15-Year Industry Veteran Charged With Building Company’s Outsourcing Business

Boston, MA (August 1, 2001) — Aquent, a full-service talent agency for creative design professionals, both print and Web, has named Joseph Melanson Vice President of Aquent Solutions. In his new position, Melanson will be responsible for developing and managing overall business strategy for the company’s recently launched outsourcing services. He will be based at the company’s Boston headquarters.
“Joe brings an outstanding track record to his new position with Aquent,” said John Chuang, Aquent’s CEO and Co-founder. “We’re pleased to have him join our management team and know that in his new role he will continue delivering top-notch results.”

Melanson brings 15 years of industry experience to his position with Aquent. Most recently he served as Vice President of Business Development for Benchmark HR Solutions in Salem, New Hampshire. Prior to that he was Principal of Outsourcing Strategies providing strategy, tools, and processes to organizations launching new outsourcing ventures. Other industry management positions he has held include Senior Vice President of Randstad in Peabody, Massachusetts, responsible for more than doubling outsourcing revenues over four years, and Senior Vice President Sales & Service for Talent Tree Staffing where he was promoted five times over an eight-year period. He began his career in the industry serving as marketing representative for an accounting staffing services firm in California.

A graduate of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, Melanson received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He also received training from the Consulting Skills Institute and Miller Heiman.

Aquent (www.aquent.com) is the world’s largest talent agency for creative professionals. In its 15-year history, Aquent has made more than 200,000 matches of independent professionals with client companies worldwide, and had revenues topping $200 million last year. Headquartered in Boston, Aquent leverages both the Internet and a network of 55 offices in 12 countries to provide independent professionals access to work, training - and the same insurance, retirement, and cash-flow management benefits enjoyed by traditional W-2 workers.