Aquent

Aquent describes itself as a creative staffing company that connects businesses with talent across marketing, creative and design. Its pages state that it fills roles in creative, digital accessibility, experience design, gaming, marketing, tech, and content and writing.

Its services are temporary staffing, contract to hire, permanent recruitment and an employer of record service. For temporary staffing, it states a process of defining the role, recruiting and vetting, interview and hire, support during the engagement, and offboarding and redeployment. Candidates are vetted through video interviews, portfolio reviews and skills assessments. For permanent recruitment, each client gets a dedicated Consultant who builds a search brief, leads the search and extends the offer.

Aquent states that it has built proprietary recruiting technology, including Milton, an AI portfolio search engine for creative hiring. Its contact page claims 2500 active clients today.

Aquent states that it has more than 40 years of experience. Its about page lists John H. Its site offers regional versions for the USA and Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the UK.

Packaged offers, as the agency names them

• Milton: Milton is Aquent's proprietary AI portfolio search engine for creative hiring.
• Permanent Recruitment: Permanent Recruitment gives clients a dedicated Consultant for important roles and strategic hires.
• Employer of Record: Employer of Record lets a client name its own talent while Aquent makes the hire and handles payroll.