Springbox

Infobox Company
company_name = Springbox
company_
company_type = Publicly held
foundation = Austin, Texas (2004)
location = Austin, Texas
key_people = Dan Isaacs and Adam Moore, Co-Founders and Co-Presidents

industry = Marketing
products =
num_employees = 75
homepage = [http://www.springbox.com]

Company

Springbox is an interactive services agency that provides premium digital marketing solutions. Springbox agency services include websites, 3D modeling, CGI, photography, online demand generation, research and analytics. A wholly owned subsidiary of Enliven Marketing Technologies Corporation (nasdaq|ENLV), Springbox is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with an office in Los Angeles.

Clients

The Springbox client roster includes AMD; Callaway Golf; Central Market (Texas); Dell; Disney; Hoover's; Honda; LG; PayPal; Premiere Global Services, Inc.; Scion and Toyota.

History

2004Dan Isaacs and Adam Moore founded Springbox on March 1, 2004. Soon afterwards, Bart Knaggs, CEO of Capital Sports Entertainment (CSE), approached the co-founders to build websites for Lance Armstrong and the Austin City Limits Music Festival. CSE then hired the agency and put them on retainer. Later that year, Sony hired Springbox to create some banner advertisements. The agency also engaged with Dell, AMD and Metro PCS.

2005Springbox won six new clients: AMD; Dell; Hoover's; Holt, Rinehart and Winston; MetroPCS and Rackspace. The agency also hired eight new team members, including partner Cy Huckaba to lead the design and development of client technical solutions.

2006Springbox grew to a size of 23 employees and expanded their office for the second time in a single calendar year. They increased their engagement with Dell and attained three new clients: Circuit City, Perry Homes and Disney. Springbox was also nominated for the 10th annual Webby Awards for their work with Lollapalooza.

2007Springbox hired 40 new employees. New clients included Premiere Global, Toshiba, Siemens and Callaway Golf. Revenue for the year totaled $6 million. They designed a Flash-based website for Lollapalooza, which won a Webby Award. On October 19, 2007, Enliven, the parent company of Unicast Company, announced the acquisition of Springbox, which subsequently absorbed advertising agency Makos into its Austin office.

2008Springbox absorbed The Studio and expanded operations to Los Angeles. The Springbox LA office specializes in digital photography, 3D and CGI technology. Springbox was recognized by the Austin Business Journal as one of the Best Places to Work – the only interactive marketing agency on the list. New clients included Central Market and PayPal.

Work and Awards

2004Springbox developed both the configurator and the engine for the Build Your Scion website, which won the People's Voice Webby Award in the Automotive category. [Automotive http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=10#webby_entry_auto]

2005Springbox won Adobe Site of the Day Awards for Lollapalooza.com [http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&mode=search&loc=en_us&term=Lollapalooza+&submit=Search] and LanceArmstrong.com. [http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&mode=search&loc=en_us&term=Lance+Armstrong+&submit=Search]

2006 Springbox won an Adobe Site of the Day Award for the AMD Retail Microsite. [http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&mode=search&loc=en_us&term=AMD+Retail+Microsite&submit=Search]

2007 The Webby Awards recognized the Lollapalooza website, produced by Springbox, as the Best Event Website of 2007 in its annual People’s Voice voting. [Eventshttp://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=11] Springbox also won Adobe Site of the Day Awards for LollaLives.com, [http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&mode=search&loc=en_us&term=Lolla+Lives+&submit=Search] the AMD Quad-Core eLearning Module, [http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&mode=search&loc=en_us&term=AMD+Quad-Core+eLearning+Module&submit=Search] Lollapalooza.com, [http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&mode=search&loc=en_us&term=Lollapalooza&submit=Search] Dell:Grow Smarter eLearning Module [http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&mode=search&loc=en_us&term=Dell%3A+Grow+Smarter&submit=Search] and Dell Gift Finder. [http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&mode=search&loc=en_us&term=Dell+Gift+Finder&submit=Search]

2008Springbox won Adobe Site of the Day Awards for the Toshiba gigabeat website [http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&mode=search&loc=en_us&term=Toshiba+Gigabeat+&submit=Search] and Dell: M1000e Rack and Cable Advisor. [http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&mode=search&loc=en_us&term=M1000e+Rack+and+Cable+advisor&submit=Search]

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