Blackboard Co. Wants to Be the Biggest Small Agency in America

Austin shop counts Pabst, Dell and Sylvania as clients

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Who (l. to r.): Co-founders Clark Evans and Jeff Nixon with media director Tracy Arrington
What Full-service advertising and content company
Where Austin, Texas



Photo: Courtesy of Blackboard Co.

Austin has its fair share of digitally savvy agencies. Blackboard, founded in 2009 by former GSD&M execs Clark Evans and Jeff Nixon, is a 14-person shop that brings big-agency results to brands like Tillamook, Dell and Pabst. "We like to think we're the biggest small agency in America," said co-founder and owner Nixon.

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