International Comedy Coordinator

Job Description

Company: Live Nation

Department: Promotions (Comedy)

Location: Farringdon, London (and some international travel when required)

Reports to: President European Comedy Touring

Working hours: Monday – Friday 10am-6pm with flexibility to work additional hours when required

Contract type: Permanent

Role Description

The Promoting department is responsible for Promoting thousands of shows throughout the UK every year and works closely with our colleagues in Europe, America and Australia to tour headline acts worldwide. Our Promotions Department look after artists across all genres of music and comedy in a variety of clubs, theatres, arena and stadia.
Our department is looking for a hard-working individual to assist with administrative duties on the International aspects of this incredibly busy and fast-moving business.

What it's like to work in the Team

We have a varied skillset within our team, but we all share the same passion for comedy. We encourage a fun atmosphere and pride ourselves on being a department where you can grow your potential according to your individual strengths. The comedy team are known for their exciting output of shows, from upcoming acts at Edinburgh Festival Fringe to comedy greats such as Dave Chappelle and Katherine Ryan at the Hammersmith Apollo, right up to arena tours with favourites such as Ricky Gervais and Micky Flanagan. We are committed to working as a team and so support each other to achieve wins as a team, across all levels.

Who you are

Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience
• Knowledge of venue/general touring industry and a keen interest in comedy would be advantageous
• Proven admin or assistant experience
• Ability to work spreadsheets and databases – good working knowledge of MS Office
• Ability to plan and organise own workload in a fast-paced environment
• Good level of numeracy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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
• Ability to lead from the front showing best practice across all disciplines

What the role includes
• Collating availability of international venues for various tours
• Forming relationships with promoters we work with across all territories
• Setting up your own templates and spreadsheets to log information
• Building offers and costings using our internal software, Rome
• Taking initiative to seek out new practices and ways to expand the business
• Preparing immigration/work permit applications in timely fashion
• Preparing and sending regular sales reports
• Raising invoices and chasing payments
• Liaising with International offices for tour planning and logistics
• Assisting in the co-ordinating of marketing materials
• Booking travel, hotels etc. and diary coordination
• Dealing with all incoming queries from internal departments (accounts, ticketing, marketing etc) and external contacts (agents, venues, PR etc)
• Organising and assisting with Zoom meetings and international meet ups
• On occasion you will be required to attend shows in the evenings, on weekends and will be expected to travel internationally.

The Company

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APPLICATION DEADLINE: 8th May 2022. We reserve the right to close applications at any time.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r09xj1-3-145-16-90-42 in your application.