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