Head Of Marketing and Creative Solutions

Job Description

Company: Live Nation
Department: Marketing Partnerships
Location: Farringdon, London
Reports to: VP, Marketing & Creative Solutions
Working Hours: Full time
Job Type: Permanent
Role Description
Live Nation UK's Marketing Partnerships Division is seeking an experienced people leader and strategic manager to bring their passion for marketing and music culture to the position of Head of Marketing & Creative Solutions. This role combines senior-level marketing strategy with hands-on leadership, team management, and operational ownership, ensuring the team runs efficiently while delivering best-in-class creative and commercial outputs.
Live Nation UK Marketing Partnerships architects, sells and manages the company's national corporate sponsorship programmes with the world's most recognizable brands. It's an exciting, fast-paced team that collaborates with all facets of Live Nation's business including festivals, venues, touring, ticketing, artists, content, media, promotions, and concert production. The Marketing & Creative Solutions team within Partnerships create innovative and engaging marketing platforms that are designed to solve client challenges through the powerful lens of live music culture. To learn more about our division, check out: https://itsbetterlive.livenationforbrands.com
The Marketing & Creative Solutions team, our in-house strategy and creative experts, work in tandem with the sales team to form strategy, big ideas and business solutions for brands. Through needs analysis, fan insights, exhaustive research of the client and their audience, as well as internal ideation sessions, the team ultimately craft a strategic music marketing platform designed to solve brand's business objectives and KPIs. The programme concept is transformed into a visually stunning creative presentation highlighting Live Nation's arsenal of assets. No cookie cutter concepts, no copy and paste, just inspiring and fresh ideas alongside innovative vision designed to maximize brand reach and engagement through the power of live.
As Head of Marketing & Creative Solutions, you will be responsible for leading, managing and developing the Marketing & Creative Solutions team, while overseeing the strategic direction, quality and delivery of proposals and propositions.
You will run the day-to-day function, optimise workflows and processes, manage resourcing and priorities, and ensure consistent, high-quality outputs aligned with commercial objectives. Alongside this you will use your strong knowledge of popular culture and consumer trends, proven marketing acumen and creative storytelling techniques to communicate a narrative that will compel brands to partner with Live Nation. This role includes direct line management responsibility for two senior team members, with overall responsibility for a team of four.
What it's like to work in the Team
We are a business where talent and enthusiasm thrive and are proud of the positive and inclusive culture we have nurtured – one where we all can play an active role. We take care of our own and give our people every opportunity to develop their careers and enjoy the benefits of working in a diverse business that operates in over 40 international markets.
What we can offer you
Live Nation offers impressive employee benefits including tickets to shows and festivals and unlimited annual leave. The Farmiloe Building in Farringdon, London is a beautiful office to work in. Staff can enjoy use of arcade games in the basement games room, onsite gym equipment plus fitness and meditation classes. In addition to this, the office has a fully stocked complimentary coffee bar with barista to serve you your favourite coffee as you walk into the office and offers heavily subsidised lunch options. We hold regular staff events in our atrium stage space including hosting speakers and open mic nights to showcase Live Nation employee talent.
Who you are
You are a passionate and highly motivated individual looking to work in a fast paced and creative environment where your talent can thrive. You will embrace the opportunity to work in an award-winning team that consistently delivers excellence whilst continuing to innovate and grow. If you have an entrepreneurial spirt and enjoy working in an environment that is diverse, challenging and gives you scope for professional and personal development please read on!

Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience
• Demonstrable experience in brand marketing, advertising, media, digital or entertainment / sports marketing
• Proven managerial experience, including leading, directing, and developing team members through coaching, feedback, and performance management
• Demonstrable experience owning workflows, processes and delivery across multiple projects
• Experience writing sellable storytelling led marketing proposals
• Knowledge of and passion for music and popular culture, marketing trends
• Understanding of digital and social media platforms
• Proficiency in using PowerPoint, Excel, Keynote, and Word to develop presentations and budgets
• Innovative thinker with proven problem-solving skills. Creative and strategic
• Strong verbal / written communication and presentation skills to effectively articulate ideas internally and externally
• Exceptional organisational skills, with a pro-active and thorough, eye for detail approach with the ability to effectively manage multiple deadlines at once
Behaviours
The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success
• Highly motivated and conscientious leader who takes pride in delivering work to the highest standard and inspires the same level of excellence within the team
• Tenacious and resilient, with a sense of urgency; ability to prioritise and hit deadlines consistently, keeping individual and team projects on track
• Strong initiative
• Adaptable; ability to move between various brand categories with ease. Flexible with a positive 'can do' approach
• Ability to keep cool under deadlines / thrive on challenges
• Extremely resourceful, team player
What the role includes
Line Management
• Lead, manage and motivate an existing, high performing Marketing & Creative Solutions team (two direct reports; total of four team members)
• Train and develop direct reports by setting clear performance expectations, providing regular coaching and mentorship, and creating development plans that support both individual career growth and team objectives
• Run the day-to-day function, ensuring efficient workflows, prioritisation and delivery across multiple concurrent pitches
• Act as a senior point of escalation, problem-solving delivery challenges and removing blockers
• Responsible for tracking progress and performance, providing regular reporting and updates to senior stakeholders
Proposal & Proposition Development
• Oversee and quality-control all strategic proposals and creative outputs produced by the team
• Hands on development of impactful strategic level marketing proposals that tell a compelling brand story and meet client objectives
• Leverage research assets to uncover insights, beliefs and behaviours of live music fans as pertaining to brand and proposition
• Lead collaborative work sessions to develop brand solutions and new proposition ideas leveraging Live Nation's portfolio of assets in collaboration with Marketing Creative Solutions team members including strategy, research & insight experts and creatives
• Develop budget

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