Promoter Assistant

Job Description

Company: Live Nation

Department: Promotions

Location: Farringdon, London

Reports to: VP, European Touring

Working Hours: 40 plus any additional hours required by the business

Role Description

The European Promoting department is responsible for Promoting thousands of concerts throughout the UK/Europe every year. From worldwide headline acts to up and coming new talent, our promoters look after artists across all genres of music in a variety of clubs, theatres, arena and stadia. Our most recent additions to the Promoting team are looking for a hard-working individual to assist them on all aspects of this incredibly busy and fast-moving business.

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 Nation seeks to innovate and enhance the live entertainment experience for artists and fans before, during and after the show.

Who you are

Competencies / 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 venue/general touring industry and a keen interest in music/concerts
• Ability to establish and develop relationships within the Music industry
• Extensive knowledge and experience with putting on events/concerts
• Extensive knowledge of artists, music, genre, and audience.
• Understands relationship between agents, managers, artists, 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 touring and festival 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 across UK/Europe
• 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 artist/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)
• To work with Promoter and develop new talent and aim to bring artists into LN covering a number of different genres
• 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 artist/agent needs
• Provides artist status reports and progress updates
• Focus on the artists' business results. Going beyond basic service expectations to help artists 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 artist feedback and ensures needs have been fully met
• Seek ways to improve service delivery. Assess the organisation and its services from the artist's point of view.

The Company

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday 22nd April 2024. We reserve the right to close applications at any time.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d9yqn9-3-144-86-134-42 in your application.