Chicago, United States
Named, vetted specialists who live and work in Chicago. Pick the specialism you need, or send the brief and we will match you within one business day.
The short answer
The DRAFT ROOOM runs a vetted bench of 100 brand and content specialisms in Chicago, United States, from SEO and conversion copywriting to technical, journalism and regulated sector writing. Every specialist is native to the market, briefed by email, reviewed by a senior editor and invoiced through The DRAFT ROOOM. Quotes can be issued in USD and work starts within days, not weeks.
The bench
We publish a first name and surname initial only, because every specialist is contracted to us and their client work is confidential. Email us and we introduce you by name.
17 years experience, Chicago
Brand and content specialist based in Chicago
Sectors: education and training and health, wellbeing and clinics
Works in: English, Spanish
Identity verifiedNDA on fileEditor reviewed
Available now, overlaps with European and US hours
Email to connect with Marcus W. →5 years experience, Chicago
Brand and content specialist based in Chicago
Sectors: education and training and financial services and fintech
Works in: English, Spanish
Identity verifiedNDA on fileEditor reviewed
Available now, overlaps with European and US hours
Email to connect with Brianna F. →12 years experience, Chicago
Brand and content specialist based in Chicago
Sectors: travel, hospitality and events
Works in: English, Spanish
Identity verifiedNDA on fileEditor reviewed
Limited availability, accepting one senior brief
Email to connect with Cole M. →14 years experience, Chicago
Brand and content specialist based in Chicago
Sectors: manufacturing and industrial and property and construction
Works in: English, Spanish
Identity verifiedNDA on fileEditor reviewed
Available now, overlaps with European and US hours
Email to connect with Savannah T. →12 years experience, Chicago
Brand and content specialist based in Chicago
Sectors: energy, climate and utilities and professional services
Works in: English, Spanish
Identity verifiedNDA on fileEditor reviewed
Available now, overlaps with European and US hours
Email to connect with Dylan C. →Local market
Fifty markets in one, with huge search volume and equally huge competition. Bolder claims are normal, Spanish language content is often a growth lever, and state level regulation can change what a page is allowed to promise.
Specialists here work inside Chicago business hours across Illinois, write in the spelling and register buyers in United States expect, and can be quoted in USD. Languages on this bench: English, Spanish. If you also want the work managed end to end rather than resourced, our managed service in Chicago covers strategy, production and reporting.
Specialisms
100 specialisms, each with its own page covering scope, rates and the local bench.
Writers who plan, research and produce the articles, guides and long form work your search and email programmes run on.
Copywriters hired against a number: sign ups, demos, carts recovered, revenue per send.
Specialists who make pages findable in classic search and quotable inside AI answers.
Strategists and brand writers who decide what you say before anyone writes a word of it.
Writers who can read a spec, interview an engineer and explain a product without softening the detail.
Trained reporters and press writers for newsroom grade work, announcements and executive bylines.
Short form, script and studio specialists for the channels where attention is won in seconds.
Subject matter writers for sectors where a careless sentence carries a real cost. Marketing and educational writing only, reviewed by a qualified person on your side.
Terms and trust
Plain terms, written down before you commit to anything.
You are a client of The DRAFT ROOOM, not the personal client of the specialist. The contract, the invoice, the confidentiality agreement and the copyright assignment all sit with us.
If a specialist becomes unavailable for any reason, including leaving our bench, we reassign a peer level specialist from the same market and the same discipline at no extra cost. Your brief, your voice guide and your work in progress stay with us, so nothing restarts.
Project work is 50 per cent on acceptance of the scope and 50 per cent on final delivery. Retainers are 50 per cent before the month starts and 50 per cent at the end of that month.
Full commercial copyright transfers to you on final payment. Every specialist has signed a confidentiality agreement and an intellectual property assignment with us before taking a single brief.
Every deliverable is reviewed by a senior Draft ROOOM editor against your brief and your voice guide before it reaches you. Two rounds of revision are included as standard.
Process
Email first from brief to final file. Nothing here needs a meeting.
Step 1
Use the form on this page or write to us directly. Tell us the deliverable, the volume, the deadline and any budget range. No call is needed at any point.
Step 2
You receive a named specialist, their relevant background, a fixed price and a delivery date. If the match is not right, say so and we send an alternative.
Step 3
A short written scope covers deliverables, revisions and dates. Work starts once the deposit clears.
Step 4
Drafts come by email or into your client dashboard, already reviewed by a senior editor. You reply with comments in the same thread.
Step 5
You receive final files, full copyright and, for ongoing work, next month's plan.
Nearby
Questions people ask
Short, direct answers to the questions we get asked most. If yours is not here, send it over and a real person replies within one business day.
Yes. Everyone shown for Chicago lives and works in the market, writes in the local register and is available in local business hours.
You receive a named match with a fixed price within one business day, and most engagements start within three working days of the scope being agreed.
You are a client of The DRAFT ROOOM, not the personal client of the specialist. The contract, the invoice, the confidentiality agreement and the copyright assignment all sit with us. Full commercial copyright transfers to you on final payment. Every specialist has signed a confidentiality agreement and an intellectual property assignment with us before taking a single brief.
If a specialist becomes unavailable for any reason, including leaving our bench, we reassign a peer level specialist from the same market and the same discipline at no extra cost. Your brief, your voice guide and your work in progress stay with us, so nothing restarts.
Project work is 50 per cent on acceptance of the scope and 50 per cent on final delivery. Retainers are 50 per cent before the month starts and 50 per cent at the end of that month.
No. This bench is email first from brief to delivery. Write to hello@draftrooom.com whenever you want a human reply.