Marketing Communications Solutions Designed Specifically For Search and Staffing Professionals

Next Level is more than training; we also have over 18 years of expertise in helping businesses market and sell more cost effectively.  Next Level Marketing Communications (a division of Next Level Exchange) is a marketing communications firm specializing in business-to-business marketing strategy and solutions.  We're different than other marketing firms in that we work directly with search professionals every day.

By working with and talking with recruiters on a day-to-day basis, we understand the unique marketing needs of the search industry.  From years of specialization, we have identified a common set of needs: a beautiful and engaging website which is easy to update, includes an integrated application tracking system (ATS) or job board, has a blog system, is social media ready, and is search engine optimized (SEO) to attract key clients and passive/active candidates.  Web services are just one facet of our capabilities.

Next Level Marketing Communications' core services include:

• Marketing Consulting and Strategy Development - best practices, strategic planning, marketing calendars, marketing automation
• Design and Creative Services - brand and grahic design, web design, brochures, pocket folders, banners, audio/video
• Internet Marketing - web development, social media marketing, SEO, media relations and website press releases
• Technology resources - web, database, email, and video hosting, media streaming

Service Offerings

Strategy	Branding	Web
SEO	Social Media	Video Marketing

Our firm takes recruitment marketing to the next level.  We're more than a design firm.  We're more than a website development firm. To our clients, we're considered to be their trusted marketing strategy partner, providing best-practices, marketing calendars, long-term strategies, digital brand briefcases, and much more.  We listen to leadership and understand not only their current needs, but their long-term business goals as well.  Together, we create a strategy to get there.  In phases, or all at once, we can deliver unique solutions for your firm's marketing objectives.

Our team is ready to help elevate your marketing to the next level.  Contact us to learn more.

Our Methodology for Success

Just like the search industry, planning is key.  To just "jump in" and start to design and create isn't always the best approach.  Instead, we seek to understand and apply our methodology to each and every client initiative.  We ask questions. We understand business leadership challenges, then create a strategy to reach their goals.  By learning and listening first, our clients are amazed by our ability to anticipate their needs, provide solutions which can be leveraged to further stretch their marketing dollar.  We learn from every client, who have ranged from startups to Fortune 500 firms.  With over 18 years of marketing communications experience, we’re valued by our clients because we focus on quality, deliver creative solutions that drive revenue and brand awareness, and increase their market share.   

Results and Testimonials

"We hired Darren and his team to completely redesign our company’s website and raise our company profile on the Web. He did everything asked and much more; it looks great and we are seeing results already! He was professional, detail oriented, realistic and optimistic about what he could do for our firm. At each phase of the project his work greatly exceeded our expectations…a real rarity these days. Thanks to Darren’s positive energy, expertise and guidance, our firm's pages rose in search rankings and traffic to our site has grown dramatically. He is easy to work with and is a great listener…often anticipating our needs. Besides the technical skills to run the "back end" seamlessly, Darren has a real eye for design. I recommend his work to friends and colleagues all the time and look forward to working with him on future projects."

David Lammert, President 
Pinnacle Placements

"The Next Level Marketing Communication’s insight into marketing and SEO optimization has been revolutionary!  Being able to turn this segment of our business over to Darren McDougal has been instrumental in Specialty Executives success.  Specialty Executives was looking for solutions to better market our dominance in the Defense and Aerospace search. Let’s face it…if you’re not dominating the web based marketing scene, you are light years behind your competitors in executive search.

"Darren McDougal’s insight into cutting-edge, marketing communication has provided our firm and my team an ongoing and strategic marketing strategy. He is an expert in leveraging social media, creating unbelievable marketing collateral and advising us on how to most effectively and efficiently utilize these tools. He has an incredible eye for detail and his finished product definitely helps separate us from our competition. He has created some of the most sophisticated systems, intranet, web design, marketing collateral, and branding to both internal and external clients. I believe anyone who is seeking to create or accentuate your brand that Darren’s expertise warranted."

Marty Shapan, Managing Partner, Construction and Real Estate Practice
Kaye/Bassman International 

"Darren is absolutely OUTSTANDING at what he does! He helped us develop a fully integrated brand for our search firm, including website, print (cards, letterhead, envelopes), and helped us develop our messaging to the market. He made the process easy and enjoyable, and always exceeded our expectations in every way. We have gotten overwhelmingly positive feedback on our branding from clients, candidates, and partners within the recruiting industry. The functionality is top notch, and is scalable as we continue to grow and evolve in the future. I give Darren my strongest possible recommendation, and will continue to work with him for all of my firm’s marketing needs."

Jordan Rayboy, President and CEO
Rayboy Insider Search