We're a marketing partner, not another vendor in the pile.

Founded in 2018, Blackstar Digital Labs stayed intentionally small so every engagement gets senior attention — not a rotating cast of junior account managers.

Our story

Built by marketers who got tired of watching good budgets get wasted on bad strategy.

Blackstar Digital Labs started as a two-person consultancy helping a handful of founders fix acquisition funnels that looked fine on paper and lost money in practice. Since then, we've stayed deliberately senior-led and remote-first — no bloated account teams, no junior hires learning on a client's budget.

Today we work across fast-moving, highly regulated verticals where compliance-aware creative and retention economics matter as much as the initial acquisition hook. It's a narrower lane than most agencies choose, and that's on purpose.

Founded 2018 Remote-first team Senior-led engagements

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How we got here

A few milestones along the way

Sample timeline — swap in your real founding story and milestones.

2018 — Founded

Started as a lean, senior-only consultancy focused on acquisition funnel audits for a small group of founders.

2020 — Went fully remote

Built a distributed team across time zones so engagements could get always-on attention, not just business-hours coverage.

2022 — Expanded into regulated markets

Took on our first multi-jurisdiction engagements, building out compliance-aware creative review and localization workflows.

Today

A full-funnel practice covering brand, acquisition, retention, and analytics — still small enough that clients work directly with senior strategists.

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The team

A small group, on purpose

Sample roles shown below — replace with your actual team once you're ready to introduce them.

Founder & CEO

Sets strategy and stays hands-on with the firm's largest engagements.

Head of Performance

Owns paid acquisition, budget efficiency, and channel mix across every account.

Creative Director

Leads brand, campaign concepting, and creative production end to end.

Head of Retention

Runs CRM, lifecycle, and VIP programs built around long-term value, not one-time spikes.