Rise Interactive is a Chicago-based digital marketing agency and Interactive Investment Management (IIM) firm which specializes in digital media and analytics for Fortune 1000 companies. The agency works as a strategic partner to help marketing leaders make smarter investment decisions. In 2010, the company first ranked in the Inc. 500 fastest growing companies and has made the list for six consecutive years. The CEO of Rise Interactive is Jon Morris.
CEO Jon Morris founded Rise Interactive in 2004 to teach traditional marketers how to manage Internet marketing campaigns. Soon after, it expanded from a teaching organization into a search engine marketing agency for small businesses in Chicago before eventually developing into a digital marketing agency for Fortune 1000 companies.
The company began to offer Custom Google Analytics Installation in 2009.
In early 2012, the company moved its headquarters to the Chicago Loop.
In September 2012, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel listed Rise Interactive among the top twenty companies which would bring 2,000 new jobs to the area by 2015. The following month, Rise Interactive analyzed the paid search marketing strategies of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama during the presidential campaign.
In April 2015, the agency expanded its headquarters, more than doubling in size to over 40,000 square feet, and expanding onto a second floor of its building at One South Wacker.
Rise Interactive is a digital marketing agency and Interactive Investment Management Firm that specializes in digital media and web analytics. Its services include Paid Search, SEO, Affiliate Marketing, Web Analytics, Link Building, Display, Email, Mobile, Affiliate and Social Media.
CEO Jon Morris developed the idea for Rise Interactive while working on an MBA from the University of Chicago. Previously, Morris founded the interactive agency Net Traffic and managed the internet marketing department for Ketchum Directory Advertising. He writes a column for Inc.com called Rise Above It. In 1999, the Chicago Sun Times named Morris one of Chicago's top 30 entrepreneurs under the age of 30.
Senior Advisor Jack Kraft was the former COO of the Leo Burnett Company, a multinational advertising agency.
2015
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2004
University of Chicago New Venture Challenge, Second Place Annual Business Plan Competition
2010
#19 on the Inc. list of Fastest Growing Private Chicago Companies
2011
#505 on Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000
2012
#15 on the 2012 Fortune Inner City 100, a list of the fastest growing companies in the country
#446 Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000
#51 Inc. Top 100 Advertising and Marketing Companies
#21 Five Elms Capital Flyover50
Finalist, ITA CityLIGHTS Awards, New Concept Award category
#34 Website Magazine’s Top 50 Search Marketing Agencies
#73 on Built in Chicago’s The Top 100 Digital Companies in Chicago
2013
Client Advisor Award Winner, Midsize Professional Services Firm
#14 on the 2013 Inner City 100, a list of the fastest growing companies in the country
Winner, Built in Chicago’s Moxie Awards, Digital Agency of the Year category
#108 on Deloitte Technology Fast 500 North America list
Winner, 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For
#22 on The Agency Post's Agency 100 List
Winner (Gold), Chicago Business Marketing Association Tower Awards, Social Media Category
Winner (Bronze), Golden Bridge Awards
Winner, Small Business Association Illinois Excellence Award
Winner, Internet Marketing Association Impact Award, Website Navigation category
#89, Built In Chicago Top 100 Digital Companies
#21, Flyover 50 Honoree
#25, Lead411 Technology 200
#781, Inc.500|5000 List
2014
#77 Built In Chicago Top 100 Digital Companies
Finalist, Digiday Retail Awards in Best Use of Data by a Retailer to Drive Sales category
Finalist, Digiday Content Marketing Awards, Best Infographic category
Finalist, Optimizely Optie Awards with Miami Children's Hospital, Most Dramatic Business Impact
#843, Inc.500|5000 List
Client Advisor Awards Award Winner
Finalist, Shorty Awards
Jon Morris, Techweek 100
#27, Jon Morris, Top 40 Digital Strategists in Marketing for 2014
#49 on Deloitte Technology Fast 500 North America list
#4 on the 2014 Inner City 100, a list of the fastest growing companies in the country
Winner, Built in Chicago’s Moxie Awards, Digital Agency of the Year category
Winner, 2014 Red Herring Top 100 North America
Winner, 2014 Red Herring Top 100 Global
Winner, Chicago’s Best & Brightest Companies to Work For
Winner, 101 National Best & Brightest Companies to Work For
Winner, Healthcare Marketing IMPACT Awards, Social Media Campaign of the Year
Winner, Internet Advertising Competition, Best Family Online Campaign, Best Healthcare Provider Online Campaign category
Winner, Hot Companies and Best Awards’ Network Product’s Guide Best Deployments and Case Studies category
Winner, Chicago Innovation Awards
Winner, eHealthcare Leadership Awards, Best Marketing Campaign
Finalist, US Search Awards, Innovation category
Winner, Web Health Awards
2015
Winner, Chicago’s Best & Brightest Companies to Work For
Winner, Built in Chicago’s Moxie Awards, Digital Agency of the Year category
Winner, Globee Awards
Jon Morris, Techweek 100
Winner, Local Search Association’s Ad to Action Awards
Winner, IT World Awards
Winner, CEO World Awards, Jon Morris named CEO of the Year
Finalist, DTC Perspectives’ Awards
#1465, Inc.500|5000 list
Winner, Chicago Inno Coolest Companies
Winner, Digital Health Awards (Merit)
Winner, AVA Digital Awards
Winner, American Business Awards’ Fastest-Growing Tech Company
#4, ICIC Inner City 100 list
Finalist, Online Retail Awards
Winner, Digiday Signal Awards, Best Search Advertising Platform
Finalist, Tech In Motion Timmy Awards for Best Technology Work Culture
Honorable Mention, PR Daily’s Digital PR & Social Media Awards
#35, Small Business, Chicago Tribune Top 100 Workplaces
Winner, MediaPost OMMA Awards for Website Excellence
Finalist, US Search Awards
#265, Deloitte Technology Fast 500 North America list
#64, Built In Chicago Top 100 Digital Companies
Winner, MarCom Awards, Website Redesign
Winner, Internet Marketing Association IMPACT Awards for PPC Campaign
