is less important than helping
creative and marketing professionals to fully understand and appreciate their potential value to any
design initiative within your organization. Many designers and their clients have yet to completely embrace the creative brief as a vital part of the design process to share valuable information, build consensus, align expectations, and set clear objectives. This paper details how to create successful briefs and provides samples.

Lessons From the Web Front Lines: an Aquent | Monster Survey of Web Professionals

Powerful Content Resources: A Short E-book Full of Links and Information About the Digital Media Content Business

This collection of tips and best practices will help you make your content a powerful asset for your organization. The resources, links, and recommendations in this document will be helpful to creative and technical professionals who work with digital media content assets such as text, videos, illustrations, photos, and sound.

12, Mar, 2010

SXSW Interactive

SXSW Interactive features five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable line up of special programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas the community has to offer. Join us March 2010 for the panels, the parties, the 13th Annual Web Awards, the ScreenBurn at SXSW Arcade, the Film and Interactive Trade Show and Exhibition, Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator at SXSW and, of course, the inspirational experience that only SXSW can deliver.

23, Mar, 2010

thinkLA: AdU

Program Overview

The perfect course for junior-level employees, professors and college students, AdU gives a broad introduction to the various departments within an advertising agency. The program has also been expanded to include a class on the rapidly expanding interactive realm of the industry. We provide this training in an environment that is based on practical knowledge and taught by professionals who hold senior management positions at various companies throughout the industry.

Potential Students

This course is appropriate for entry-level agency employees and also entry-level sales employees seeking a broader understanding of the agency and how its various departments work in collaboration.

Professors and college students seeking a greater understanding of advertising agencies will find this class beneficial and may attend at a discounted rate.

06, Apr, 2010

The InDesign Seminar Tour

Bring your laptop if you want, but it may prove to be a nuisance at a seminar this fast-paced. Just watch one of our world-class speakers in action and ask questions whenever you have one, it's very simple. The tour is coming through 13 cities, so there should be one in your neighborhood. There's no way you won't come away from this with more tips, tricks and techniques than you can possibly fathom!

Find Work

Work with one of our specialized agents to find your next great job opportunity.

Find Talent

Connect with us to find the specialized contract and contract-to-hire marketing and design professionals.

Aquent Talent DISCOUNT for FITC Toronto: April 24-27

Latest Blog

User Experience

We know UX. How difficult it is to gain the hearts and minds of users. The constant balancing act between user needs, business goals and speed. How hard it can be to transform complex technical issues into elegant solutions with the right functionality, behavior and visual treatment. To help you meet these challenges, trust the only global staffing agency with a team of agents dedicated to user experience: Aquent.

Areas of Focus

UX Management
User Research and Testing
Information Architecture
Interaction Design
Visual Design
Content and Copywriting
Prototyping

: Karl Schultz , Manager UX Design - CBS Interactive
The staff at Aquent responded quickly with a selection of qualified User Experience candidates. We brought in a contractor and immediately her contribution to the team was appreciated. Aquent also provides tools that make it easy to review and approve timesheets. I recommend Aquent to all my colleagues.
: Chuck White , Director, Design and User Experience - Comcast
Aquent does an excellent job of getting to know their client and building a strong relationship. So when we have a need we get the right number of resumes of really good candidates in a short amount of time. The talent we have hired through our Aquent Agent, Joe Rinaldi, are our best people.
: Kristen Rasmussen , Senior Digital Manager - GyroHSR Inc
Aquent has been very responsive in sending us a variety of qualified candidates for UX positions at GyroHSR San Francisco. They have been—Matt in particular—outstanding at quickly finding the talent we’ve needed that best fit our clients’ requirements.
: Emily Henlein , User Experience Lead - Microsoft - MSN
Aquent does an excellent job of understanding my talent needs and then getting me the right people for the job in a timely fashion. From simple production to highly conceptual visual work, Aquent always finds the perfect fit for my projects and my team.

Web Analytics Data...Leaving you with more questions than answers?

Web Design for ROI: How Design Impacts the Bottom Line

Presenters: Lance Loveday, founder, CEO of Closed Loop Marketing Sandra Niehaus, VP user experience, creative director of Closed Loop Marketing

This live recording will help you to:

Design different types of Web pages
Increase Web sales/leads
Increase overall site effectiveness
Change your company's perceptions of Web design

Web Portal Development

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Marketing

You have a very specific marketing challenge that not just anyone can take on. What you need is someone with a specialized skill set, stat. Aquent has the solution. No matter the scope of your project, we can supply a contractor with the precise expertise and industry experience you need most, for as long—or as short—as you need them. Count on it.

Areas of Focus

Account Management
Direct Marketing and Database Marketing
Brand and Product Marketing
Events Promotions
Channel Marketing
Marketing Management
Communications and PR
Marketing Research

: Aimee Talbert - BankAtlantic
Dealing with Aquent is always a pleasure. The team is friendly, knowledgeable, helpful and professional, and their approach very much suits our business needs. They’ve taken the time to understand how our business works and give consideration to our culture as well, which saves us valuable time and energy on the screening and interviewing process – and ensures a good fit. Additionally, they have a large pool of qualified candidates for quicker sourcing, which is a direct reflection of how well they treat their employees and staff. I am always very pleased with the service we receive from Aquent, and I recommend them frequently.
: Sheri Caldwell , President - Caldwell Group
Aquent has been an invaluable resource to help staff our new office in Miami. I needed to move quickly and they found great people to fill my open positions. They’ve been extremely easy to work with and I would highly recommend their services to anyone.
: Eric Young , Content Director - GMAC Insurance
Finding a senior-level position that suited my skills, experience and long-term goals was like looking for a needle in a haystack until Aquent. They found the right job for me and provided expert advice on how to best present myself based on their knowledge of the personalities involved in the hiring process. They have provided top-notch support throughout my tenure with a major Aquent client. The Aquent team has a thorough knowledge of the job market and an uncanny ability to manage the constantly evolving relationships between a corporate clients and marketing and creative teams. Aquent is much more than a career advisor and recruiter to me and my colleagues – they are trusted friends.
: Jamie Masters , Director, Electronic Communications - Georgia Power Company
I am proud to have a long-standing relationship with Aquent. Over the years, the Aquent team has helped us identify cutting-edge talent for our marketing and creative teams. Their understanding of our business and excellent customer service enables us to build creative and technical teams that produce results.

The Down-Low On DM....

I recently attended the ADMA Forum09 and went to various seminars on every aspect of direct marketing. From these seminars and from talking to participants and exhibitors at the forum, I got the feeling that more and more clients...

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Locker Up!

When I was a kid, my least favorite phrase in the world was, "Back to School". The discount store down the street from me growing up, TG&Y, always managed to spoil my summer fun by hanging garish pictures of...

Tie Ins

I love clever catalogs. No, really, I do.I imagine coming from the writing side of the house, instead of the graphics side, has a lot to do with it. Though I love a beautiful layout, I really appreciate any company...

Data Analytics - Automotive Giant

By assembling a customized team of 70 specialists, Aquent helped an automotive giant bring data analytics in-house, saving the company millions of dollars and increasing its control over data.

Good Marketing - Marketing for Social Good

Presented by: Nancy Goldstein, Chief Strategist, Compass(x) Strategy

Surveys consistently report that consumers would choose a brand that "makes the world a better place" over other brands and will pay more for such a brand – even in a recession. How should marketers capitalize on this? Web 2.0 has made it possible for companies to engage with specific communities about relevant causes like never before. However, having a clear strategy is critical to avoid missteps, which can inadvertently undo the good your company is purporting to do. This webcast will address some of the issues that companies face when trying to position themselves as "doing good," as well as provide some solutions and tools to improve your company's ability to market social good successfully.

Strategy activation: The secret to successful execution

In this webcast, Scott Glatstein, President of Imperatives LLC and author of Strategy Activation: How to Turn Your Vision into Marketplace Success, will tell you:

Why 90 percent of all business strategies fail in the marketplace
How high-performing organizations leverage the four key implementation success factors
How to design a customer experience that matches expectations
How the right culture and reward structures can build a workforce committed to implementing your promises
How to design the necessary processes and select the right tools that will enable marketplace success

The insights you need to successfully market to Tweens and Teens

Understanding the youth market is crucial for any company attempting to capture the attention of today's tween and teen consumers. The lives and minds of this dynamic group are ever-changing, so it's essential to gain a better understanding of our youth today before launching your next youth-oriented product or marketing campaign.

During this webcast Brenda Hurley of C&R Research will tell you:

What tweens and teens do with their free time
What is important in their lives today
Their relationship with technology and its role in their lives
Their engagement with social issues
Where they get their money and the power of their spending
How today's economy is impacting them
How they find out about new products
Ways to reach this illusive audience

Ensuring Product Launch Success: The Often-Overlooked Role of Marketing Execution

Each year, companies launch more than 30,000 new products and services. Of these, marketing experts estimate that 70 percent fail within two years. When new product launches fail, they sometimes do so for a variety of strategic reasons, from flawed market research to poor product development to a bad distribution strategy. Often, the failure of the launch is in the marketing execution: inconsistent product messaging, delayed sales-force collateral, and embarrassing flops at promotional events. Execution problems can be attributed to the lack of an effective product launch marketing infrastructure. Few companies have a flexible and scalable infrastructure specifically for the management of marketing initiatives tied to product launches.

Managing Global Marketing Execution: A Core Competency

As products, market segments, and marketing messages proliferate globally, marketers face the
challenge of how to execute strategies that consistently communicate core product benefits in a
manner that reflects local needs, competitive environments, and cultural preferences. What we have
found in working with companies on global execution of marketing materials is that the key success
factors are:

Driving execution with a clear communication strategy and brand standards
Controlling your own brand assets
Managing a set of internal and external execution resources
Measuring and auditing the results

The Business Case for Marketing Resource Management (MRM): Increasing ROI Through More Efficient Use of Marketing Resources

The marketing landscape has changed dramatically in recent years, and marketers are taking full advantage of new media channels, segmentation strategies, and capabilities to produce an everexpanding volume of work. To keep pace with escalating demands on their time, people, and budgets, marketing executives are investigating marketing resource management (MRM) solutions. An MRM solution that includes best-in-class software, process changes, and measurement tools can have a profound impact on such critical areas as planning, production management, workflow, and reporting. By automating and streamlining day-to-day operations, an MRM solution helps marketing departments work smarter and more efficiently.

Aquent | AMA Compensation Survey of Marketing Professionals 2009

The Aquent | American Marketing Association salary salary survey of marketing professionals draws upon salary, demographic, psychographic, and job satisfaction data from thousands of respondents across a broad spectrum of job titles, markets, and business sectors and features an insight series on the data collected.

Brand Launch

Aquent helped a leading consumer packaged goods company find the interim marketing talent it needed to develop a new brand strategy and successfully relaunch its premier cookie brand.

The Pragmatic Recession: what’s different this time around?

In light of the economy and the mounting challenges at hand to marketers, The Dihedral Group (TDG) conducted a survey on behalf of Aquent and the American Marketing Association (AMA) pertaining to marketers’ thoughts on the economy, strategic initiatives, and their hiring concentrations for the coming year.

Among those marketers interviewed for this research who have previously been through down cycles, the overwhelming point of differentiation from the other recessions came down to the pragmatic use of the Internet and supporting technologies to refine (among strong organizations) or jump-start (among ailing companies) their front-line demand-generation activities.

Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit:A Contextual Assessment of Marketing Challenges, Compensation, and Job Satisfaction

It’s not easy being in marketing management today. A dramatic shift in the marketing landscape—increased globalization, multiple media platforms, an explosion of market segments—has coincided with an uncertain economy and shifting organizational dynamics. Marketers at all levels of the organization are faced with enormous strategic and tactical challenges, but their views of these challenges are colored by where they are within the marketing profession hierarchy. Not surprisingly, marketing professionals’ sense of personal satisfaction with their jobs and their ensuing compensation align directly with their level of achievement and tenure in the profession.

Leveraging the Value of Email Marketing During a Recession

Presenter: Simms Jenkins, CEO of BrightWave Marketing

This recording will help you:

Define your program's purpose, goals, and benchmarks
Position email as a service to your organization
Track metrics and test concepts
Cut costs and deliver exceptional value to your subscribers

Careers in Marketing: Flux, Flexibility & the Future

Presenter: Matthew T. Grant, corporate blogger and content director, Aquent

This recording will:

Provide practical insights on emerging (or fading!) career opportunities
Discuss innovative work arrangements
Describe effective strategies for finding and keeping in-demand talent

Market Research Analysis

Aquent quickly identified the hard-to-find talent that a leading provider of independent investment research data needed to replace its outgoing market research analyst.

Data Analytics and Database Specialists

Aquent helped one of the world’s largest banks manage the migration of several databases post acquisition by providing over 40 database and data analytics specialists.

Brand Strategy

Aquent helped a top consumer-lending products company identify and hire the interim brand strategy talent it needed after a major acquisition.

Brand Ambassadors

A global paint manufacturer partnered with Aquent to help boost sales of its leading designer paint brand at the world’s largest home improvement retailer by designing and implementing a Brand Ambassador program.

Aquent | AMA Compensation Survey of Marketing Professionals 2006

The most comprehensive survey ever conducted in this field, it draws upon salary, demographic, psychographic, and job satisfaction data from thousands of respondents across a broad spectrum of job titles, markets, and business sectors.

16, Mar, 2010

DMA: Best Practices and Current Trends in Email Marketing

Presented by Kevin Furlong, Client Partner and Tracy Kobzeff, Client Relationship Manager.

17, Mar, 2010

Aquent Webcast: Going Mobile: A Practical Guide

Peter is the co-founder of Vaya Mobile and has implemented mobile and online strategy for pioneering brands, including the Washington Post, Newsweek, Xerox, and FedEx.

Listen in as Peter gives practical advice on…

The mobile landscape

Mobile apps vs. mobile web

The key steps to mobile development

How to approach mobile strategy

Available on demand starting March 17 at noon EST

18, Mar, 2010

Marketing During a Recession: 17 Strategies for Organizations, Business Owners and Entrepreneurs

During this fast-paced, information-packed session, you’ll discover specific recommendations and strategies you can use like...

What prospects are responding to best: Messages that boost response

5 overlooked techniques to mine your database for hidden profit

Email vs. direct mail: Costly mistakes most marketers make

7 Internet lead-generation tactics that drive quality leads

How to effectively convert leads to clients

The #1 mistake marketers make during market slowdowns

9 ways to use direct mail/online synergy to lower your cost per lead

4 little-known ways to increase paid search results

Eye-opening new marketing trends you most likely haven’t heard yet

The most important way to improve response in this market

How to Profit from social media

And much, much more…

18, Mar, 2010

SoCal AMA events: Nature Networking Night

23, Mar, 2010

DMA presents Anritsu Sales Lead Case Study

How a sales lead campaign succeeded in opening previously closed doors for the sales dept. and won an ECHO Award along the way.

23, Mar, 2010

thinkLA: AdU

Program Overview

Potential Students

This course is appropriate for entry-level agency employees and also entry-level sales employees seeking a broader understanding of the agency and how its various departments work in collaboration.

Professors and college students seeking a greater understanding of advertising agencies will find this class beneficial and may attend at a discounted rate.

25, Mar, 2010

Aquent/AMA Webcast: Demystifying Social Media Measurement

Speaker – John Lovett, Senior Partner at Web Analytics Demystified.

Join the experts from Web Analytics Demystified as they strip away the hype of social media and apply proven measurement practices. In this session you’ll learn how to:

Identify the focal point for measuring social media activity

Align strategic measurement with business objectives

Create Key Performance Indicators for social media measurement

Recognize metrics that offer insight into your customers social activity

Use a framework for truly understanding social media marketing

22, Mar, 2010

Search Engine Strategies (SES) 2010

SES New York will be packed with 70+ sessions, multiple keynotes, 100+ exhibitors, networking events and parties. Your customers, colleagues and competition will be in attendance — will you?

19, Apr, 2010

ad:tech, the next evolution!

The world's biggest digital marketing and media show is getting better this year.

What's new?

1. The Marketing Masters series: Select industry thought leaders share actionable, strategic insights on social media, mobile, search and more.

2. Innovation Alley: Cutting edge companies show off the next generation of marketing and media tools.

3. App Exchange: Test drive the latest and greatest in mobile apps. Some available for free download.

22, Jun, 2010

DMA webinar: Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Email Opt-In Processes

Increased number and quality opt-in participants
More active audiences in email messages
Long-term success of email initiatives

Using examples, discussion, and cases we will help answer such questions as:

What are the must-haves in a good opt-in page, and what constitutes a legal opt-in?
What are some creative ideas for increasing quality opt-ins?
Should you be using double-opt-in processes?
Should you test opt-in pages and what should you be testing?
What data should you collect, and how much?
What should you do after someone opts-in? How to keep the momentum going

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Graphic Design

With more than 20 years in the creative space, our graphic design specialists partner with the world’s best-known companies to help them execute their most critical marketing initiatives. We provide flexible, cost-saving, innovative solutions to 90 of the Fortune 100—and to thousands more clients of all sizes. For extraordinary creative and exceptional returns, rely on Aquent’s talent to be your brand experts.

Areas of Focus

Art Direction / Creative Direction / Graphic Design / Illustration
Writing / Copywriting / Editing / Proofreading
Production / Presentation / Proposal / Photo Retouching
Account Management / Project Management / Account Services

: Jaime Lack , Marketing Manager - Austin Bridge & Road
I have worked with several talent placement firms over the years and can confidently say that Aquent’s customer service and selection of candidates is unparalleled in the industry. I can sleep at night knowing that if when I arrive at work in the morning I discover that we are short on staff for a large project, Aquent will have my back.
: Dave Larson , Creative Director - Catalina Marketing
As I reflect on our accomplishments this year it's true to say Aquent has definitely played a part in helping our team achieve its goats. Needless to say it's great having partners that can add value to the sometimes crazy side of Catalina. As with every business, next year will bring a whole new set of challenges, some known and others still unforeseen. Whatever the situation, I took forward to working with AQIENT.
: Lance Elliot , Brand Manager - Hunter Industries
There have been moments when I needed talent within an unreasonable timeline, and my Aquent partner Matt has delivered every time with calm professionalism. Nearly all of my staff has come via Aquent, and I have never once regretted bringing them on as members of the team. I will look to Aquent to support all of my future needs.
: Charlie Reagan , Senior Project Manager - Marriott Hotels
My experience with Aquent has been simply stellar. As a business manager in a creative environment, finding the right mix of creative chops and business savvy can prove quite difficult. Aquent has consistently provided excellent talent for my organization, and is the first staffing company I call when I need help.
: Keith Sedlak , Managing Director - Meredith Corporation
My experience working with the talent from Aquent over the past several years has been great. The talent, service and experience have been nothing short of outstanding.
: John Tosner , Sr. Manager Creative Services - Office Depot
Thanks for all your help this year. Aquent’s hard work and dedication help make our success possible. Looking forward to continuing our productive working relationship.
: Tara Banks , Creative Services Manager - Orlando Regional Healthcare
As always thank you so much for being such a great partner to us! We would be lost without you!
: Stacey Ollis , Project Manager - South Florida Water Management District
Thanks so much for all your staff’s assistance on the South Florida Environmental Report Project! All of Aquent’s efforts are greatly appreciated for the outstanding editorial and art direction support throughout the past eight months and glad that you all were able to be part of this year’s Production Team. You have been so supportive and responsive throughout this entire process – all deliverables and invoices were provided diligently and timely, and your can-do attitude made working with your company a pleasure.
: Jennifer Santiago , Human Resources - WellCare Health Plans
I am in the Human Resource department at Wellcare Hearth Plans in Tampa and one of my responsibilities is to coordinate temporary staffing throughout our organization. I've been working with Aquent for the past two years and the vendor relationship we currently share has been extremely rewarding. I rely on Aquent to provide our managers with excellent candidates whether they are part of a Creative Service or Marketing background and I hope to continue to work with AQUENT to assist us with our staffing needs.

There was an interesting article about the cost for online copyright violations in yesterday's Business section of the LA Times by columnist David Lazarus.In essence, Lazarus says the damage costs demanded by companies such Getty Images and Corbis, which could...

It's Fontastic (Or Not)

It seems the favorite affordable store of Designers all over the world IKEA, has just stepped down a notch in they eyes of many of their fans.Yes, they've switched their font selection for both print and Web materials from Futura...

A Method to their Method

Adam Lowry, co-founder of Method, has been posting over at the eco blog Treehugger about design and its implications of where the world is heading.In his latest entry he posits, "Design has never been just the domain of the creative....

Be A PanelPicker

Those folks at SXSW are so clever. Since 2006 they've let the online community vote on the panels they wanted to see for interactive portion of the event.And we'd be daft if we didn't tell you we wanted you...

Ugh, resumes

God do I hate resumes.Distilling your entire career into one page? Maybe two pages if you have over 5 years experience? 12++ pages if you're a C++ Developer?Creating a first impression on paper?Engaging an audience of one from a sea...

AIGA|Aquent Salary Survey

I was planning on blogging about our annual AIGA | Aquent Survey of Design Salaries (which is a bit of a misnomer, as it includes Web Developers and Copywriters), but I don't know if I'm late already. See that's the...

Digital joining the downturn? Somehow I think NOT ...

You'd have to be living under a rock not to understand the magnitude of the current global economic downturn. No industry is immune and the creative industry is no different. Studio and agency budgets are being slashed and people are...

Specialized Creative Services Team

Aquent provided a leading entertainment satellite company the creative services talent it needed to produce differentiated point-of-purchase and in-store advertising to support its national retailers.

Design through the downturn and beyond: A look at the future of design

Graphic designers experience significant risk of commoditization now and will, even more so, in the future. The challenges of differentiation and articulating the value of design are growing. Josh Levine discusses the realities faced by designers today and offers visions of how to approach these challenges.

Attributes of a Great Designer: a conversation with Debbie Millman

Presented by: Debbie Millman, president of the Design Division at Sterling Brands and author of the book "How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer," and Randy Ricker, Director of Aquent's Graphic Design Practice

In this Aquent-sponsored webcast, you can learn from Debbie Millman’s experience and perspective on:

Non-design skills matter for designers
Understanding strategy
Creating client trust and salesmanship
Ideas for lifelong learning for designers

Customer retention materials

Aquent design talent helped a leading financial services company shift gears rapidly and defend business in a down market.

Building the Dream Design Team

Aquent provided the strategic design expertise a global consumer products company needed in order to reduce spending and increase utilization rates for its design group. Since Aquent was first engaged, the operations manager has established workflow processes that have reduced client spend levels and the entire design team has maintained an impressive average utilization rate of 86 percent.

Successful Creative Briefs: Linking Business Objectives and Creative Strategies

2009 AIGA | Aquent Survey of Design Salaries

The AIGA | Aquent Survey of Design Salaries is the most comprehensive annual survey of compensation data for the communication design profession in the United States. It reports the actual salary ranges for design positions among AIGA members and related professionals in the United States. The survey is based on salaries in 2008, when many design firms reported that their businesses were relatively solid—in fact, the industry seemed even more robust than many other economic sectors—although the economy had already slipped into recession.

2008 AIGA | Aquent Survey of Design Salaries

The most unbiased‚ professionally researched tool of its kind‚ it draws upon data provided by more than 6‚000 design professionals throughout the United States.

23, Mar, 2010

APALA: Print's role in integrated marketing

Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Learn how print is being
used in integrated marketing campaigns, both in traditional and in some
innovative ways.

23, Mar, 2010

thinkLA: AdU

Program Overview

Potential Students

This course is appropriate for entry-level agency employees and also entry-level sales employees seeking a broader understanding of the agency and how its various departments work in collaboration.

Professors and college students seeking a greater understanding of advertising agencies will find this class beneficial and may attend at a discounted rate.

06, Apr, 2010

The InDesign Seminar Tour

21, May, 2010

32nd Annual APALA Achievement Awards Gala

The 2010 Advertising Production Association of Los Angeles’ Achievement Awards.

14, Oct, 2010

Gain: AIGA Design and Business Conference

Design has the power to change the direction of businesses, provide fuel for economies and even change lives. Provocative thinkers from a wide range of disciplines will inspire and reinvigorate at “Gain: AIGA Design and Business Conference” this fall in New York City.

Hear business, design and thought leaders share their innovative approaches to generating greater return on investment, fostering emotional connections and providing positive brand experiences for customers.

Continue the discussions beyond the stage with networking receptions, evening events and more to engage with ideas and with each other.

Learn how industry leaders addressed business challenges through design—and how they reinvented their businesses, their strategies and even themselves.

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