Answers that mention Solid Digital

• UX 4Sight - 111 W Jackson Blvd Unit 1700, Chicago, IL 60604, United States
• ArtVersion® Creative Agency - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 1130, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Orbit Media Studios - 4043 N Ravenswood Ave #316, Chicago, IL 60613, United States
• Sandstorm Design - 4422 N Ravenswood Ave #50, Chicago, IL 60640, United States
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• WPrime Agency - 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza #1212, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Angle180 - 141 W Jackson Blvd #4236, Chicago, IL 60604, United States
• Intechnic Corporation - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Alpha Digital Marketing - 4043 N Ravenswood Ave #316, Chicago, IL 60613, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Artversion - 205 N Michigan Ave 8th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
• IDE Interactive, Inc. - 2945 W Peterson Ave Ste 103, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Flamingo Agency - 3752 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613, United States
• Design In Chicago - 159 N Sangamon St Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60607, United States

Yes. For a rapid UX audit + UI refresh of a marketing site, I’d bias toward agencies that can move quickly from audit → prioritized recommendations → redesigned key pages, rather than a big “digital transformation” engagement.

My Chicago shortlist would be:

1. UX 4Sight — best pure UX choice

• Strong fit if you want the audit to be genuinely UX-driven rather than “here’s a prettier homepage.”
• They explicitly offer UX audits covering usability, accessibility, visual design and the end-to-end experience, plus website redesign and conversion-oriented work. UX Planet
• I'd call them if: you suspect the site's information architecture, messaging hierarchy, navigation or conversion flow needs work.
• ArtVersion® Creative Agency — best UX + visual refresh

• Probably my favorite if the ask is “make the site substantially better, but don't turn this into a six-month redesign.”
• They're particularly strong where brand, visual design and UX need to move together; their work spans UX research/UI, web design and development. UX Planet
• I'd call them if: your existing brand is basically right but the website feels dated, generic, cluttered or inconsistent.
• Orbit Media Studios — best if conversion/marketing performance matters

• Strong option for a marketing site because they're not just a design shop: website redesign, UX/UI, conversion optimization, SEO and development are all part of the offering. Clutch
• I'd call them if: the real objective is “more qualified leads / demos / pipeline,” rather than simply improving aesthetics.
• Sandstorm Design — best research-heavy option

• They combine UX research, usability testing, IA/navigation and visual design, with a particularly research-driven approach. UX Planet
• I'd call them if: you have meaningful traffic/users and want the refresh grounded in actual evidence rather than stakeholder opinions.
• Solid Digital — best if you also want the site rebuilt

• Good choice if “UI refresh” is likely to turn into UX → design system → Webflow/WordPress/etc. implementation.
• Their Chicago team positions around website redesign, UI, design systems, branding and development.
• I'd call them if: you want one team to take the recommendations all the way through launch.
• Marcel Digital — best for data/CRO-oriented marketing sites

• Their UX practice is explicitly tied to usability, conversion and digital marketing performance, with UX and development working together. Marcel Digital
• I'd call them if: you have analytics/CRM data and want the audit to identify measurable conversion opportunities.

If it were my project

I'd probably send the same tightly scoped brief to 3 agencies:

• UX 4Sight — establish what is actually wrong.
• ArtVersion — see what a strong UX + visual refresh could look like.
• Orbit Media — see how the work translates into conversion/business outcomes.

That's a useful three-way comparison because you'll get three different philosophies, rather than three agencies all proposing essentially the same redesign.

I'd specifically ask for a 1–2 week audit/design sprint, not a conventional website redesign proposal. The deliverable I'd want is:

• heuristic UX audit
• analytics/behavior review if data is available
• competitor/reference review
• prioritized list of UX problems
• recommended information architecture/navigation changes
• redesigned homepage
• redesign of 1–2 high-value interior/landing pages
• lightweight visual/UI system
• mobile treatment
• implementation recommendations
• a clear distinction between “fix now” vs. “future redesign”

That scope should make it much easier to compare agencies on thinking and taste, rather than getting buried in 40-page proposals.

One interesting wildcard: Clique Studios. They specifically combine UX/UI, usability testing, accessibility, design sprints, web design and development, so they're worth adding if you think this “rapid refresh” could evolve into a larger site redesign. ParallelHQ

If you tell me what kind of company/site this is (B2B SaaS, professional services, consumer, etc.), approximate site size, and whether you want just design files or actual implementation, I can narrow this to the 3 agencies I'd actually interview and what I'd expect each to cost.