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

Current Artists
1. The Aces
2. Ajeet
3. Albert Hammond Jr.
4. Amon
5. Andy Frasco & The U.N.
6. AUGUST 08
7. Beartooth
8. Cody Lovaas
9. Crimson Apple
10. Dirty Honey
11. End Of The World
12. FLAWES
13. Galimatias
14. Gavin Haley
15. Ghost Hounds
16. Hunter Hayes
17. James Gillespie
18. Jesse McCartney
19. Jordan Davis
20. Joelle James
21. Kai
22. Kaya Stewart
23. Kofi
24. Larkins
25. Liily
26. LIVVIA
27. MAEJOR
28. Maisy Kay
29. Mark Pelli
30. Mau Y Ricky
31. Nahko
32. Nissim Black
33. pineappleCITI
34. Sad Alex
35. Sasa Stubbs
36. Stereo Jane
37. VALE
38. Warm Brew
39. Zoe Zobrist
Current Clients
1. 12Tone
2. Amuse
3. The Artist Group
4. CK Music
5. Chirp Entertainment
6. DeVard Management
7. Flush Records
8. Good Soldier Songs
9. Live The Music Group
10. Maverick
11. Red Bull Records
12. Red Light Management
13. Sideonedummy Records
14. Spirit Voyage Records
15. Tokyo Fantasy
16. Universal Music Group Nashville
Past Artists
1. AC Newman
2. Alex Di Leo
3. Andra Day
4. Annahstasia
5. Ariana And The Rose
6. Austin Weber
7. Avi Jacob
8. AWOLNATION
9. Best Coast
10. Beware Of Darkness
11. Bob Mould
12. Bobby Bazini
13. Bridgit Mendler
14. Brent Amaker
15. Brooke Candy
16. Charlotte
17. Cheerleader
18. Christian Paul
19. Dan Deacon
20. DAYVID
21. Death Cab For Cutie
22. Deep Cotton
23. Dev09
24. Efraim Leo
25. Elephant Heart
26. Finn Matthews
27. Five Knives
28. Flagship
29. Forest Blakk
30. For King & Country
31. Freya Ridings
32. Gunnar Gehl
33. Ilse Delange
34. Jack Bruno
35. Jake Austin Walker
36. Janelle Monáe
37. Jason Mraz
38. Jaymes Young
39. Jidenna
40. Jimmy Lumpkin & The Revival
41. Jon Langston
42. José Feliciano
43. Josh Ritter
44. JP Saxe
45. Kittens
46. KP Wolfe
47. KT Tunstall
48. Lauren Daigle
49. Leopold And His Fiction
50. Like Machines
51. Little Scream
52. Love Thy Brother
53. Melanie Penn
54. Middle Class Rut
55. Mona
56. New Beat Fund
57. The New Pornographers
58. NIve
59. Olivia Lane
60. Orelsan
61. Pablo Dylan
62. Rachel Lorin
63. RedOne
64. Reuben Hollebon
65. Rogue Wave
66. Roman Gianarthur
67. Sara Diamond
68. Scarypoolparty
69. She & Him
70. Skylar Stecker
71. St. Beauty
72. Stolar
73. Superet
74. Tessa Violet
75. The Submarines
76. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
77. Transviolet
78. Twin Atlantic
79. UNEQUAL
80. The Weeks
81. Wild Wild Horses
82. Willie Jones
83. The Wombats
84. Xiuhtezcatl
85. XO-IQ
86. Zack Lopez
Past Clients
1. 153 Entertainment
2. 300 Entertainment
3. 4 SOUND
4. 7SIX9
5. Atlantic Records
6. B Frank Managament
7. Bad Habit
8. Big Spark Music
9. Bill Silva Entertainment
10. BMG
11. CAA
12. Cast Management
13. Centricity Music
14. Dare Mighty Entertainment
15. EMPIRE
16. Groundwork Management
17. Hollywood Records
18. LIONSGATE
19. Live Nation
20. Pookiebird
21. Pulse Music Group
22. The Rebel's Cause
23. RedOne Productions
24. Rostrum Records
25. Santa Monica Recordings
26. Skate Mountain Records
27. Universal Music Canada
28. Wagram Music
29. Wondaland
30. YouTube
31. Zeitgeist Management

The Team

Livia Tortella
Founder & CEO

Brian Popowitz
General Manager

Elsa Tortella
Client Services & Administrative Director

Ashley Osborn
Creative Director

Valerie Vargas
Digital Marketing

Katie Middleton
Digital Production

Justin Miller
A&R

Sergio Tortella
Event Marketing & Production

Aubrey Wickenheiser
Project Manager

Megan Dickinson
Digital Marketing

David Miller
Streaming & Retail

Devyn Vaughan
Digital Marketing

David Richtenburg
Digital Marketing

Charleine Canning
Event Productions

Adam Samiljan
Project Manager

Gabe Alvare
Project Manager

Nadav Hezi
Digital Marketing

Maude Lambert
Brand Management

Brian Spencer
Project Manager

Sarah Facciolo
Publicity

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

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April 14, 2020

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