Company overview

The Black Sheep is an integrated collegiate media and marketing company helping businesses and brands reach students across 200+ universities through impactful, relationship-driven, strategies. If your brand has a message, we have the mediums to deliver it in memorable ways. At each of our schools, we’re able to saturate 50-70% of campus through our integrated approach. We are for the students, by the students. Through an in-house, multi-platform approach (on campus, digital, social, and video) we are able to reach nearly 6M students in an authentic, peer-to-peer environment. We are powered by structured campus teams comprised of students gaining internship experience in media, marketing, sales, operations, and other areas. Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/theblacksheep.marketingLooking for a partner is the college media space? Let’s connect. We love doing business with local as well as national clients. https://theblacksheep.marketing/Looking for an internship to build the skills you need to excel you to your next position? Whether that’s staying on at The Black Sheep or pursuing a different career, we have you covered. https://theblacksheep.marketing/careers
Founded in 2009
Chicago, Illinois, USA
490 employees (99 in marketing)
68% recommend to a friend
62% positive business outlook

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Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount -10.6% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$750K

Last raise

$750K

Series Unknown, 10 years ago

Funding history

Sep 2016

Venture Round The Black Sheep · $750K

Audience

Monthly website visitors
6.7K
Month over month+3.2%
Quarter over quarter+158%
Top sourceDirect (49%)
Ad budget per month$0.0
Average search rank39.9
Traffic source mix
Direct
49%
Search
30%
Social
13.8%
Referral
5.8%
Paid referral
1.3%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

8.4K

12-mo growth

+8.2%

Monthly growth

+0.6%

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