Chicago Creative Agencies and Design Firms
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SmartSites 💡
Advertising, Social Media, Web, Search, and Inbound Marketing
SMARTSITES 💡 IS AMERICA'S TOP RATED DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY - Outsmart the competition with best-in-class digital marketing services. With over 1,000 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews online, SmartSites 💡 is America's #1 rated digital marketing agency. Get more traffic. Acquire more customers. Sell more stuff. SmartSites works for businesses of all sizes. SmartSites is a Google Premier Partner and Facebook Marketing Partner. Winner of dozens website design awards and seven-time Inc5000 (2017-2023) fastest growing company. Let us grow your company. Call 📞 (201) 870 6000 for a free consultation!
Daniel Brian Advertising
Advertising, Branding, and Digital Strategy
BETTER BRANDS FOR A BETTER HUMAN CONDITION - DBA specializes in innovative and measurable advertising campaigns to engage families via retail, healthcare (hospitals & wellness products) as well as food, family entertainment and sporting goods. In addition to traditional advertising services and brand consulting, DBA provides integrated expertise in emerging social and digital media including branded entertainment, digital TV and content marketing.
Convier Collective
Advertising
IT’S TIME TO GET REAL - We are a brand marketing agency that looks at problems and develops solutions with a whole new lens. Nowadays, there’s a whole lot of inauthenticity floating around. No shortage of brands, agencies and people all trying to be something they’re not. But that’s not us. That’s why we started Convier Collective—because we believe it’s time to get real. Our Approach: Grounded in strategy, we dig deep to find your brand’s true purpose. Led by design, we use the power of storytelling to showcase what makes you uniquely you. It’s all about helping your brand stand out in a loud and crowded world, so you can connect with audiences in a way that’s, well, real. We do things differently at Convier Collective—and you’ll notice. We don’t run up costs. We do roll up our sleeves to help solve problems. We don’t tell our clients what to do. But we do invite them to collaborate alongside us to make the best decisions possible. We don’t work with just anybody. We work with brands we believe in. And, more importantly, brands who believe in themselves. Brands that take a stand by knowing what they stand for. We believe there’s a better, more human way to connect people to the brands and products they want and need. Are you ready to join us? Learn more at conviercollective.com or connect with us now at connect@conviercollective.com
Pendulum Creative
Experiential Marketing
FULL-SERVICE EXPERIENTIAL PRODUCTION HOUSE - Pendulum Creative is a full-service experiential production house that creates transformative experiences for brands, agencies, communities, and companies. We’re focused on authentic human connection, delivering meaningful solutions through event design, production, and fabrication. We are a collective of creatives bringing ambitious projects to life through world-class production services. We seek to challenge tradition, to spark conversations, and to create unparalleled experiences with the best in our field. Driven by craft and service, our experiences evoke emotions that linger, nurture communities, and inspire new approaches–all while building your brand’s equity with customers and fans. Without being led by a single craft or niche, our experience spans industries from brand activations and live music to large-format events and immersive retail experiences. With a variety creative and technical skills in-house, we're uniquely equipped to operate as an extension of your team or as a holistic experiential partner.
Fresh content society
Social Media
ABOUT US - At Fresh Content Society, we are fully committed to building organic social media communities. There is no one-size-fits-all strategy in social media marketing hence we start our process by understanding your business goals, and we customize our strategies to help you reach them. Our team identifies the gaps in your current marketing strategy to figure out the best ways to help your brand obtain maximum online visibility and exposure. Given our expertise in social media marketing, custom strategies, and proactive execution, we elevate your brand to new heights. If you have a project to discuss with our team, feel free to get in touch. Though we are a digital marketing agency based out of Chicago, we have clients across global locations. Let’s talk about your business today!
Damen Jackson
Packaging
TRANSFORM YOUR PACKAGING IN 30 DAYS - Tight timeline? We know time is always a challenge. Damen Jackson's packaging, graphics and messaging experience can cut weeks or even months out of your overall design timeline. Contact us for more information. Agency Services include: Brand Strategy Brand Development, Positioning, Consumer Insights, Competitive Analysis, Team Workshops, Messaging Development, Identity Design, Portfolio Strategy Packaging Design Design Architecture & Strategy, Sustainability Design, Packaging Graphics, Brand Guidelines, Merchandising Design, Structural Design, Production Artwork Brand Support Illustration, Image Retouching, Copywriting, Image Renders, Photography, Prototypes, Sales Support, Product Launch Kits
Wojo Design
Web
ABOUT WOJO DESIGN - Wojo Design is a full service website design agency founded in 2004 by 3 Internet entrepreneurs who love building awesome websites. We boost website performance by designing a better user experience. Great design aligns business goals with user needs and drives increased conversions. Whether you want to sell more products, gain more leads, or increase ad impressions - it all starts with great user experience design. Web services: web design and development, SEO, SEM, social media, email marketing, and more
ENGAGE & RESONATE
Experiential Marketing
AWARD-WINNING EXPERIENTIAL AGENCY - Engage & Resonate is a leading-edge experiential marketing agency led by an award-winning event production and branded content team who specialize in the creation of meaningful consumer engagements to increase impact, build brands and drive purchase intent. With over 20 years of industry experience, we are an agency full of thinkers, doers, idealists and number crunchers. A cast of characters who make up a productive culture where innovation can thrive.
Upshot
Advertising
EMPOWERING BRANDS TO OWN THE MOMENT. - We use creativity, digital fluency, and cultural agility to lead brands through a world of change and unleash their full potential. Upshot finds clarity and opportunity in a world where commerce, culture, media, and technology have blurred conventional boundaries. For brands like Corona Extra, Google, Quaker, Newell, Bibigo, Therma-Tru and Karo we develop brand-building ideas that break conventions, inspire participation, and build equity. Since our founding in 1994 by members of the LGBTQ community, Upshot has set out to create a creative agency fueled by cultural curiosity and a progressive mindset. In fact, 6 of the 8 members of our executive leadership team identify as female or a member of the minority community. Upshot is proud to be one of a select group of agencies to participate in BLAC: Building Leaders and Creators, an internship program focused on bringing more Black talent to the advertising industry.
Pietryla PR & Marketing
Public Relations
TALK TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE - Pietryla PR & Marketing is a boutique PR and marketing firm with offices in Chicago and London. We work best with clients that are managing a watershed moment -- launching a new product, seeking funding, going through a branding shift or implementing a new strategy. We specialize in media relations, crisis communications, communication content development and corporate strategy.
O'Malley Hansen Communications
Digital Strategy
PR + INFLUENCER + DIGITAL + SOCIAL + CORPORATE - O’Malley Hansen Communications (OHC) is a brand-building agency with core competencies in consumer public relations, cause marketing, social media, issues & crisis management and corporate communications. We specialize in areas including food & nutrition, travel, pet, fashion and beauty, agriculture, manufacturing, marketing to parents and Latin American communications. OHC infuses the high quality of big firm work with the focused client service and cutting-edge strategy that only a nimble, independently owned agency can offer. Our approach breaks through a noisy environment with a deep understanding that brand equity and reputation is built by endorsement from a wide range of influencers that receive their information from a variety of sources. We appreciate that to be successful, we first need to help our clients define who they want to be, thoughtfully identify who needs to hear from them and skillfully uncover the best methods to start a discussion with their key stakeholders. Our specialty is creating positive conversations and dynamic programs to ensure that our clients are heard clearly and consistently. OHC has offices in Chicago, St. Louis, New York and Los Angeles.
Comrade Digital Marketing Agency
Search
YOUR DIGITAL MARKETING PARTNER - Comrade Digital Marketing Agency is a full-service award-winning digital marketing, SEO, and web development agency based in Chicago. We love solving design, technology, and marketing challenges to elevate our clients to their next levels! We achieve it by: 1. Team. 2. Proven process. 3. Industry-leading knowledge (Legal, IT, eCommerce, Corporate, Professional Services, Construction, and Manufacturing). We believe that any company (regardless of its size) with a good product can compete and win battles with “big-box corporate stores." Our services: Digital Marketing: - Local SEO, nationwide SEO - PPC, SEM - Social Media Marketing - Email Marketing - Mobile Marketing - Inbound Marketing Marketing Automation: - Content Marketing - Web Design and Development Why businesses choose Comrade Digital Marketing Agency: - We are a young, creative and ambitious team of experts. - We provide a full team consisting of an experienced strategist, web designers and developers, content, SEO, PPC, and social media experts for a price of one employee. - We deliver first-page SEO results in 2-5 months. - We have dozens of case studies and happy clients. - We are maybe the most experienced Local SEO team in Chicago. - We run result-driven marketing campaigns. - We are a HubSpot and Google Certified partner. - We are a full-service agency with 20+ full-time employees. - We offer custom designs. - We have very competitive rates and agency quality. - We have industry-specific expertise.