College Associate, New Ventures

Job Description

WHO ARE YOU?
Passionate and driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward-thinking, and collaborative. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you, please read on!
PROGRAM COMMITMENT
The College Associate Program is a full-time, immersive experience designed to deliver real-world learning, collaboration, and a whole lot of career-building momentum.
Program Dates: May 27 – August 7, 2026
To ensure that all associates can fully benefit from the program's training, mentorship, and project work, we kindly ask applicants to confirm their availability for the full length of the program. We understand that school schedules and personal plans vary, and we encourage applicants to review the dates in advance to ensure they can participate through the conclusion of the program without interruption.
Consistency keeps the College Associate program in sync and ensures everyone gets the full experience, from the first project kick-off to the final showcase. We want you here for all the good stuff!
THE JOB
Live Nation is seeking a Ventures College Associate to work on our New Ventures team, which delivers new adjacent lines of business and future growth to the company through investments. By leveraging the largest concert, ticketing and music sponsorship businesses in the world, our Ventures team finds opportunities to disrupt legacy industry norms and use emerging consumer and technology trends to build new brands, products, services, partnerships and business models. This role will work alongside the existing team to conduct research, evaluate opportunities, and make recommendations to senior leadership. New Ventures integrates brands that sit at the intersection of culture, consumer behavior, and technology; from emerging beverage and CPG categories to B2B, fan engagement and experiences innovation.
The Ventures College Associate will support sourcing, diligence, and strategy for new investment and partnership opportunities. This role is ideal for someone who's analytical and excited about startups, consumer trends, and how brands scale through music and entertainment.
WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
• Perform market research to help identify new investment trends and opportunities and synthesize insights
• Source and analyze external market data related to companies and categories of interest
• Work with internal stakeholders to source and analyze internal data
• Distill data analyses into actionable insights, and compile insights into simple, shareable documents for distribution
• Assist in maintaining deal management database including adding meeting notes and updates
• Assist in drafting investment memos and internal slide decks to communicate investment opportunities to leadership
• Participate in Ventures team brainstorming sessions and deal review meetings
• Attend select meetings with startup founders and management teams
WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
• Must be a student currently enrolled in a Bachelor's/Master's program at an accredited college or university or a recent graduate
• Demonstrated interest in venture capital and/or entrepreneurship
• Highly organized, curious, and comfortable with both qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills - ability to analyze and translate data into insights.
• Solid understanding of financial concepts and some experience with financial modeling
• Ability to conduct detailed research and find information to generate actionable insights
• Outstanding critical thinking skills, detail-oriented, proactive and self-motivated
• Adept at working both collaboratively and independently; proactiveness is a must
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to balance urgent and ongoing tasks
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel)
• Familiarity with PitchBook, Crunchbase, or similar databases a plus
• Passion for music and live events is a plus
Applicants for employment in the US must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. 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.
Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.
We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.
We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

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The expected compensation for this position is: $20/hr
** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-86884k-216-73-216-3-42 in your application.