Strategic Partners

Fidelity Investments

Fidelity is synonymous with retirement savings. Together, Fidelity helps us provide a complete fund lineup and personalized guidance, all at the lowest cost so our talent and staff can plan for their futures. 

Cigna Healthcare

Working together with Cigna over 20 years ago, Aquent was the first to figure out how to deliver benefits to contingent talent. Today, Cigna continues to meet our unique needs by supporting custom benefits through Square Deal.

The Hartford

By working with The Hartford, we are able to offer supplemental insurance plans that deliver coverage with fewer restrictions, greater flexibility, and lower costs to maximize the value to talent and staff.

Todd Hovey is a digital marketing expert with 15+ years of client and marketing agency leadership roles targeting B2B and B2C audiences with lead generation, branding, advertising, and content strategies. Todd has deep expertise in developing, discerning the right resource needs, and executing email marketing, digital advertising, content strategies, websites, social media, influencer, SEO, SEM, and a solid understanding of marketing automation tools and technologies (i.e. Salesforce, Google Analytics, HubSpot, Hootsuite, Marketo, Pardot, etc.) to optimize marketing operations, campaign analysis, and reporting. Todd has led successful marketing strategies for start-ups to global organizations including Bose, Citibank, Dish Network, Disney, eBay, Humana, Magneto, Microsoft, Neustar and Verizon and he is also a founding member of Aquent’s Digital Marketing Experts team that contributed to the design, development, and launch of Aquent’s Digital Marketing Practice. Todd has already performed over 500 digital marketing independent assessments and he has provided consultative services for Aquent clients as well as led digital marketing discussions at Aquent-sponsored events.

Jason Brownewell is an award-winning UX leader and seasoned digital strategist with over 25 years of leadership and consulting experience. Jason’s an expert at recruiting and developing the talent and practices to deliver phenomenal digital experiences. He’s built dozens of UX teams and digital practices across a wide range of industries and companies, including: Fortune 500, internet startups, and B2B and B2C e-commerce teams. From 2008-11, Jason helped lead and develop Aquent’s Interactive Design and UX Practices.

Jason enjoys working with all levels of UX candidates to help them land that next gig. He’s an expert at helping refine resumes, portfolios, and storytelling so that they work together and hone in on the most marketable (and unique) skillsets, competencies, and experiences. He also offers valuable feedback to address potential issues and skill gaps. You’ll find Jason an enthusiastic partner and advisor in your UX freelancing journey.

Katie Osborne is a Product Design Manager with 14 years of industry experience spanning across the USA, UK, and Australia, who firmly believes in data-driven design. As well as managing creative teams of Interaction/Visual designers and Research, she loves getting her hands dirty in the details. Her expertise spans from e-commerce and directory websites to apps and FinTech products. She has a passion for building high-functioning teams through synergistic culture through collaboration. She feels strongly that design is about more than making things look pretty. It’s about creating a user-centered intuitive experience that solves the problem at hand by combining research insights to influence the way a product functions, feels, and looks.

Stephanie Hay is currently VP Design at Capital One, where she leads conversational AI and integrated experiences. She was listed as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business for 2019 by Fast Company. Steph is co-founding editor of Work Design Magazine and co-founder of FastCustomer. She has designed content for UIE, Ben & Jerry’s, and The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Steph loves CrossFit®, ramen, and laughing.

Brad Frost is a web designer, speaker, consultant, writer, and musician located in beautiful Pittsburgh, PA. He is the author of Atomic Design, a book on how to create and maintain effective design systems. Brad loves helping people understand the concepts, techniques, and tools used to create successful design systems and establish more collaborative workflows. In addition to his frequent appearances at web conferences around the world, Brad also conducts workshops and consults with organizations who need help bringing great web projects to life.

Aaron Gustafson is a web standards and accessibility advocate at Microsoft, where he works closely with the Edge browser team. He is the author of Adaptive Web Design, a book about crafting rich experiences with progressive enhancement. Aaron helps organizations tackle complex design challenges by using Easy Designs and Rosenfeld Media. You’ll often find him on the road, presenting at conferences and running workshops.

Graham Roberts is the Digital Design Lead at Google Brand Studio Creative. Previously, at The New York Times, he led a team that explored new approaches in video, motion graphics, and virtual/augmented reality. As a senior graphics editor at The New York Times, he produced a wide range of critically-acclaimed visual journalism projects. His work has been recognized by the Webbys, an Emmy® award, the Edward R. Murrow Awards, and Pulitzer Prizes.