Aquent, the world's largest staffing firm specializing in solutions for creative and marketing organizations, announced today a Halloween-themed design competition for creative professionals.

The first-ever competition calls for creative design ideas to theme Aquent's website, www.aquent.com, for Halloween. The winning designer will receive a cash prize and have their work featured on the website's homepage. They'll also be profiled by Aquent's popular weblog, www.thetalentblog.net.

"Aquent's excited to celebrate Halloween with a design competition for creative professionals," said Ann Webster, president of the company's North America staffing business. "We're serious about marketing and creative staffing, but even we jumped at the opportunity to have some Halloween fun and showcase great design work."

Full contest details, including submission guidelines, creative specifications, and judging criteria, are available here. The contest ends October 22, 2007.

ABOUT AQUENT 
For more than 20 years, Aquent has led the way in transforming how companies find and utilize marketing and creative talent to execute their brand strategies. Aquent's pioneering approach to staffing and services has helped thousands of companies - including two-thirds of the Fortune 500 and 90 of the Fortune 100 - build their internal marketing and communication capabilities. Last year, we placed over 11,000 Aquent talent at more than 3,000 companies. Aquent, online at www.aquent.com, is headquartered in Boston, Mass.