Agency Select tools have been tested over the last year and successfully used for agency searches for a leading global financial services institution to identify and retain communications agencies in multiple U.S. markets.

“For client organizations with the capacity and experience to manage an agency search, Agency Select provides the tools and resources to efficiently identify, evaluate and select agencies for finalist presentations,” said Robert Udowitz, principal of RFP Associates, CommunicationsMatch’s search consulting partner. “Where the capacity or expertise to manage a search is limited and for large, complex assignments, CommunicationsMatch and RFP Associates provide supplemental services to enable client organizations to get the most from Agency Select.”

Client organizations use the CommunicationsMatch agency search engine at no cost. Access to Agency Select is available for an introductory discounted fee of $395 for six months’ access. This includes one hour of consulting support from an RFP Associates principal.

Agencies, consultants and freelancers listed on CommunicationsMatch pay an annual membership fee to maintain a basic or comprehensive profile on the platform, but receive and respond to RFPs and RFQs issued by clients through Agency Select at no additional cost.

Download our Agency Search Research Report^[3]. Watch this short explainer video on how the RFP process works – RFPs and RFQs Simplified: Agency Select™^[4].

CommunicationsMatch^[5]™ agency search, hiring tools, and resources help companies save time, achieve better search outcomes, and build stronger brands. With 6,000 agency and individual profiles, companies search for PR and communications partners by location, size, clients, keywords, ownership, designations, diversity and more. CommunicationsMatch also offers agency search consulting services in partnership with RFP Associates, communications research tools, as well as programmer & developer search.

RFP Associates, LLC.^[6] is a communications agency search firm that has developed a specialized search and selection methodology that improves the process of identifying, evaluating and hiring agencies. For more than a decade, the company has worked with corporations and associations to engage agencies for agency-of-record assignments and confidential projects. A CommunicationsMatch partner since 2018, RFP Associates provides agency search consulting services and support through the platform.