Level Studios


Level Studios, is an integrated digital agency within the Publicis network. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company has additional offices in San Francisco and San Luis Obispo. The company delivers integrated marketing and product development for global brands.

History

Level was founded in 1995 as Web Associates by Dave Dahl and Mark Tuttle, with offices in Santa Barbara, California, which relocated to San Luis Obispo, California in 1998. It was the first external web agency for both Hewlett-Packard and Apple Inc., and has had multi-year relationship with both companies. In 1996, Lucent Technologies hired the firm to make their first corporate website and an online CMS for their domestic and international sales offices.
Tom Adamski was CEO from 2002 until 2012. The agency opened a second office in San Jose in 2007. In 2008, it rebranded as LEVEL Studios. On November 20, 2014 Daniel Connolly was named the new CEO.
In September 2010, Rosetta acquired Level. In July 2011, Publicis Groupe completed their acquisition of Rosetta, thus acquiring Level.
Publicis Groupe re-launched the Level Studios brand in 2013, as a client delivery model and structure. In 2014, Dan Connolly, who had been previously serving as partner, was appointed President of Level Studios, a new position. During his presidency, the agency nearly doubled its client base.