Promoter???s Assistant, Family Entertainment and Sport

Job Description

Company: Live NationDepartment: PromotionsLocation: Farringdon, LondonReports to: VP, Sport and Family EntertainmentWorking Hours: 40 plus any additional hours required by the businessRole DescriptionThe UK Promotions department is responsible for promoting thousands of live events throughout the UK every year. Our promoters look after talent across a broad spectrum of sport and entertainment brands in a variety of theatres, arena, festival sites andstadia including Major League Baseball, Home Run Derby; Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live and Professional Fighters League MMA. The promotions team are looking for a hard-working individual to assist them on all aspects of this incredibly busy and fast-movingbusiness.Live Nation, part of Live Nation Entertainment is the largest live entertainment company in the world, consisting of five businesses: concert promotion and venue operations, sponsorship, ticketing solutions, ecommerce, and artist management. Live Nationseeks to innovate and enhance the live entertainment experience for artists and fans before, during and after the show.Who you areCompetencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Effective communicator
• Highly adept at working with spreadsheets and databases - good working knowledge of MS Office
• Ability to plan and organise own workload in an incredibly fast paced environment
• Strong knowledge of the live entertainment industry and a keen interest in sport and entertainment
• Ability to establish and develop relationships within the industry

• Extensive knowledge and experience with putting on events
• Understands relationship between agents, managers, talent, and overall value chain
• Generates unique but workable and useful solutions to difficult problems
• Understands how the job/department fits in to the wider goals of the business and the industry as a whole
• Always up to date on changes to the live entertainment market

• Able to understand commercial priorities and highest value relationships

Behaviours The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success:

• Attention to detail
• Self-motivated team player
• Flexible approach
• Good interpersonal, relationship management and negotiation skills
• Ability to lead from the front showing best practice across all disciplines

• Does not make excuses for errors or problems; acknowledges and corrects mistakes
• Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables
• Encourages team unity through sharing information or expertise, working together to solve problems, and putting team success first

What the role includes

• Sourcing availabilities with venues and routing tours
• Managing holds, challenging dates, keeping records of what is held
• Gathering venue and tour information to prepare accurate tour costings and budget templates
• Confirming shows with stakeholders, sending, and updating tour itineraries

• Processing show sign offs and placing insurance for shows
• Working closely with the office administrator to ensure talent/venue contracts and work permits are processed in a timely manner
• To project tour sales and keep up to date with ongoing tours from confirmation to show date - highlighting problem areas
• Answer and direct phone calls
• Updating and sending guest lists

• Updating reps with correct info
• Raising invoices
• Occasionally booking travel, hotels etc. and diary coordination
• Dealing with all incoming queries from internal departments (accounts, ticketing, marketing etc) and external contacts (agents, venues, other promoters, etc)
• Aim to bring artists into LN covering a number of different brands

• On occasion you will be required to attend shows in the evenings and on weekends
• Build both formal and informal professional relationships
• Anticipates, and responds timely to talent/agent needs
• Provides status reports and progress updates
• Focus on the brands business results. Going beyond basic service expectations to help talent implement complete solutions

• Delivers products and services when and where the artist needs them. Explores options when unable to deliver a requested product or service, and pursue solutions until the artist is satisfied
• Seeks client feedback and ensures needs have been fully met
• Seek ways to improve service delivery. Assess the organization and its services from the client point of view.

Equal OpportunitiesWe are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balanceyour work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. Its talent that matters to us and we encourage applicationsfrom people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities. #LI-SL1The CompanyLive Nation Entertainment is the worlds leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 500 milliontickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. Thesebusinesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year.APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15th June 2022. We reserve the right to close applications at any time.

Keyskills :
ArtistsConcertsFestivalsLive EventsPromoters