Hirewell

For all intents and purposes, this has been my career. I started as a technical recruiter when we were a tiny shop and was afforded a wealth of opportunities: I launched our Digital Experience & Marketing practice, I launched our internal marketing and content function, and I currently lead our business development and strategy.

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Partner & Chief Growth Officer

Gregory Laka & Company

Every recruiter has their first gig somewhere.

Technology Recruiter

Strateg -- Aperios

Obligatory failed start up. Great experience. Gotta take a shot, right?

Business Development

Akamai Technologies

Account Executive

WorldCom

If you don’t remember these guys, it’s only because of Enron. Fantastic way to start a career and gain perspective…

Hosting Sales Executive

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I’m a Partner at 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 and I host Hirewell's 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 podcast. Those are the high points.

But what do we do specifically?

We recognize that hiring is hard. And hiring well is even harder.

But, that’s exactly what we help companies do: 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹.

Since 2001, we've been a staple in the Chicago business community, helping our clients grow by recruiting the top-tier talent they need.

𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱.
The recruiting industry is chock full of single skill set providers. What companies really want is a partner who can have a broad impact across all facets of their organization, solving whatever hiring challenges they have. We’ve done just that, building diverse teams of highly specialized recruiters in the highest demand fields:

𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀
𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 & 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴,
𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀
𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 & 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱...

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.
Flexibility in creating our custom solutions has been a staple in our approach. During our own growth, we recognized that the traditional fulfillment models for recruiting service are deeply flawed. 

Contingent Search is expensive and the two-sided lack of commitment often yields poor results. Recruitment Process Outsourcing suffers from poor fulfillment; flat-rate service means providers have no skin in the game to maximize the end result. And traditional Executive Retained Search is exorbitantly overpriced, tone-deaf to the modern world of freely available data.

But Hirewell’s 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 are a paradigm shift in volume hiring. They’re built for fast growth situations, and more importantly, structured in a way that streamlines efficiency for all. It’s a best-of-all-worlds situation: Hirewell can provide dedicated onsite support, high-value services far beyond simple candidate sourcing (ATS management, hiring plans, job description creation and postings, interview set up and debrief, offer presentation and onboarding, etc.), and still utilize the entirety of Hirewell’s vast recruiting team and diverse skill area focus to achieve an optimized outcome.

See what our clients say about us on G2: https://www.g2.com/products/hirewell/reviews 

Contact me at james@hirewell.com or 312-386-1658.

James Hornick

Travis L. Scott

Rainier RevOps

Every business is different. The same can be said of industries, which is why RainierDigital specializes in the worlds of professional services (e.g., staffing agencies), MedTech, and non-SaaS B2B companies.

We leverage the deep, hands-on expertise of our Founder, Travis Scott, who started his career in recruitment (both agency and corporate), sales and, eventually, as the Director of Marketing for a medical component manufacturing and distribution company.

Most agencies develop cookie-cutter strategies they try to implement across every client they work with. That causes problems for their clients.

RainierDigital works with our clients to develop strategies unique to their business, market, and company values. Our experience in your industry allows us to offer unique perspectives that other agencies don't have.

Services include:

- HubSpot Admin
- HubSpot implementation and onboarding
- HubSpot integrations (most commonly with Bullhorn)
- Demand gen strategy development and coaching
- Demand-focused CRM infrastructure design, build, and reporting

Founder and Principal Advisor

Cycling On Purpose

Cycling On Purpose is a nonprofit focused on raising awareness of the mental health challenges facing the youth in America. 

I founded Cycling On Purpose after dealing with my own mental health challenges over the past year and a half and finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel when I found purpose in my life.

I hope to share this insight and inspiration with others, especially the children and teens in our country, to help them pull out of their struggles as well.

Executive Director & Founder

Demand & Ops Unboxed Podcast

(formerly known as the Marketing:Unboxed Podcast)

A podcast for curious marketers.

The show is made up of four series: 

- Author Series
- HubSpot Series
- RevOps Series
- Leadership Series

Don't rely on a social media algorithm to let you know when an episode has dropped. Subscribe to the Marketing Unboxed email list to get updates on upcoming interviews, links to new episodes, and other resources related to these topics. 

Do that here ➡️ https://www.rainierdigital.com/subscribe-marketing-unboxed-podcast-newsletter

Host

MO Pros

Helping spread the word about this fast-growing community of over 1,300 Marketing Operations Professionals. If you have a burning desire to learn, lament, or lurk in the company of like-minded MOPs head here to join: https://www.themopros.com/join

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Ambassador

Pavilion

Pavilion is a private membership organization for commercial growth operators, where
Members can openly discuss business critical issues with the comfort of privacy and
confidentiality.

Executive Member

Winding Road Careers

Winding Road Careers is for anyone who wants to better manage their non-linear career or someone looking to make a career change. 

Do you answer 'yes' to any of the following questions?

⤴ - Want to make a pivot but don’t know how?

🛑 ✋ - Have a non-linear career that’s making it hard to get your resume past the gatekeepers?

⌇- Want to continue down a non-linear career path but need help managing it?

🏝️ - Did you pivot into working for yourself and feel like you’re on an island?

Founder

Travis Scott for Liberty Lake City Council

Great experience. The best part was the amazing people in my community that I met. 

I lost by only 213 votes. If you don't think your vote matters, think again.

Candidate for Liberty Lake (WA) City Council

Gravity Global

I started at Mojo Media Labs, a boutique agency, that was acquired by a much larger agency, Gravity Global (250+ employees and growing like a weed), shortly after I started.

I didn't want to work at a large agency after being a number on a spreadsheet at Fortune 500 companies, so I decided to resign and continue to build RainierDigital.

Revenue Operations Consultant

ISM - Industrial Specialties Mfg. & IS Med Specialties

- I've successfully lead a team of 7-8 marketers remotely (well before COVID)

- Focused specifically on streamlining marketing ops, implemented a lead nurturing program, and demand gen through content and paid social. 

- Emphasized our focus on and the importance of content and content SEO - this has contributed to the following organic search gains from Jan 2017 through Dec 2020: 291% increase in site users; 279% increase in site sessions; 40% increase in leads from organic traffic; 662% increase in blog-related sessions alone (21K in 2017 to 165K in 2020);**


- Continuously examine and execute marketing strategy based on the company's long-tail business model

- Managed complex projects involving multiple third-party vendors. Examples include a major website and e-commerce backend redesign and Magento 2 conversion

- Co-managed paid search

- Developed an agile system of two-week sprints using Asana. These were designed to keep the team focused on projects and campaigns, get more done, and protect their time from ad-hoc, less important projects that pop up; this became very valuable when the team was working remotely during the early days of COVID

Director of Marketing

Self Published

I wrote “Think Differently” because I was curious about recruitment marketing and had some ideas about how recruitment could be done better while creating a better experience for everyone involved. 

The book talks about basic marketing principles such as persona development, positioning, and building and nurturing audiences. 

It can be purchased on Amazon in Kindle and paperback formats or you can download a free PDF copy below.

Author, “Think Differently: How Recruitment Marketing Gets You Noticed Over the Noise”

Demand Gen Strategy and Marketing Ops at RainierDigital ✦ Author ✦ HubSpot Gold Partner ✦ Host of the Demand & Ops Unboxed Podcast

I'm the founder of Rainier RevOps, a solo RevOps consultancy and HubSpot Platinum Partner helping SMBs — especially staffing and recruiting firms — clean up their data, streamline systems, and drive real revenue growth. I'm also the founder of Cycling On Purpose, a nonprofit focused on youth mental health. This June, I'm riding 2,800 miles across the country to raise awareness and connect with families and educators along the way.

A former environmental science major turned marketer and RevOps pro, I've worked in sales, recruiting, marketing, and ops, and brings a unique cross-functional lens to everything he does. I even wrote a book called "Think Differently" about recruitment marketing in 2020. I hold an MBA from the University of Colorado. I grew up in Indiana and, since graduating from Indiana, have lived in Denver, Los Angeles, Seattle and now Spokane, WA. 

I'm a plant and nature nerd and probably the only person in Washington state who watches the Indy 500 each year. I'm also a huge sports fan and am a fan of teams that routinely break my heart: the Reds, Bengals, Pacers, and Avs.

CEO / Principal Consultant

Every business is different. The same can be said of industries, which is why RainierDigital specializes in the worlds of staffing and MedTech.

We leverage the deep, hands-on expertise of our Founder, Travis Scott, who started his career in recruitment (both agency and corporate), sales, and eventually as the Director of Marketing for a medical component manufacturing and distribution company.

Most agencies develop cookie-cutter strategies they try to implement across every client they work with. That causes problems for their clients.

RainierDigital works with our clients to develop strategies unique to their business, market, and company values. Our experience in your industry allows us to offer unique perspectives that other agencies don't have.

Services include:

- HubSpot Admin
- HubSpot implementation and onboarding
- HubSpot integrations (most commonly with Bullhorn)
- Demand gen strategy development and coaching
- Demand-focused CRM infrastructure design, build, and reporting

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