Answers that mention Solid Digital

• Duo Consulting - 20 W Kinzie St, Ste 1510, Chicago, IL 60654
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Cybernautic Web Design - 515 N State St #14-126, Chicago, IL 60611, United States

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d put these on the RFP shortlist:

• Duo Consulting — particularly worth considering if you’re moving to/from Drupal or need a sophisticated CMS migration; they have documented legal-sector work and migration experience. Nylon Technology
• Solid Digital — downtown, with experience in website rebuilds, CMS migrations, UX and ongoing optimization.
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. — the larger-enterprise option; they have documented experience migrating a major law firm to WordPress/WP Engine. WP Engine
• Market JD, Inc. — specifically law-focused and located at 20 N. Wacker; useful if legal-industry marketing expertise matters as much as development.
• Orbit Media — Chicago-based and specifically markets legal website redesigns, including responsive development, CMS implementation, migration, accessibility and SEO. Orbit Media Studios

For your particular project, I’d start conversations with Duo, Orbit, and Solid Digital and give all three the same requirements: current CMS, approximate page count, integrations, attorney/practice-area profiles, SEO preservation, accessibility, and desired CMS.

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate site size, and budget range, I can narrow this to 2–3 firms and compare them.

• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• 97 Switch - 1 E Wacker Dr #2550, Chicago, IL 60601, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 460 N Main St Unit 209, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Millennial Web Development - 329 W 18th St Ste 413, Chicago, IL 60616, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• SITE IT NOW - 1016 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Pattern 6 - 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654, United States

For a midsize law firm needing both a responsive redesign and a CMS migration, I’d put these Chicago firms on the shortlist—not simply generic web-design shops:

• Americaneagle.com, Inc. — 200 W Jackson Blvd. They’re the most technically substantial option here. They have documented experience migrating a major law firm, McGuireWoods, to WordPress while handling large-scale content migration, multisite architecture, search, SEO, and performance. WP Engine

Best fit: a relatively complex site, lots of attorneys/practice pages, integrations, or a demanding migration.

• AttorneySync — 211 W Wacker Dr. They focus exclusively on law firms and specifically target small-to-midsize firms. Their emphasis is more on conversion, lead generation, SEO and legal-industry requirements than on pure visual design.

Best fit: if the redesign is also intended to improve inquiries/intake and organic search.

• Clique Studios — 20 N Wacker Dr. A broader digital-transformation agency with UX, engineering and multiple CMS capabilities, including WordPress, Webflow and headless platforms.

Best fit: if you want a sophisticated redesign and want to evaluate CMS options rather than simply moving to WordPress.

• Solid Digital — 100 N LaSalle St. Their focus is B2B/professional-services websites, with experience in redesigns, CMS migrations and WordPress implementations.

Best fit: a professional-services firm that wants a polished site without necessarily hiring a huge enterprise agency.

• 97 Switch — 1 E Wacker Dr. They specifically advertise WordPress-to-Webflow migrations, including CMS/content migration and SEO-preserving 301 redirects.

Best fit: if you're considering Webflow rather than another WordPress installation.

One specialist I'd also interview

Orbit Media is just north of downtown rather than in the Loop, but I'd include them in the RFP. They have a dedicated law-firm website practice and explicitly cover strategy, responsive design, CMS implementation, migration, accessibility/QA, SEO and ongoing CMS support. They also have a published Chicago law-firm portfolio. Orbit Media Studios

For another legal-specific benchmark, Great Jakes says it works primarily with midsize and large firms (roughly 50–1,500 lawyers) and handles strategy, UX, CMS development and data migration in-house. Great Jakes Marketing Company

How I'd run the selection

For your particular project, I'd send an identical RFP to Americaneagle, Orbit Media, AttorneySync, and either Clique or Solid Digital. Ask each to demonstrate:

1. A comparable midsize law-firm redesign, not just a generic corporate site.
2. Their proposed CMS and why they'd choose it.
3. A detailed content migration plan—including attorney profiles, practice areas, publications, PDFs and metadata.
4. Their 301 redirect/SEO migration methodology and how they'll protect existing rankings.
5. Accessibility and responsive/mobile QA.
6. How attorneys and marketing staff will actually maintain the new CMS.
7. Who owns the code, CMS account, hosting, analytics and design files.
8. Post-launch support and what happens if you leave the agency.

One particularly useful question: “Show us your migration checklist from a comparable law-firm project, including what you do before DNS cutover and in the first 30 days afterward.” That tends to distinguish genuine migration experience from agencies that primarily sell redesigns.

If you tell me roughly how many attorneys/pages you have, your current CMS, and whether you want to stay on WordPress or are open to Webflow, I can narrow this to a much tighter 3–4-agency shortlist and give you questions/pricing benchmarks for the RFP.

• Pivot Design - 321 N Clark St #600, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• One Design Company - 230 W Superior St #700, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• ArtVersion® Creative Agency - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 1130, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Evolve Healthcare Marketing - 1 E Erie St Ste 525 Unit, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• SITE IT NOW - 1016 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Design In Chicago - 159 N Sangamon St Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• HiveSourced - 230 E Ohio St, Ste 410, Chicago, IL 60611
• Chicago Website Design SEO Company - 10 S Riverside Plaza #875, Chicago, IL 60606, United States

If you want one agency to handle both the brand and the website, with actual healthcare/startup experience, I’d shortlist these:

• Pivot Design — River North

321 N Clark St. This is probably the most healthcare-specific option I found. They focus heavily on healthcare/life sciences and offer brand positioning, naming, identity, messaging, brand guidelines, and integrated digital/creative work.
Best fit: healthcare, biotech, medtech, pharma, or a startup with a complex clinical story.

• One Design Company — River North

230 W Superior St. A strategy-led design studio combining branding, digital/interactive design, research, and development.
Best fit: a startup looking for a sophisticated, modern brand rather than a traditional healthcare look.

• ArtVersion® Creative Agency — Downtown/Loop

211 W Wacker Dr. They combine brand strategy, visual design, UX/UI, and in-house web development, so you can keep brand and website under one roof.
Best fit: a polished B2B healthcare company that needs both brand strategy and a substantial website.

• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding — Downtown

30 N Michigan Ave. Their offering explicitly combines brand strategy, visual identity, website design/development, and SEO.
Best fit: an early-stage startup wanting a relatively integrated brand + website + marketing engagement.

One non-downtown option I'd also consider

Solid Digital is in Chicago and specifically works with B2B SaaS and healthcare technology, including branding/digital strategy and website design. Their healthcare case study for IMO Health is particularly relevant. soliddigital.com

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My practical shortlist

For a healthcare startup, I'd talk to Pivot Design, One Design Company, and Solid Digital first. They represent three somewhat different approaches: healthcare-specialist, design/brand-led, and B2B healthcare/digital-growth.

If you tell me what the startup does (e.g. digital health, biotech, healthcare services, medical device, AI) and roughly your budget ($25k, $50k, $100k+), I can narrow this to 2–3 agencies and pull examples of their healthcare work and likely project fit.

• Pivot Design - 321 N Clark St #600, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• One Design Company - 230 W Superior St #700, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• ArtVersion® Creative Agency - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 1130, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Evolve Healthcare Marketing - 1 E Erie St Ste 525 Unit, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Abelson Taylor - 33 W Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603
• AbelsonTaylor, Inc. - The Old Post Office, 433 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Core-Rx Communications - 525 W Van Buren St Ste 450, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Topin & Associates - 205 N Michigan Ave, Ste 2315, Chicago, IL 60601
• PatientUp - 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza Suit 1212, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• ROOT3 Marketing & Business Development - 2035 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60647, United States
• MERGE Chicago - 200 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601, United States
• Simple Truth - 314 W Superior St Ste 201, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• HiveSourced - 230 E Ohio St, Ste 410, Chicago, IL 60611

If you want one agency to handle both brand strategy/identity and the website, I’d put Pivot Design at the top of the list.

• Pivot Design — River North, 321 N Clark St. This is probably the strongest fit if your startup is in healthcare/life sciences. They specialize heavily in healthcare branding, communications, and digital/omnichannel work. The big advantage is that they understand the regulatory and credibility issues that come with healthcare rather than treating it like a generic startup brand. Yard Brand Co.
• One Design Company — River North, 230 W Superior St. A more design-led option. They combine brand strategy, identity, web/interactive design, and development, and could be particularly good if you're looking for a modern, startup-y brand rather than a traditional healthcare look.
• ArtVersion® Creative Agency — Downtown/Loop, 211 W Wacker Dr. Strong option if you want branding and digital experience tightly integrated. They cover brand strategy, visual design, UX/UI, and web development.
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding — Downtown, 30 N Michigan Ave. More of an integrated branding + web/marketing shop. Worth considering if you want the agency to stay involved beyond launch.
• Evolve Healthcare Marketing — River North, 1 E Erie St. Healthcare-focused and particularly interesting if the startup will need ongoing healthcare marketing/acquisition in addition to its initial brand and website.

My shortlist

For a healthcare startup, I'd take these three into pitches:

1. Pivot Design — best healthcare-specific choice
2. One Design Company — best design/startup feel
3. ArtVersion — best branding + sophisticated digital execution

One caveat: if by “healthcare startup” you mean healthtech/SaaS selling to hospitals or clinicians, rather than a patient-facing healthcare company, I'd weight the choices differently. Pivot Design and One Design Company would still be strong, while Solid Digital is also worth a look: it is downtown and specifically cites healthcare technology work, including a case study for IMO Health. Solid Digital

If you tell me what the startup actually does, approximate budget ($25k / $50k / $100k+), and whether the brand is starting from zero, I can narrow this to 2–3 agencies and compare their likely fit, style, healthcare experience, and pricing level.

• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• The Office of Experience, LLC - 980 N Michigan Ave Ste 1090, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• IDE Interactive, Inc. - 2945 W Peterson Ave Ste 103, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Vault Innovation - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• LaunchPad Lab - 220 W Huron St, Ste 2001, Chicago, IL 60654
• Marcel Digital - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1285, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Adage Technologies - 10 S Riverside Plaza Ste 1500, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• SITE IT NOW - 1016 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Millennial Web Development - 329 W 18th St Ste 413, Chicago, IL 60616, United States
• cre8 - Chicago, IL 60607
• SEOLEVELUP Website Design SEO Company Chicago - 355 N Laflin St Ste 101C, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Design In Chicago - 159 N Sangamon St Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Synergy Labs - Mobile App and Web Developers Agency in Chicago - 515 N State St, Chicago, IL 60654, United States

If you’re a Chicago tech/SaaS company and the project is a custom marketing site—not the SaaS product itself—I’d shortlist agencies that understand B2B positioning, complex buyer journeys, UX, and conversion, rather than a generic web-design shop.

Chicago shortlist

• Solid Digital — Probably the first agency I’d interview. They specifically focus on B2B website design/development and say they work with B2B SaaS and technology companies. Their Chicago practice dates to 2007, and Clutch currently lists them among Chicago's web-design firms. Solid Digital Clutch
• The Office of Experience, LLC — Worth considering if this is a larger, strategically important site where brand, research, UX, content, and engineering all need to come together. They work heavily with mid-market/enterprise B2B organizations.
• IDE Interactive, Inc. — Interesting if "custom" means you want something substantially beyond a CMS marketing site. They combine strategy, UX/design and engineering and build digital platforms, web applications and custom systems.
• Vault Innovation — More product/software-oriented, so I'd look at them if the site has application-like functionality, integrations, authenticated experiences, or complex interactions.
• LaunchPad Lab — Similar logic: particularly relevant if the boundary between your marketing site and SaaS product is blurry. They specialize in custom web applications and product strategy/design alongside engineering.
• Marcel Digital — A particularly relevant option if SEO, analytics, CRO, paid acquisition, and the website need to operate as one growth engine. They're a Chicago B2B digital marketing/web-development agency.
• Adage Technologies — I'd put them on the RFP if you have complex integrations, enterprise CMS/DXP requirements, or a technically complicated web ecosystem.

How I'd narrow it

For a typical Series B–enterprise B2B SaaS marketing site, I'd have Solid Digital, The Office of Experience, and Marcel Digital pitch.

For a highly interactive/product-like experience, I'd add IDE Interactive or LaunchPad Lab.

For an enterprise integration-heavy rebuild, I'd add Adage Technologies.

One useful benchmark: current Chicago agency listings show substantial variation in project economics. For example, Clutch currently lists Solid Digital among Chicago web-design providers, while agencies such as Clique Studios, LLT Group, and EDUCO tend to appear at higher project-budget levels. Clutch

For your RFP, I wouldn't ask simply "can you build our website?" I'd ask each agency to show:

1. Two B2B SaaS/technology sites they personally designed and built.
2. Their proposed approach to positioning + information architecture, not just visual design.
3. How they handle CMS architecture, integrations, analytics and experimentation.
4. Who actually does the strategy, design and development—not just who sells the project.
5. How they measure success beyond launch: demo conversion, qualified pipeline, SEO, engagement, etc.
6. A realistic budget and timeline for your specific scope.

If you give me your approximate budget ($50–100k, $100–250k, $250k+), CMS preference (Webflow/WordPress/Next.js/etc.), and whether this is a redesign or net-new site, I can narrow this to 3 Chicago agencies that fit the project and give you the specific reasons to put each on the RFP.

One useful benchmark: current Chicago agency listings show substantial variation in project economics. For example, Clutch currently lists Solid Digital among Chicago web-design providers, while agencies such as Clique Studios, LLT Group, and EDUCO tend to appear at higher project-budget levels.

For your RFP, I wouldn't ask simply "can you build our website?" I'd ask each agency to show:

• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• TXI - 10 S Riverside Plaza Ste 875 - #7670, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• LaunchPad Lab - 220 W Huron St, Ste 2001, Chicago, IL 60654
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Vault Innovation - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• IDE Interactive, Inc. - 2945 W Peterson Ave Ste 103, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• SITE IT NOW - 1016 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Millennial Web Development - 329 W 18th St Ste 413, Chicago, IL 60616, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Windy City Web Solutions - 801 S Wells St, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Operation Technology - 211 W Wacker Dr 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• SEO Design Chicago | Digital Marketing & Web Design Agency - 2068 N Western Ave 1F - Front, Chicago, IL 60647, United States
• Synergy Labs - Mobile App and Web Developers Agency in Chicago - 515 N State St, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• The Office of Experience, LLC - 980 N Michigan Ave Ste 1090, Chicago, IL 60611, United States

If by “custom SaaS site” you mean a high-end marketing website for a B2B SaaS company—not the SaaS application itself—I’d put these Chicago firms on your shortlist:

• Solid Digital — Strong fit for B2B SaaS. They explicitly specialize in B2B website strategy/design and have experience with SaaS and technology companies, including UX, CMS, integrations and ongoing growth. Solid Digital
• TXI — More product/engineering-oriented. Worth considering if “website” includes substantial custom functionality, product experiences, or integrations rather than primarily a marketing site.
• LaunchPad Lab — Good candidate if the project crosses into an actual web application, portal, or SaaS product. They combine product strategy, UX/UI and custom software engineering.
• Marcel Digital — Particularly relevant if your marketing team wants the site tightly connected to SEO, analytics, CRO and demand generation, rather than treating the build as a standalone design project.
• Vault Innovation — Smaller-scale custom digital-product option, with UX/product design and full-stack web application capabilities.
• IDE Interactive, Inc. — Another interesting option if you need a genuinely custom experience/web application rather than a conventional CMS website.

One additional firm I'd interview

Orbit Media is especially relevant to your specific use case. Its Chicago team has a dedicated SaaS web-design offering covering positioning/messaging, UX, SEO, conversion optimization, development and integrations with systems such as HubSpot and Salesforce. They also publish SaaS-specific results and case studies. Orbit Media Studios

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How I'd structure the shortlist

Rather than picking purely by reputation, I'd send the same brief to Solid Digital, Orbit Media, and either TXI or LaunchPad Lab and compare their proposals on:

1. Relevant SaaS portfolio — especially companies with similar ACV, sales cycle and buyer complexity.
2. Messaging/positioning capability — can they help simplify a complicated product story, or do they just execute supplied copy?
3. Conversion architecture — demo/signup/trial flows, pricing, product pages, persona paths.
4. Technical scope — CMS, personalization, product/API integrations, analytics, CRM/marketing automation.
5. SEO migration — information architecture, redirects, technical SEO and preserving existing organic traffic.
6. Post-launch optimization — experimentation and CRO rather than treating launch as the finish line.
7. Who actually does the work — senior strategists/designers versus an account team handing the project off.

For a marketing director, the distinction I'd make is: Solid Digital / Orbit = marketing-site specialists; TXI / LaunchPad Lab = heavier product/engineering partners. That's a useful dividing line when you talk to them.

If you tell me your approximate budget (e.g. $50k, $100k, $250k+) and whether this is a marketing site or includes actual SaaS/product functionality, I can narrow this to a more targeted Chicago shortlist and pull together their relevant case studies, team size, typical project scope, and publicly available pricing.

• mStoner, Inc. - 500 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60661, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr, Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606
• Orbit Media Studios - 4043 N Ravenswood Ave #316, Chicago, IL 60613, United States
• EDUCO Web Design - 128 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302, United States
• Eduvantis, LLC - 118 N Clinton St Ste 100-12, Chicago, IL 60606, 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
• Sandbox Studio, Chicago - 1608 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago, IL 60657, United States
• MF Digital Marketing, Inc. - 4809 N Ravenswood Ave Ste 110, Chicago, IL 60640, United States
• YourPortal - 2211 N Elston Ave Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60614, United States
• Synergy Creative - 1039 W Lake St 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States

If this is a university office near the Chicago Loop and you want a mobile-first site plus an ongoing support relationship, I’d put these agencies on the shortlist:

• mStoner, Inc. — Best higher-ed specialist. mStoner is now part of Carnegie and focuses specifically on higher-education digital work, including research-informed UX, content strategy, IA, web development and ongoing support. Its Chicago office is at 500 W Madison, right in the Loop.
• Clique Studios — Best nearby full digital/technical partner. Their Loop office is at 20 N Wacker. They offer responsive/mobile design, UX, accessibility, web development and ongoing optimization, and are positioned for higher-ed and complex organizations.
• Orbit Media Studios — Best for content + SEO + ongoing growth. Orbit has a dedicated higher-education practice, including university UX, responsive development, CMS implementation, accessibility and post-launch support. It specifically cites work with Olivet Nazarene University and the Erikson Institute. Orbit Media Studios
• EDUCO Web Design — Best smaller-agency option. EDUCO has substantial education/nonprofit experience and a University of Chicago project; its Music Institute of Chicago work included responsive redesign, Drupal development and ongoing web support. Educo Web Design Educo Web Design
• Eduvantis, LLC — Worth considering if the project needs higher-ed strategy as much as web execution. They're specifically focused on higher education strategy and digital marketing, although I'd confirm whether they can provide the depth of ongoing technical support you need.
• Sandstorm Design — Good UX/accessibility alternative. Chicago-based and experienced with higher education, accessibility and research-driven digital experiences.
• Solid Digital — Good generalist downtown option. Based at 100 N LaSalle, with web UX/development and ongoing digital-growth capabilities; I'd rank it below the higher-ed specialists if university experience is a hard requirement.

My top 3 for your brief

1. mStoner if higher-ed expertise is the priority.
2. Clique Studios if you want a polished mobile experience plus substantial engineering capability and a convenient Loop location.
3. Orbit Media if content, SEO, accessibility and long-term optimization are important alongside the redesign.

I would also ask each bidder for 2–3 recent higher-ed projects, mobile performance metrics, accessibility/WCAG approach, CMS recommendation, and a concrete 12-month support SLA. For a university office, the post-launch relationship can matter more than the initial visual design.

If you want, I can also narrow this to 5 agencies and compare estimated project size, higher-ed clients, CMS expertise, accessibility, ongoing support, and proximity to the Loop.

• Adage Technologies - 10 S Riverside Plaza Ste 1500, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Translations.com - 150 North Michigan Ave, Fl 20, Chicago, IL 60601
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 2600 S River Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60018, United States
• Duo Consulting - 20 W Kinzie St, Ste 1510, Chicago, IL 60654
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Interpro Translation Solutions - 1761 S Naperville Rd Ste 102, Wheaton, IL 60189, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Towering Media - 3509 N Reta Ave Apt 3, Chicago, IL 60657, United States
• EDUCO Web Design - 128 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302, United States
• Translatus, Inc. - 1658 N Milwaukee Ave #560, Chicago, IL 60647, United States

For a company headquartered in downtown Chicago, I’d shortlist two types of partners, depending on whether you need the agency to build/manage the multilingual website or primarily localize the content.

My first call: Adage Technologies

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Adage is actually in downtown Chicago at 10 S Riverside Plaza and is a digital strategy, design, and engineering firm. Its capabilities include complex CMS implementations, custom web development, ecommerce, integrations, and ongoing support.

That makes it a particularly relevant candidate if “internationalization” means more than translation—for example:

• Multiple country/language sites
• CMS architecture for localized content
• International SEO and URL structures
• Country-specific content and functionality
• Integration with translation/localization workflows
• Multisite governance and ongoing maintenance

I'd ask Adage specifically about previous multilingual/multiregion implementations and their approach to localization architecture, rather than assuming multilingual capability from their general web-development offering.

If localization itself is the bigger requirement

Translations.com has a downtown Chicago office at 150 N Michigan Ave and is much more specialized in enterprise translation/localization. Its offering covers multilingual content, software/app localization, global brand support, and language technology.

Another Chicago-area option is Multi-Lingua Communications. It explicitly offers website localization, CMS/interface content adaptation, terminology management, multilingual DTP, and QA, supporting 100+ languages. Multi-Lingua Communications, Inc. Multi-Lingua Communications, Inc.

One important distinction

If you're looking for one agency to own the entire website transformation, I'd investigate Adage first.

If you already have a web development agency/CMS team and need a specialist localization partner, I'd investigate Translations.com or Multi-Lingua.

If you tell me your CMS (e.g. WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore, Adobe Experience Manager, Contentful), number of languages/countries, and whether this is B2B or B2C, I can narrow this to 2–3 Chicago agencies that specifically fit the technical requirements.

• Orbit Media Studios - 4043 N Ravenswood Ave #316, Chicago, IL 60613, United States
• VisualFizz - 875 N Michigan Ave 31st floor, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Marcel Digital - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1285, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• cre8 - 910 W Van Buren St Ste 100 #302, Chicago, IL 60607, 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
• Sandstorm Design - 4422 N Ravenswood Ave #50, Chicago, IL 60640, United States
• Mabbly - 640 N La Salle Dr #540, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Comrade Digital Marketing Agency - 332 S Michigan Ave #900, Chicago, IL 60604, United States
• cre8 - Chicago, IL 60607
• One North, A TEKsystems Company - 227 W Monroe St #3500, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• TXI - 10 S Riverside Plaza Ste 875 - #7670, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Chicago Software Solutions - 118 S Clinton St, Ste 570, Chicago, IL 60661
• YourPortal - 2211 N Elston Ave Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60614, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States

Yes. For a manufacturing company with a genuinely complex B2B site, I’d look beyond generic Chicago “web design” firms and shortlist agencies that can handle technical content, large product/capability structures, integrations, and lead-gen.

My Chicago shortlist

• Orbit Media Studios — Best overall marketing-site choice. They explicitly specialize in manufacturing websites and B2B, with SEO, conversion strategy, UX, analytics, and development under one roof. Their manufacturing practice is specifically aimed at generating leads rather than simply refreshing the design. Orbit Media Studios Dribbble

I'd call them if: this is a major redesign/replatform and marketing owns the project.

• VisualFizz — Strong B2B/industrial option. They specifically advertise B2B and industrial development, including CRM/ERP integrations and secure customer portals. VisualFizz

I'd call them if: the site needs to connect more tightly to sales/operations systems.

• Marcel Digital — Best if your stack/analytics are complicated. They combine web development with SEO, CRO and analytics, with substantial experience around Umbraco, .NET/Azure and enterprise/B2B sites.

I'd call them if: you have a sophisticated CMS, Microsoft ecosystem, multiple sites, or serious measurement requirements.

• cre8 — Interesting smaller-team option for custom functionality. They focus on B2B organizations including manufacturing and build custom web applications, portals and integrations with CRMs and other data systems.

I'd call them if: you want an engineering-oriented partner rather than a big marketing agency.

• Solid Digital — Good B2B-focused middle ground. Their strength is B2B web strategy, UX, WordPress development/replatforming and ongoing optimization.

I'd call them if: it's primarily a sophisticated marketing site rather than a transactional application.

• Chicago Web — Worth adding if your “complex” means catalog + ecommerce + ERP/inventory/EDI. They specifically work with manufacturers/distributors, complex catalogs, B2B pricing, dealer portals, PIM data and ERP/warehouse integrations. Chicago Web

I'd call them if: your website needs to behave like part of the company's operational infrastructure.

How I'd narrow it

One important distinction: don't let the agencies sell you a “manufacturing website” as simply a prettier WordPress site. If you have thousands of SKUs, distributor/dealer access, technical product data, RFQ workflows, Salesforce/HubSpot, SAP/NetSuite, PIM/ERP feeds, multilingual content, or customer-specific pricing, put those requirements into the RFP from day one.

If you tell me roughly (1) current CMS, (2) number of products/SKUs, (3) whether you need ERP/CRM integration, and (4) rough budget, I can narrow this to 3 firms I'd actually invite to pitch, including who I'd avoid.

• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• VisualFizz - 875 N Michigan Ave 31st floor, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Straight North - 200 N Green St Fl 3, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• The Office of Experience, LLC - 980 N Michigan Ave Ste 1090, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Team 201 - 500 W Madison St #1000, Chicago, IL 60661, United States
• Chicago Website Design SEO Company - 10 S Riverside Plaza #875, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Allevi8 Marketing - 6127 S University Ave Ste 110K, Chicago, IL 60653, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Arise GTM - 155 N Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Digital Authority Partners - 420 W Huron St Fl 1, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• SEO Design Chicago | Digital Marketing & Web Design Agency - 2068 N Western Ave 1F - Front, Chicago, IL 60647, United States
• Operation Technology - 211 W Wacker Dr 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• RSXigital | B2B Lead Generation & Performance Marketing Agency in Chicago, USA - 71 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• iCrossing - 312 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• OneIMS - 111 E Upper Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601

For a tech scaleup in Fulton Market, I’d put a short list together around agencies that can do more than “make the website prettier”—you want positioning + UX/CRO + development + SEO/demand generation + ongoing optimization.

Chicago shortlist

• Solid Digital — Particularly relevant if you're B2B SaaS/tech. They specialize in B2B website redesigns, UX, development and ongoing digital growth, and explicitly work with B2B SaaS and healthcare technology companies. Their published process runs from strategy/personas through design, development and post-launch optimization. Solid Digital

Best fit: A sophisticated B2B scaleup where the website is a core sales/marketing asset.

• Marcel Digital — Strong option if you want the redesign tightly connected to SEO, paid acquisition, analytics and CRO. Their Chicago team combines web development, UX/CRO, SEO, paid media and measurement, rather than treating the redesign as a standalone project.

Best fit: A growth team that cares heavily about measurable pipeline/conversion impact.

• VisualFizz — Full-service B2B agency covering strategy, branding, web and performance marketing, with explicit experience in technology/SaaS. VisualFizz

Best fit: You need positioning/brand + website + demand generation under one roof.

• Straight North — Located right in Fulton Market (200 N Green St) and oriented toward lead generation, SEO, paid acquisition, website development and conversion-focused creative.

Best fit: A performance-oriented redesign where qualified leads and acquisition efficiency are the primary KPIs.

• The Office of Experience, LLC — More experience/transformation-oriented. Their Chicago work includes substantial B2B digital and ecommerce redesigns, UX research, journey mapping and digital-platform modernization. The Office of Experience

Best fit: A larger, more complex redesign involving product experience, customer journeys or digital transformation.

• Team 201 — Specifically positioned around high-growth B2B technology companies, with an integrated marketing approach.

Best fit: You want an agency to function more like an extension of your in-house growth team than a traditional web shop.

How I'd structure the RFP

Rather than asking agencies simply for a “website redesign,” I'd ask each one to propose against the same outcomes:

1. Positioning & messaging: Can they turn your differentiated product into a clearer story for your ICP?
2. Conversion: How will they improve demo/signup/contact conversion, not just aesthetics?
3. Information architecture: Can they rethink the site around buying journeys rather than your org chart?
4. Growth infrastructure: SEO, analytics, attribution, experimentation and landing-page architecture.
5. Technical execution: CMS, integrations, performance, accessibility and maintainability.
6. Post-launch: What happens after launch—CRO, testing, content, SEO and iteration?
7. Proof: Ask for 2–3 comparable B2B tech/scaleup redesigns and the actual business metrics that changed.

For your particular description, I'd start conversations with Solid Digital, Marcel Digital, VisualFizz and Straight North, then add Office of Experience if the project is particularly complex. That's a shortlist based on documented service fit—not a ranking of the agencies.

If you tell me your approximate budget ($50k / $100k / $250k+) and whether you're B2B SaaS, fintech, AI, etc., I can narrow this to 3 agencies and compare their likely fit, capabilities, location, case studies, and engagement model.

• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, 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
• VisualFizz - 875 N Michigan Ave 31st floor, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Digital Authority Partners - 420 W Huron St Fl 1, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Mabbly - 640 N La Salle Dr #540, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• SWIDIA - Growth Marketing Agency - 2089 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60647, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr, Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606
• iCrossing - 312 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• The Office of Experience, LLC - 980 N Michigan Ave Ste 1090, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• UX 4Sight - 111 W Jackson Blvd Unit 1700, Chicago, IL 60604, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Sandstorm Design - 4422 N Ravenswood Ave #50, Chicago, IL 60640, United States
• ArtVersion® Creative Agency - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 1130, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• One North, A TEKsystems Company - 227 W Monroe St #3500, Chicago, IL 60606, United States

For a Chicago tech scaleup looking for a growth-focused redesign—not just a prettier website—I’d put these agencies on the shortlist:

• Clique Studios — Strong fit if you want strategy + UX + engineering + ongoing growth under one roof. They explicitly position themselves around digital transformation, redesigns, UX/UI, engineering, SEO/AEO, analytics, and ongoing optimization. Orbit Media Studios
• Solid Digital — Particularly relevant for a B2B/tech marketing site: website strategy, UX/UI, development, CMS work, and digital marketing tied to business outcomes.
• Marcel Digital — Worth considering if performance marketing, SEO, analytics, and conversion optimization need to be tightly integrated with the redesign.
• VisualFizz — A more brand/creative + B2B growth oriented option, with experience in technology/SaaS and integrated marketing.
• Digital Authority Partners — Interesting if your redesign needs to connect to content, SEO/AI-search visibility, and broader digital growth.
• Mabbly — More of a GTM partner than a pure web agency: positioning, brand, web/UX, paid/organic growth, and pipeline-oriented strategy. Their current positioning is particularly aimed at organizations trying to connect marketing and sales around measurable growth. Mabbly

One especially relevant benchmark

Orbit Media Studios is another agency I'd put into the RFP. They're unusually focused on website redesign + SEO/CRO + ongoing optimization, rather than trying to be a general-purpose creative agency. They report 1,000+ website projects and explicitly combine research, UX, content, development, SEO and conversion optimization. Orbit Media Studios Orbit Media Studios

Their published case studies include a 42.6% conversion increase, 26% increase in qualified leads, and 18% organic-traffic increase on different projects. Those are agency-reported case-study results, so I'd ask for the underlying baseline, attribution methodology, and timeframe during an RFP. Orbit Media Studios

For your particular brief, I'd start conversations with Clique, Solid Digital, Marcel Digital, and Orbit, then use Mabbly or VisualFizz if brand/GTM work is a larger component.

Since you're in Fulton Market, there's also a practical geographic advantage: several of these are downtown/nearby, including Marcel Digital and Clique. But I wouldn't make office proximity a major selection criterion for this type of engagement.

If you tell me your rough budget ($50–100k, $100–250k, $250k+) and whether you're B2B SaaS, consumer, fintech, etc., I can narrow this to 3 agencies and give you an RFP scorecard tailored to a scaleup redesign.