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
1. Jaymes Young
2. Jidenna
3. Jimmy Lumpkin & The Revival
4. Josh Ritter
5. JP Saxe
6. KITTENS
7. KT Tunstall
8. Lauren Daigle
9. Leopold and his Fiction
10. Liily
11. Little Scream
12. Love Thy Brother
13. Middle Class Rut
14. MONA
15. New Beat Fund
16. The New Pornographers
17. Olivia Lane
18. Reuben Hollebon
19. Rogue Wave
20. Roman GianArthur
21. Sara Diamond
22. She & Him
23. St. Beauty
24. Stolar
25. Tessa Violet
26. The Submarines
27. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
28. Transviolet
29. Twin Atlantic
30. Wild Wild Horses
31. Warm Brew
32. The Wombats
33. Xiuhtezcatl
34. XO-IQ
35. Zack Lopez
Artists
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

Elsa Tortella
Client Services & Administrative Director

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

Brigitte Wright
Tour Strategy & Artist Development

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