Top Illinois Digital Media Startups (146)

At AdAction, we’re revolutionizing how brands connect with audiences through the power of mobile technology. As leaders in performance-driven marketing, we create innovative solutions that merge supply, loyalty, and rewards into seamless, mobile-first strategies. Our platform empowers brands and app developers to drive engagement, boost retention, and achieve sustainable growth by delivering personalized, reward-based experiences that foster genuine connections. With cutting-edge...

EnsembleIQ is a North American business intelligence company delivering insightful information and actionable connections. Using our market expertise throughout the entire path to purchase in retail, retail technology, consumer goods, healthcare, and hospitality, we help professionals make informed business decisions and gain a competitive advantage. We offer creative solutions that connect suppliers and service providers with our business-building communities. Through...

We are Chicago’s NPR news station, one of the largest and most respected public media stations in the country. Our mission is at the heart of WBEZ Chicago. We fulfill our mission at WBEZ by serving as a cornerstone of the public conversation; as a central pillar of our civic community; and by reasserting ourselves as the heart of innovation...

Accelerated Digital Media is a bootstrapped company that has recruited some of the top talent in digital marketing. We're on a mission to create one of the country's top digital marketing firms. ADM is a team of performance marketers specializing in paid media management for high-growth Digital Health and e-commerce companies. We work with our clients to manage their investments on...

RYTECH has quickly grown from its humble foundations in the Chicago suburbs to serving clients across the US. Our team is passionate about helping brands expand their reach and achieve their business goals in innovative and exciting ways. Are you ready to take the next step in your career? We hope you’ll join us!

Zefr is the leading data and technology company that enables responsible marketing for brands, agencies and platforms. The company leverages a patented AI and machine learning engine, called Cognition AI, to offer brands and agencies more accurate and transparent activation and measurement solutions on scaled video platforms.

Praytell is a creative communications agency made by teams with strategic minds and spirited hearts. We create timely, integrated, headline-worthy campaigns across social, earned, digital, and more. After 10 years of cooking up award-winning work, we know one thing for sure - we’re just warming up.

Ragan Communications is a leading publisher and resource providing training, news, networking, and events for communicators, marketers, and HR professionals worldwide.

MarketerHire’s mission is to make expert marketing accessible to everyone. Our platform gives companies on-demand access to a global network of amazing, pre-vetted marketing talent and it is used by early-stage startups, billion-dollar unicorns, and Fortune 100 companies alike. By giving all companies access to amazing marketers - entrepreneurs and enterprises can focus on building great products. We are also contributing...

Marcel Digital is an award-winning website development and digital marketing agency. Founded in March 2003, Marcel remains one of the original and most well established digital marketing firms in the United States. Our mission is to change the idea of what an agency is and what it can be. Our vision is striving to be a close-knit, integrated team of...

We are an award-winning, independent media agency specializing in planning, buying and providing analytics on media performance. Three key benefits set us apart from most agencies: 1. We maximize your dollars and minimize waste. Our conviction is that since business situations and business needs differ greatly by geography, “cookie cutter” plans don’t cut it. We minimize waste by 15-25% on...

We are building a faith-based meditation app. Think Headspace or Calm, but for prayer & catholic spirituality. We believe that we're all looking for peace, and that there is no surer way to find it than by learning to sit in silence with God: “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will...

We believe in the wisdom of the crowd, where the opinion of millions is more relevant (and far more predictive) than the opinion of one writer or critic. Visitors to Ranker have now cast over one billion votes shaping our pop culture rankings. This voting data powers a predictive insights platform with multiple applications for brands and studios.

Since 2009, SCUBE has worked with ecommerce brands selling technical products where performance is dictated by data accuracy, not traffic volume. The work concentrates around Google Shopping, paid search, SEO, and GTM-based tracking. The focus is spec-driven ecommerce. Auto parts, marine and boating components, heavy equipment, construction supplies, and industrial products where compatibility, attributes, and technical accuracy determine whether demand converts...

Halo Consulting is an international, boutique search firm, that brings the best practices of retained executive search firms, to high growth tech startups. We work with clients seeking full-time, permanent employees, that offer comprehensive benefits packages, and compelling compensation packages, which include equity.

Grey House Productions is a full-service production company that works with brands, agencies, photographers, and directors. From curating dream teams to hosting castings and fittings at our Fulton Market studio, we’re here to make magic happen with our unique blend of logistics and hospitality. Our purpose goes way beyond completing a project on time and on budget. We believe our work...

Infillion brings location and attention-based marketing together to fulfill the promise of connected consumer experiences. Leveraging integrated technology, Infillion enables better targeting via unique data sets, engaging creative, and actionable measurement solutions for advertisers looking to bridge the physical and digital worlds. Among the fastest-growing companies in ad technology, Infillion is advancing the integration of advertising, marketing, and CX through...

THESIXTHIRTY.com is Chicago's unfiltered source for all things sports, music and news. Providing unfiltered stories and opinion on a daily basis, we're not just bloggers.. we're influencers.

At Havas People, we help organizations attract, engage and retain talent by creating meaningful employer brands and talent experiences. We're a global employer branding, talent communications and recruitment marketing agency within Havas, one of the world's largest communications groups. While many agencies focus on products, consumers or corporate audiences, we specialize in one thing: people. Our work spans the entire employee lifecycle,...

Book+Main Bites is an online marketplace that uses machine learning to connect authors and readers in romance—the number one grossing genre. A mobile-first platform, Book+Main Bites is available on iOS, Android and web. Since launch in November 2017, we have welcomed romance authors and readers from more than 150 countries.