Concept Director

Job Description

THE ROLE
Direct the development of assigned venue concepts from ideation through execution while collaborating closely with and reporting to the Head of Concept Studio to ensure alignment with overall studio vision and standards.
This is a senior role within the Concept Studio requiring both creative and technical fluency. The Concept Director plays a key role in translating brand and experiential strategy into physical environments across global projects while helping maintain and improve the highest creative standards across the Concept Studio and Blueprint Studio's pipeline.
WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
Concept Direction
- Direct development of venue concepts from narrative through spatial expression (look and feel) and detailed concept books, including specifications (finishes, FF&E, decorative ligting, Art & Styling, etc)
- Translate concepts into built environments
- Develop briefs, mood boards, material palettes, and design intent packages
- Present concepts clearly to teams and stakeholders
- Maintain design clarity across project phases
- Hire and direct design consultants for new concepts and during development phases when required
- Understand the difference between rollout concepts and bespoke concepts, and maximize efficiency for both while preserving the ultimate look & feel and design intent
Lifecycle Design Stewardship
- Participate in projects from concept through opening
- Direct, review, and redmark drawings and shop drawings when necessary
- Ensure execution aligns with design intent (safeguard the concept)
- Identify risks and proactively propose solutions
- Support live projects when direction requires clarification
Technical Collaboration + Execution Support
- Collaborate with architecture and design teams
- Provide specification input and sourcing recommendations
- Support technical problem solving
- Balance design ambition with feasibility, cost constraints and durability
FF&E + Material Expertise
- Direct or support FF&E sourcing, specifications and schedules
- Demonstrate strong knowledge of materials and fabrication methods
- Source custom solutions and maintain vendor relationships as ressources to other teams
- Work cross-functionally with design management and procurement teams with Blueprint studio team, Live Nation stakeholders and design consultants
Studio Contribution + Leadership
- Direct projects while remaining aligned with studio leadership (organize progress reviews with Head of Concept Studio)
- Operate with ownership and initiative
- Anticipate needs and initiate solutions proactively
- Contribute to studio standards and best practices
- Improve workflows and creative processes
WHAT YOU WILL BRING
- Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Architecture, or related discipline; advanced degree a plus
- 10 to 12+ years of experience in hospitality, retail, entertainment, experiential, or branded environments
- Proven experience leading concepts from ideation through execution and opening phases
- Strong understanding of drawing sets and shop drawings
- Ability to redmark drawings, design decks, and communicate design intent clearly to design and technical teams
- Experience collaborating with architects, consultants, vendors, and internal stakeholders
- Ability to translate vision into executable direction
Professional Strengths
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple workstreams
- Strong verbal, written, and visual communication skills
- Ability to clearly articulate ideas, feedback, and direction
- Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally
- Highly proactive, self-directed, and self-sufficient, while also receptive to direction and feedback
- Anticipates challenges and develops solutions
- Strong presentation and problem-solving skills
- Highly creative
- Required Technical Proficiency:
Advanced proficiency in AI rendering, 3D visualization, and digital design tools, including Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word.
Mindset + Approach
- Conceptually strong and technically literate
- Strategic yet detail-oriented
- Collaborative yet autonomous
- Creative yet solution-driven
- Demonstrated ability to elevate both project outcomes and overall studio performance.
BENEFITS & PERKS
Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits:
HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)
YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match
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 accommod

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