Black Box

Who We Are

Black Box is a MODERN MARKETING AGENCY designed for the music industry. Our vision is to help our clients DEVELOP ENGAGED AUDIENCES through branding, marketing and partnerships.

We offer CUSTOM SOLUTIONS for labels, publishers, managers and artists, with an UNPARALLELED EXPERTISE in driving campaigns and a passion for personalized content creation, social publishing, and full-service marketing strategy.

Our approach is simple; know yourself, know your fans, build your business.

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Our Clients

Artists
Artists
1. Jason Mraz
2. Jaymes Young
3. Jidenna
4. Jimmy Lumpkin & The Revival
5. Josh Ritter
6. JP Saxe
7. KITTENS
8. KT Tunstall
9. Lauren Daigle
10. Leopold and his Fiction
11. Liily
12. Little Scream
13. Love Thy Brother
14. Middle Class Rut
15. MONA
16. New Beat Fund
17. The New Pornographers
18. Olivia Lane
19. Reuben Hollebon
20. Rogue Wave
21. Roman GianArthur
22. Sara Diamond
23. She & Him
24. St. Beauty
25. Stolar
26. Tessa Violet
27. The Submarines
28. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
29. Transviolet
30. Twin Atlantic
31. Wild Wild Horses
32. Warm Brew
33. The Wombats
34. Xiuhtezcatl
35. XO-IQ
36. Zack Lopez
Clients
1. 300 Entertainment
2. Atlantic Records
3. Bad Habit
4. Big Spark Music
5. Bill Silva Entertainment
6. CAA
7. Cast Management
8. Centricity Music
9. CK Music
10. Dare Mighty Entertainment
11. DeVard Management
12. Flush Records
13. Good Soldier Songs
14. Groundwork Management
15. Lionsgate
16. Live Nation
17. Pookiebird
18. Pulse Music Group
19. The Rebel's Cause
20. Red Bull Records
21. Red Light Management
22. Santa Monica Recordings
23. Skate Mountain Records
24. Tokyo Fantasy
25. Universal Music Canada
26. Wondaland
27. YouTube
28. Zeitgeist Management

The Team

Livia Tortella
Founder & CEO

Steven Gottlieb
Video Production

Lisa Kwon
Project Manager & Copywriter

Brian Popowitz
General Manager

Adam Zinke
VP, Digital

Nancy Stolze
Project Manager & Digital Marketing

Dylan Bourne
Creative Director

Brigitte Wright
Biz Dev, Management & Tour Strategy

Aubrey Wickenheiser
Digital Marketing & Social Publishing

Viva La Rock
Brand Partnerships

Haylee Young
TV & Film

Patrick Fong
Interactive Design

Jeff Feltham
Content Producer

Morgan Rose
Media Buying

Elsa Tortella
Client Services & Administrative Director

Wouri Vice
Stylist

Jenni Lee
Stylist

Mihailo Andic
Content Producer

Tracey Peppers
Media Training

Kirsti Schroder
Stylist

The Orchard
Distribution

Right Angle PR
Publicity

Matthieu Lauriot Prevost
International Marketing

Jamie Arentzen
Music Director

Capabilities

Project Management

Flawless coordination and campaign management with clarity and strategy.

TIMELINES & RELEASE SCHEDULE
BUDGETS
RESOURCE, VENDOR, & TEAM MANAGEMENT
INSIGHTS & POSTMORTEMS
PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS

Marketing

A relentless approach to defining what’s authentic about an artist and presenting it to the world.

CAMPAIGN STRATEGY
MARKETING PLANS
DSP RELATIONSHIPS & PLAYLISTS
SOCIAL POSTING
WEB PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
PAID MEDIA
CONTENT CREATION
VIDEO COMMISSIONING
COPYWRITING

Branding

Tell your story in everything you do. You are the only one with this story to tell.

BRAND & IDENTITY
INTERACTIVE DESIGN
PARTNERSHIPS
PHOTO, VIDEO, & MUSIC DEVELOPMENT

Feed

April 23, 2018

Black Box (As Told By GIFs and Memes)

December 12, 2017

Livia's Blog: Top Ten Artist Brands of 2017

August 24, 2017

Great Strategies: Cody Lovaas x Hurley