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. NIve
19. Olivia Lane
20. Orelsan
21. Pablo Dylan
22. Reuben Hollebon
23. Rogue Wave
24. Roman GianArthur
25. Sara Diamond
26. She & Him
27. Skylar Stecker
28. St. Beauty
29. Stolar
30. Superet
31. Tessa Violet
32. The Submarines
33. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
34. Transviolet
35. Twin Atlantic
36. Wild Wild Horses
37. Warm Brew
38. Willie Jones
39. The Wombats
40. Xiuhtezcatl
41. XO-IQ
42. Zack Lopez
Clients
1. 4 SOUND
2. 12Tone
3. 153 Entertainment
4. 300 Entertainment
5. 7SIX9
6. Atlantic Records
7. B Frank Managament
8. Bad Habit
9. Big Spark Music
10. Bill Silva Entertainment
11. BMG
12. CAA
13. Cast Management
14. Centricity Music
15. CK Music
16. Dare Mighty Entertainment
17. DeVard Management
18. EMPIRE
19. Flush Records
20. Good Soldier Songs
21. Groundwork Management
22. Lionsgate
23. Live Nation
24. Pookiebird
25. Pulse Music Group
26. The Rebel's Cause
27. Red Bull Records
28. Red Light Management
29. Rostrum Records
30. Santa Monica Recordings
31. Sideonedummy Records
32. Skate Mountain Records
33. Tokyo Fantasy
34. Universal Music Canada
35. Universal Music Group Nashville
36. Wagram Music
37. Wondaland
38. YouTube
39. Zeitgeist Management

The Team

Livia Tortella
Founder & CEO

Brigitte Wright
Biz Dev, Management & Tour Strategy

Michael Wadina
Digital Marketing

Jake Stein
Jr. Project Manager

Brian Popowitz
General Manager

Adam Zinke
VP, Digital

Aubrey Wickenheiser
Project Manager & Digital Marketing

Nicole Blonder
Project Manager

David Miller
Streaming & Retail

Dylan Bourne
Creative Director

Gabe Alvare
Project Manager

Haylee Young
TV & Film

Nadav Hezi
Digital Marketing

Viva La Rock
Brand Partnerships

Steven Gottlieb
Video Production

Patrick Fong
Interactive Design

David Drake
Content Producer

Bart Pienkos
Content Producer

Elsa Tortella
Client Services & Administrative Director

Wouri Vice
Stylist

Mihailo Andic
Content Producer

Tracey Pepper
Media Training

Morgan Rose
Media Buying

Lisa Kwon
Copywriter

The Orchard
Distribution

Sarah Facciolo
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

December 26, 2018

Livia's Blog: TOP ARTIST BRANDS OF 2018

April 23, 2018

Black Box (As Told By GIFs and Memes)

December 12, 2017

Livia's Blog: Top Ten Artist Brands of 2017